CENTRE LINES


The LEE Family


This column is part of a feature series which focuses on a different Centre County family each week. Five new columns will be released each month unless some technical difficulty enters the picture.

This column's focus is on LEE. An effort has been made to identify all persons carrying that name in the 1890 U.S. Census, using the Centre County business directory which was formed from a preliminary review of that census before the larger set of 1890 U.S. Census records was destroyed by fire. (Sadly, the postal directory does not typically provide the ages of females, but it's the best record we've got).

One book in the Pennsylvania Room of the Centre County Library in Bellefonte apparently deals with the Lee family. It is: J. Marvin Lee's The Lees of Centre County: a Family History and Genealogy (196-).

There are 21 different first-name entries for Lee in John Blair Linn's History of Centre and Clinton County (1883). In addition, there are many references to the name in Beers' Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (1898).

And, now, your ancestors' LEE neighbors in 1890:

In BELLEFONTE Borough:

Alfred, 24, teamster--56 Pine
	Sadie
	Mary

In CENTRE HALL Borough:

John T., 45, coachmaker
	Laura A.
	Amey A.
	Grace I.
	Witmer E. 9
Ruth

In MILES Township:

Elsie R.--Rebersburg
George L., 36, physician--Madisonburg
	Rosa B.

In MILESBURG Borough:

Mary A.

In MILLHEIM Borough:

Katie L.

In PATTON Township:

Henry D., 48, carpenter--Fillmore
	Anna R.

In POTTER Township:

Alfred J., 36, carpenter--Centre Hall
	Amanda J.
	Mary A.
	Berdelia M.
	Bessie V.
Felix A., 20, clerk--Tusseyville
	John B. 66
	Jane B.
	John H. 33
	Carrie M.
	Sarah J.
Franklin D., 26, farmer--Centre Hall
	Maggie M.
	Maud 1
Jacob, 35, clerk--Centre Hall
	Kate J.
	Maud E.
	Sarah A.
	Rufus B. 5
	Charles W. 3
	Ralph J. 8 mos.
	Roy C. 8 mos.
James, 30, farmer--Centre Hall
	Anna E.
	Jane R.
	John B. 4
	Mary E.
	Infant 1 mo.
John R., 50, farmer--Tusseyville
	Mary E.
	Sadie M.
	George B. 22
	Catharine
	Jacob 14
	Anus 45
	Susan E.
William H., 47--Centre Hall
	Rebecca E.
	Ida M.
	Arthur B. 20
	Annie E.

In WALKER Township:

Jeremiah W., 40, farmer--Hublersburg
	Emma V.
	Clark H. 14
	Minnie A.
	Clyde 8
	Sarah E.

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