- He was a blacksmith and,later,a gunsmith by trade.
- By family oral tradition, he was intially stationed with the 39th Ms. at Cornith,Ms. where 'he made cannonballs'.
- Worked at the armory at CSA fort at Port Hudson,La. Was on leave when town was enveloped. Operated with partisan rangers in Felcianas until war end.
- Lived in Slaughter,La. for a number of years and acted a official of Baptist Church there.
-Headstone says 12/28/1828- Died at home.
-"At our old home,in the Parish of St. Helena"- Widow's Pension/AnnieMullins
-Headstone says "Asleep In Jesus,Blessed sleep; From which none ever wake to weep"
Company 'H', 39th Miss. Infantry,CSA
See ZZ Lee Confederate Vet. Pension applications and 1860 Pike County Census;
- His first wife was from Pike County,Ms. and was named Sofronia Courtney. She died sometime before the CW.
"Francis Monroe Lee of McComb, Railroad Commissioner of the State of Mississippi, was born 08/29/1856, near Oyska, Pike County,Miss. He is the son of Zachariah Zion Lee and wife, Sophrona (Courtney) Lee. Mr. Lee acquired the rudiments of education at a rural school of the pioneer type, in a building which he describes thus: " A log house with a log sawed out of one end of the building to furnish light; this opening was closed with a rough board fastened with a leather strap and opening downward, with small sticks as legs, and this was the writing desk for the scholars." He was a farmer, and a blacksmith for ten years, then was elected Sheriff of his county; in 1907 was elected to the office of Railroad Commissioner. Mr. Lee is a Democrat, a Baptist and deacon of his church, a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and Woodman of the World. He was married, December 24,1879, at Tangipahoa,La., to Elizabeth Quillin, daughter of Avery Breed Quillin and wife, Elizabeth (Barksdale) Quillin, of Osyka. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have two children - Mrs. Birdie (Lee) Lovette and Francis Collins Lee, both living at McComb."
THE OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL REGISTER OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 1908 by Dunbar Rowland, p. 963.
- By family oral tradition, he was intially stationed with the 39th Ms. at Cornith,Ms. where 'he made cannonballs'.
- Worked at the armory at CSA fort at Port Hudson,La. Was on leave when town was enveloped. Operated with partisan rangers in Felcianas until war end.
- Lived in Slaughter,La. for a number of years and acted a official of Baptist Church there.
-Headstone says 12/28/1828- Died at home.
-"At our old home,in the Parish of St. Helena"- Widow's Pension/AnnieMullins
-Headstone says "Asleep In Jesus,Blessed sleep; From which none ever wake to weep"
Company 'H', 39th Miss. Infantry,CSA
See ZZ Lee Confederate Vet. Pension applications and 1860 Pike County Census;
- His first wife was from Pike County,Ms. and was named Sofronia Courtney. She died sometime before the CW.
"Francis Monroe Lee of McComb, Railroad Commissioner of the State of Mississippi, was born 08/29/1856, near Oyska, Pike County,Miss. He is the son of Zachariah Zion Lee and wife, Sophrona (Courtney) Lee. Mr. Lee acquired the rudiments of education at a rural school of the pioneer type, in a building which he describes thus: " A log house with a log sawed out of one end of the building to furnish light; this opening was closed with a rough board fastened with a leather strap and opening downward, with small sticks as legs, and this was the writing desk for the scholars." He was a farmer, and a blacksmith for ten years, then was elected Sheriff of his county; in 1907 was elected to the office of Railroad Commissioner. Mr. Lee is a Democrat, a Baptist and deacon of his church, a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and Woodman of the World. He was married, December 24,1879, at Tangipahoa,La., to Elizabeth Quillin, daughter of Avery Breed Quillin and wife, Elizabeth (Barksdale) Quillin, of Osyka. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have two children - Mrs. Birdie (Lee) Lovette and Francis Collins Lee, both living at McComb."
THE OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL REGISTER OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 1908 by Dunbar Rowland, p. 963.
- He was a blacksmith and,later,a gunsmith by trade.
- By family oral tradition, he was intially stationed with the 39th Ms. at Cornith,Ms. where 'he made cannonballs'.
- Worked at the armory at CSA fort at Port Hudson,La. Was on leave when town was enveloped. Operated with partisan rangers in Felcianas until war end.
- Lived in Slaughter,La. for a number of years and acted a official of Baptist Church there.
-Headstone says 12/28/1828- Died at home.
-"At our old home,in the Parish of St. Helena"- Widow's Pension/AnnieMullins
-Headstone says "Asleep In Jesus,Blessed sleep; From which none ever wake to weep"
Company 'H', 39th Miss. Infantry,CSA
See ZZ Lee Confederate Vet. Pension applications and 1860 Pike County Census;
- His first wife was from Pike County,Ms. and was named Sofronia Courtney. She died sometime before the CW.
"Francis Monroe Lee of McComb, Railroad Commissioner of the State of Mississippi, was born 08/29/1856, near Oyska, Pike County,Miss. He is the son of Zachariah Zion Lee and wife, Sophrona (Courtney) Lee. Mr. Lee acquired the rudiments of education at a rural school of the pioneer type, in a building which he describes thus: " A log house with a log sawed out of one end of the building to furnish light; this opening was closed with a rough board fastened with a leather strap and opening downward, with small sticks as legs, and this was the writing desk for the scholars." He was a farmer, and a blacksmith for ten years, then was elected Sheriff of his county; in 1907 was elected to the office of Railroad Commissioner. Mr. Lee is a Democrat, a Baptist and deacon of his church, a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and Woodman of the World. He was married, December 24,1879, at Tangipahoa,La., to Elizabeth Quillin, daughter of Avery Breed Quillin and wife, Elizabeth (Barksdale) Quillin, of Osyka. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have two children - Mrs. Birdie (Lee) Lovette and Francis Collins Lee, both living at McComb."
THE OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL REGISTER OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 1908 by Dunbar Rowland, p. 963.
- By family oral tradition, he was intially stationed with the 39th Ms. at Cornith,Ms. where 'he made cannonballs'.
- Worked at the armory at CSA fort at Port Hudson,La. Was on leave when town was enveloped. Operated with partisan rangers in Felcianas until war end.
- Lived in Slaughter,La. for a number of years and acted a official of Baptist Church there.
-Headstone says 12/28/1828- Died at home.
-"At our old home,in the Parish of St. Helena"- Widow's Pension/AnnieMullins
-Headstone says "Asleep In Jesus,Blessed sleep; From which none ever wake to weep"
Company 'H', 39th Miss. Infantry,CSA
See ZZ Lee Confederate Vet. Pension applications and 1860 Pike County Census;
- His first wife was from Pike County,Ms. and was named Sofronia Courtney. She died sometime before the CW.
"Francis Monroe Lee of McComb, Railroad Commissioner of the State of Mississippi, was born 08/29/1856, near Oyska, Pike County,Miss. He is the son of Zachariah Zion Lee and wife, Sophrona (Courtney) Lee. Mr. Lee acquired the rudiments of education at a rural school of the pioneer type, in a building which he describes thus: " A log house with a log sawed out of one end of the building to furnish light; this opening was closed with a rough board fastened with a leather strap and opening downward, with small sticks as legs, and this was the writing desk for the scholars." He was a farmer, and a blacksmith for ten years, then was elected Sheriff of his county; in 1907 was elected to the office of Railroad Commissioner. Mr. Lee is a Democrat, a Baptist and deacon of his church, a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and Woodman of the World. He was married, December 24,1879, at Tangipahoa,La., to Elizabeth Quillin, daughter of Avery Breed Quillin and wife, Elizabeth (Barksdale) Quillin, of Osyka. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have two children - Mrs. Birdie (Lee) Lovette and Francis Collins Lee, both living at McComb."
THE OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL REGISTER OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 1908 by Dunbar Rowland, p. 963.
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