The footstone, "M. E. L.," evidently indicates the grave of Mary E. ANDERSON, born about 1809, an elder daughter of
• Hezekiah B. ANDERSON (born after 1775 in NC or VA, grand juror by 1799, War of 1812 veteran, died 1826 Screven County - Hezekiah's father may have come from MD) & his wife
• Alley Conner, born 1792-1793 in GA or SC, died after 1870).
In 1826 in Screven County, she married James LEE. Mary & James were the parents of ten children, born 1827-1851:
• Sarah Elizabeth LEE (1827-1862), who became the first wife of David Isaiah ARCHER in 1848 in Screven County,
• James David LEE (1830-1907), who married Elvira Amanda EDWARDS in 1850 in Effingham County,
• Paul LEE, born about 1834 and died between 1850 and 1860,
• Dr William J. LEE (1835-1860),
• Joseph M. LEE Sr. (1838-1903, died in Waycross, Ware County), who married Alice WILSON, "Alzada," of Effingham County in 1861,
• Mary Ella A. LEE, born 1841, became the wife of William Penn MORGAN in 1857 in Effingham County,
• Frances Kesiah LEE, the wife, first of George W. M. NEWTON in 1861, and then of her cousin, David Lee AMBROSE after the war,
• Virginia V. LEE, the wife of Solomon Elston MARSH Sr.,
• Laura A. LEE, born 1848, the wife of William L. FALLIGANT, and
• Thomas A. LEE, the husband of Sarah C. DENTON, "Sallie."
Mary E. ANDERSON LEE was widowed in 1859, and died after 1880.
The footstone, "M. E. L.," evidently indicates the grave of Mary E. ANDERSON, born about 1809, an elder daughter of
• Hezekiah B. ANDERSON (born after 1775 in NC or VA, grand juror by 1799, War of 1812 veteran, died 1826 Screven County - Hezekiah's father may have come from MD) & his wife
• Alley Conner, born 1792-1793 in GA or SC, died after 1870).
In 1826 in Screven County, she married James LEE. Mary & James were the parents of ten children, born 1827-1851:
• Sarah Elizabeth LEE (1827-1862), who became the first wife of David Isaiah ARCHER in 1848 in Screven County,
• James David LEE (1830-1907), who married Elvira Amanda EDWARDS in 1850 in Effingham County,
• Paul LEE, born about 1834 and died between 1850 and 1860,
• Dr William J. LEE (1835-1860),
• Joseph M. LEE Sr. (1838-1903, died in Waycross, Ware County), who married Alice WILSON, "Alzada," of Effingham County in 1861,
• Mary Ella A. LEE, born 1841, became the wife of William Penn MORGAN in 1857 in Effingham County,
• Frances Kesiah LEE, the wife, first of George W. M. NEWTON in 1861, and then of her cousin, David Lee AMBROSE after the war,
• Virginia V. LEE, the wife of Solomon Elston MARSH Sr.,
• Laura A. LEE, born 1848, the wife of William L. FALLIGANT, and
• Thomas A. LEE, the husband of Sarah C. DENTON, "Sallie."
Mary E. ANDERSON LEE was widowed in 1859, and died after 1880.
Inscription
M. E. L. (footstone only, placed by the grave of James Lee)
Family Members
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