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     In 1845 John Lee came from Jackson County, Tennessee,and settled
    on Bullard Creek, not far from where Dodd Cityis now situated.  He and his
    wife were the parents of twelve children as follows:
  • Henry Lee, who died in Lamar County;
  • Baker Lee, who died in Arkansas;
  • John C. (Chess)Lee, who  died in Cooke County in 1902.
  • John C. Lee was a preacher,belonged to the Christian Church.
  • James Lee, who now at the age of 83 years, resides atthe old homesteadon

  • Bullard’s Creek where his father, John Lee, first settled.
  • Mrs. Jane Lloyd,wife of William Lloyd, who died in 1859;
  • Reece D. Lee (also a Christian preacher) who now, at the age of 78 years,

  • resides at Ladonia; Frank Lee, who died at Honey Grove in 1863;
  • Margaret and
  • Mary, who died at an early age;
  • H.C. (Bob) Lee, who now resides in Oklahoma;
  • Nancy, who married Joe McDonald and died in 1904.

Honey Grove Signal: April 25, 1952
“Fannin County 52 Years Ago”
By Judge W. A. Evans
            We are informed that John Lee was the first justice of the peace on the east side of Bois D’ Arc and held his courts at his place of residence. The three lawyers who resided at Bonham then were Col. S.A. Roberts, Col. Robert H. Taylor  and Col. R. H. Lane,and they  all attended his courts every term and would walk down  (about 8 miles) the day before; carrying their guns along to  kill game (there were plenty  bear, deer, turkey, prairie chicken and quail).  They would stay all  night with the court and walk back home after the cases were all disposed of.  Sometimes it would rain while they were over and the creeks would get flush. When it did   so, the squire would have his two sons  Jim and Reece, to saddle up horses and bring the attorneys back to Bonham.
           When John Lee first settled on Bullard’s Creek the  settlers were few and far between.  Old Man Peyton, father of Hon.Vincent Peyton, who lived about five miles from him, was at that time his nearest neighbor.
         Shortly after his settlement there, Reece Stewart and John Sadler came into that part of the county, and the Lees, the Stewarts, Peytons and Sadlers composed the settlement. Reece Lee and Jim Lee are the only survivors of the  John Lee family who reside in Fannin County.  These two old men, full of years, have been good useful men.  But their days are well nigh spent, and according to the course of nature they must soon pass to their reward in the great  world beyond, and if their descendants will only follow  the footsteps of these two old men, their lives will also be useful on earth, and they will  be of benefit to their fellow  man.
            The children of Jim Lee are:  Henry, James, Willie, Hugh, Lena, Mrs. Mary Jane Isham, and John; Mrs. Harvey Hulsey of Fannin County; Mrs. Lizzie Armstrong and Mattie Boswell of Oklahoma.  The children of Reece D. Lee are: Mrs. Louisa, wife of Halsey Bedford; Dr. R.E. Lee, practicing physician at Windom ;Mrs. Sudie, wife of Bose McFarland of Ladonia, and Hous Lee, a lawyer living in Bonham. Surviving in 1952 are Hugh Lee, Windom, and Mrs.Lizzie Armstrong, Oklahoma City.

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    This article is in the possession of Lauren Myrick Nash,
    Lauren Myrick Nash
    456 Redding Road
    Fredericksburg, TX 78624

    830-997-0825


 


 
 
 

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