Henrietta Branscom Lee b. 1847- d. 1915
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The Beach Advance, Beach, Golden Valley Co, North Dakota, November 19th, 1915
Obituary
Mrs. Henrietta Lee was born in Jackson Co., Ohio, June 19th, 1847. At the age of seven years she moved with her people to Illinois. At eleven years of age she moved to Iowa, and in May 1909 took up her residence seven miles from Medora, No. Dak.,
where she died Nov. 16, 1915. She was married to W. M. Lee of Medora, September 24, 1865. To them were born ten children, two of whom died in childhood.
The others are all living and all but one were present at the funeral.
They are Mrs. Nancy Schmidt, Fred Lee, Robert Lee, Jacob Lee, Willie Lee, Mrs. Zora Swingle, Mrs. Dora Young and Mr. Granville Lee. Grandmother Lee leaves some eighteen grandchildren making a host of immediate relatives who will miss her kindly face. She became a member of the church at the age of seventeen and always lived a Christian life. The one who has lived closest to her life testified of her, he never heard her speak ill of anyone. She was a loving wife, a kind mother, loved in her community and is now mourned by many.
Obituary
Mrs. Henrietta Lee was born in Jackson Co., Ohio, June 19th, 1847. At the age of seven years she moved with her people to Illinois. At eleven years of age she moved to Iowa, and in May 1909 took up her residence seven miles from Medora, No. Dak.,
where she died Nov. 16, 1915. She was married to W. M. Lee of Medora, September 24, 1865. To them were born ten children, two of whom died in childhood.
The others are all living and all but one were present at the funeral.
They are Mrs. Nancy Schmidt, Fred Lee, Robert Lee, Jacob Lee, Willie Lee, Mrs. Zora Swingle, Mrs. Dora Young and Mr. Granville Lee. Grandmother Lee leaves some eighteen grandchildren making a host of immediate relatives who will miss her kindly face. She became a member of the church at the age of seventeen and always lived a Christian life. The one who has lived closest to her life testified of her, he never heard her speak ill of anyone. She was a loving wife, a kind mother, loved in her community and is now mourned by many.