Lee Family Obelisk - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery - New Franklin, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 39° 02.109 W 092° 44.315
15S E 522624 N 4320709
Pink granite (or Missouri Marble) obelisk for the Lee Family.
Waymark Code: WM169Z0
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2022
Views: 0
County of obelisk: Howard County Location of obelisk: CR-450 & MO-5, about 1 mile N of New Franklin downtown, Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Tombstone Text:
(Front) SARAH F. Wife of JOHN LEE BORN In Campbell County, Va. Nov. 26, 1826, DIED Dec. 11, 1876.
LEE
(Proper Right): JOHN LEE MAR. 5, 1816 DEC. 18, 1893 HIS WIFE SUSAN TALBOT AUG. 9, 1844 JAN. 4, 1938
(Proper Left): STROTHER T. BORN Feb. 4, 1850, DIED Mar. 16, 1863. ------ GEORGIE P. BORN May 17, 1861. DIED AUG. 28, 1864. SONS OF J. & S.F. LEE
(Rear): Children of JOHN and SUSAN LEE BEN ROBERT P.
JULY 25, 1885 FEB. 5, 1881.
SEPT. 16, 1888 OCT. 12, 1881.
The Find-A-Grave messes up the children and who they belong to, it only list 2 children for John and Susan, and this tombstone list a lot more.
"John Lee was born March 5, 1816, in Richmond, Va., son of John Lee, Sr., and Susan (Owen) Lee, natives of Virginia. John Lee, Sr. was a son of Joel Lee, a soldier of the Revolution of 1776, who served under General Washington. The elder John Lee, with his wife and children, came from Virginia to Missouri in 1819 and this family was one of the first families of the state. John Lee, Jr. was one of the leading farmers and stockmen of Howard County, Mo., and he was also a prominent financier of Boonville, one of the organizers of the bank of Ahle, Lee & Duncia at Boonville, which bank was conducted until 1882, when Mr. Lee became head of the banking institution known as John Lee & Son, Bankers. In 1885, John Lee, Jr. sold his interest in this bank and assisted in the organization of the Commercial Bank, becoming a director, a position he held until his death in 1893." ~ Obituary
Address: 118 County Road 450, New Franklin, MO 65274
Height: 15 feet
Illuminated: no
Website: [Web Link]
Date Created/Placed: Not listed
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