An Obituary from THE DAILY TIMES, March 1877,
Chattanooga
Died
At his home in Loudon, Tenn., March [2?--blurred], 1877,
Mr. A.B. Lee, father of J.A. and J.U. Lee of this place.
Mr. A.B. Lee was the eldest of twelve children, ten girls
and two boys. His grandfather, Rev. Jesse Lee, was a Baptist Minister, and
one of the first settlers of Petersburg, Va. He had four children,
three boys and one girl. Their names were Shelly, John, Thomas and
Edith.
Shelly Lee, father of A.B. Lee, married a Miss Billups
at Petersburg, and when A.B. was quite a boy, he moved to Lynchburg.
When about nineteen, A.B. Lee came to Tennessee, and after traveling
over some of the adjoining States, settled at Greenville, Tenn., where he lived for a number of years. In 1838-9
he joined the Baptist church. In 1848 he moved to Chattanooga and
lost his wife a short time later. In 1854 he was married again to
Miss Martha West, of Roan county, near Loudon, where he lived until
he died at the age of 77 years, 6 months and 14 days.
Dr. J.U. Lee has returned to the city and may be found at his office
as usual.
Transcribed and Submitted by Linda Bloom,
Descendent of A.B. Lee
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Excerpt from a Letter from A. B. Lee to His Son,
Shelly Lee. Written in Loudon, Tenn. February 26, 1868
"I am ageting along the Best I can thank god I am yet able to woork and make out
to make aliving yet. Ihave bought the old Corner house that was owned
by the Davises next to the old Suly hotell whare I am seling some Stoves
and tinware and Acationaley I Sell a still. I sole one this weak for
onehudnred and eight dollars I have a tolerable asoartment of tinware
on hands 3 co Stoves 2 Cook Stoves one large heaing Stove I Sell No.
8 Cookstove for $38.00 No.7 $35.00 No. 6 $26.00 I have Six more Stoves
that I look for every day I have 2 horses & waggon yet I have Corn
Enoughf to do me that I had made I have Enoughf Bacon to do us till
next fall I have hoggs Enoughf to Make Me aplenty for the net year if we Should
live to See it I also Bought the other half 80 acres of land that
Dr. Hurley oned I gave $200 for the 80 acres. . . . Taking Every thing
into conderration I am amking out very well for whitch I thank god for it
My candle is ageting low I must come to aclose Marthey and all the Children
joines me in love to you and your wife & children may god bless you all
in this woorld and the world to com is the praer of your old
Father until death
A.B.Lee"
Transcribed by Linda Bloom,
Descendent of A.B. and Shelly Lee, 1998
NOTE: At this time in the United States, there were no written rules for "correct"
spelling. People usually spelled words as they "sounded." Only later
in the century did spelling become standardized.
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