The New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Sunday, February 5, 1899
Page 9
NECROLOGY.
Mrs. Addie McGrath Lee, Calhoun.
Special to The Times-Democrat.
Monroe, La., Feb. 4. - Mrs. Addie McGrath Lee, wife of Hon. J. G. Lee, State Commissioner of Agriculture, died at the Experiment Farm at Calhoun last night at 11 o'clock of appendicitis.
In the death of this charming and accomplished woman the loss is not that of her immediate family and friends alone, but of the people of the whole State who admired and loved for her many virtues of mind and heart as reflected through the press of this State, to which she had been a constant contributor since her growth.
Mrs. Lee was born in Baton Rouge and was a daughter of that veteran journalist, John McGrath, editor of the Baton Rouge Truth, on which paper, under the nom de plume of "Vivian," she did her first literary work and gained for herself a high reputation as a writer of more than ordinary ability. In 1890 she was married to Major J. G. Lee, and subsequently removed to this parish and resided at the Experiment Farm at Calhoun, of which Major Lee was then director. Here she found much leisure time to devote to writing and, having fallen in love with the hills of North Louisiana and its people, she wrote numerous charming sketches and romances descriptive of the country and depicting the life and habits of the inhabitants.
Gen. McGrath was notified yesterday of her critical condition and at once started for her bedside, arriving here this morning, but too late, and he was deprived of the consolation of being with her when the end came.
The remains were taken through here to-day on the way to Baton Rouge.
Sunday, February 5, 1899
Page 9
NECROLOGY.
Mrs. Addie McGrath Lee, Calhoun.
Special to The Times-Democrat.
Monroe, La., Feb. 4. - Mrs. Addie McGrath Lee, wife of Hon. J. G. Lee, State Commissioner of Agriculture, died at the Experiment Farm at Calhoun last night at 11 o'clock of appendicitis.
In the death of this charming and accomplished woman the loss is not that of her immediate family and friends alone, but of the people of the whole State who admired and loved for her many virtues of mind and heart as reflected through the press of this State, to which she had been a constant contributor since her growth.
Mrs. Lee was born in Baton Rouge and was a daughter of that veteran journalist, John McGrath, editor of the Baton Rouge Truth, on which paper, under the nom de plume of "Vivian," she did her first literary work and gained for herself a high reputation as a writer of more than ordinary ability. In 1890 she was married to Major J. G. Lee, and subsequently removed to this parish and resided at the Experiment Farm at Calhoun, of which Major Lee was then director. Here she found much leisure time to devote to writing and, having fallen in love with the hills of North Louisiana and its people, she wrote numerous charming sketches and romances descriptive of the country and depicting the life and habits of the inhabitants.
Gen. McGrath was notified yesterday of her critical condition and at once started for her bedside, arriving here this morning, but too late, and he was deprived of the consolation of being with her when the end came.
The remains were taken through here to-day on the way to Baton Rouge.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Sunday, February 5, 1899
Page 9
NECROLOGY.
Mrs. Addie McGrath Lee, Calhoun.
Special to The Times-Democrat.
Monroe, La., Feb. 4. - Mrs. Addie McGrath Lee, wife of Hon. J. G. Lee, State Commissioner of Agriculture, died at the Experiment Farm at Calhoun last night at 11 o'clock of appendicitis.
In the death of this charming and accomplished woman the loss is not that of her immediate family and friends alone, but of the people of the whole State who admired and loved for her many virtues of mind and heart as reflected through the press of this State, to which she had been a constant contributor since her growth.
Mrs. Lee was born in Baton Rouge and was a daughter of that veteran journalist, John McGrath, editor of the Baton Rouge Truth, on which paper, under the nom de plume of "Vivian," she did her first literary work and gained for herself a high reputation as a writer of more than ordinary ability. In 1890 she was married to Major J. G. Lee, and subsequently removed to this parish and resided at the Experiment Farm at Calhoun, of which Major Lee was then director. Here she found much leisure time to devote to writing and, having fallen in love with the hills of North Louisiana and its people, she wrote numerous charming sketches and romances descriptive of the country and depicting the life and habits of the inhabitants.
Gen. McGrath was notified yesterday of her critical condition and at once started for her bedside, arriving here this morning, but too late, and he was deprived of the consolation of being with her when the end came.
The remains were taken through here to-day on the way to Baton Rouge.
Sunday, February 5, 1899
Page 9
NECROLOGY.
Mrs. Addie McGrath Lee, Calhoun.
Special to The Times-Democrat.
Monroe, La., Feb. 4. - Mrs. Addie McGrath Lee, wife of Hon. J. G. Lee, State Commissioner of Agriculture, died at the Experiment Farm at Calhoun last night at 11 o'clock of appendicitis.
In the death of this charming and accomplished woman the loss is not that of her immediate family and friends alone, but of the people of the whole State who admired and loved for her many virtues of mind and heart as reflected through the press of this State, to which she had been a constant contributor since her growth.
Mrs. Lee was born in Baton Rouge and was a daughter of that veteran journalist, John McGrath, editor of the Baton Rouge Truth, on which paper, under the nom de plume of "Vivian," she did her first literary work and gained for herself a high reputation as a writer of more than ordinary ability. In 1890 she was married to Major J. G. Lee, and subsequently removed to this parish and resided at the Experiment Farm at Calhoun, of which Major Lee was then director. Here she found much leisure time to devote to writing and, having fallen in love with the hills of North Louisiana and its people, she wrote numerous charming sketches and romances descriptive of the country and depicting the life and habits of the inhabitants.
Gen. McGrath was notified yesterday of her critical condition and at once started for her bedside, arriving here this morning, but too late, and he was deprived of the consolation of being with her when the end came.
The remains were taken through here to-day on the way to Baton Rouge.
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