Edmund Jennings Lee Jr. (1797–1877)
Role
Lee's father was a colleague and correspondent of Bushrod Washington.
Description
Edmund Jennings Lee Jr., son of Edmund Jennings Lee, nephew of Henry Lee III and Charles Lee, and cousin of Robert E. Lee, was born on 3 May 1797 in Alexandria. As a young man he moved to Shepherdstown in present-day West Virginia, where he would practice law for nearly fifty years. Lee’s first wife (Eliza Shepherd, b.
Citations
Sheperdstown Register (WV), 18 August 1877, page 2, column 2 (Newspapers.com).
Spirit of Jefferson (Charles Town, WV), 27 November 1877, page 3, column 3 (Newspapers.com).
Edmund Jennings Lee Jr. at Find a Grave.
Edmund Jennings Lee at FamilySearch.