John W. Lee

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1833

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1869-02-16

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"John W. Lee" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018532, (accessed November 15, 2025).

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Fayette County, Kentucky, baker and confectioner. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Lee. Married to Frances Marie Hardesty Lee in Fayette County on April 19, 1858. Father of Simeon Lee and John Harry Lee. Baker in Lexington in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Confectioner in Lexington in 1863. Member of the Lexington City Council in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington/Ward 3, p. 426.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington/Ward 3, p. 452A.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, July 1863, p. 31.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994033, Fayette County Marriages.
"John W. Lee (1833-1869)," Find A Grave, Memorial 99259377, accessed September 3, 2022.
"John Harry Lee (1861-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 99259510, accessed September 3, 2022.

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