JARED JACKSON LEE, born at Newberry Courthouse, S.C., on
Nov. 23, 1829, died at the home of his daughters in
Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 7, 1921.
Orphaned in
early youth, he made his home with relatives in the western
part of Dallas County, near Selma, Ala., where he grew to
manhood and where he married MISS LOUISIANA MORGAN, daughter
of GEORGE MORGAN, one of the prominent pioneer citizens of
that farming district. After his return from the war he moved to
Selma that his children might have better school advantages, but
he still engaged in farming.
J.J. LEE was
mustered into the Confederate service at Cahaba, Ala., as a
member of Company A, Alabama Regiment, but in July of 1862,
he became a member of Capt. Thomas H. Lewis Company, which
later a part of Lewis's Battalion of Alabama
Cavalry....
He became a
Christian early in life and was a member of the Baptist
church. He was a Mason and was proud of the
organization.
Comrade Lee is
buried by the side of his wife in Oak Hill Cemetery at
Selma. Surviving him are two sons, five daughters and nine
grandchildren.