Josiah Lee

Josiah Lee

brother of Peter Lee, Uncle of John and Mary Alice Lee Campbell Holt

Josiah Lee was married to Annie Rebecca Whaley

residents of Athens county in 1837 to 1849

WV deed records for The distribution of property included the following item: "One Share to
the heirs of Jesse Lee dec'd that is to say Hannah Lee the widow of the
said Jesse Lee the one ninth of the said last mentioned share in lieu of
her Dower and to the said David Cozad and NANCY Lee his wife, JOSIAH Lee,
PETER LEE, SALLY Lee, JESSE Lee heirs and Heiresses of Jesse Lee dec'd
the remainder of the said share to be distributed among them per
capita...."

In the late 1830's Josiah and his wife Anne Rebecca Whaley Lee were living in Meigs county, Ohio where they owned land in both Athens and Meigs counties.

In 1840 Josiah Lee was living on the land he purchased in Athens county in Carthage township. He appears in the 1840 census. In 1837 I found a deed sale of Josiah Lee and his wife Annie Rebecca Lee signed it too. That is how I know this is my Josiah Lee. So this line could be listed as first pioneers of Athens county.

By 1850 Josiah and Annie had returned to Wirt county WV in the area of Burning Springs

1850 Wirt County Census Record WV 088 70th district #452-452
Josiah Lee 40 VA Farmer
Ann B. 38 VA
Artemesia 16 VA
William 14 VA
David 8 VA
Noble C. 5 VA
Almira E. 2 mo. VA
Thomas B. Stanton 2 VA grandson

1860 Wirt County Census Record West Virginia pg 24
Josiah Lee 49 male Miller 127 Va
Ann B. Lee 47 female Va
William Lee 26 male Va
Noble G. Lee 15 male Va
Almira E. Lee 10 female Va
Lucretia Lee 8 female Va
Windfield Lee 4 male Va (webmasters great great grandfather C. M. who died in Redtown in the coal mine fall of slate.
America Lee 4/12 Va

Josiah served in the Union army in the Civil War

1870 Ritchie Co., WV Census #112-111 Grant Township
Josiah Lee 58 VA Teamster
Ann R. 58 VA Housekeeper
Lucretia 18 VA
CM (male) 13 VA (Windfield preferred to be called Charles M. Lee)
Adda A. 9 VA (America?)
Charles Logne 9 VA. grandchild

The children moved back up to Athens county in the early 1880's to form a coal union for miners.

From the Bible records of Naomi Lee Campbell, a photo of Josiah Lee and a obit on Margaret McFoy Naborgal and a funeral or tombstone record which says-
In fond rememberance of -- Father-- Josiah Lee died March 22, 1887 aged 75 years --Mother---
Ann R. Lee died April 11, 1899 aged 86 years.

Death record of Windfield C. M. Lee of Athens county, Ohio-April 14, 1919
He died when a pick axe hit him in the head while he was working in the coal mine according to his death record because of a fall of slate. His son David witnessed this, and was from then on hospitalized at the Athens county mental hospital. Where he died after four years, of a flue complication according to his obituary. C. M.'s death certificate lists him as the son of Josiah Lee and Annie Whaley.

Terrible tragedies happened to the family of Windfield C. M. Lee after his death and some skeleton's have came out of the closet. If you would like to know more, email the webmaster.

wepage created by descendant Sandra Mitchell Quinn