Lee, Myron Jr.

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Birth

Myron Lee Jr. was born in November of 1880 in Reidsville in the Town of Berne.[1] He was one of six children of Myron Lee Sr. and his wife Ruthmarie Emma Crawford.[1]

Education

Occupation

Marriage & Children

Before 1909, Myron Lee Jr. married Adella Young, who was the daughter of Gideon M. Young and Louisa Van Tassel. She was about a decade younger than he, having been born on March 27, 1890. They had a daughter and a son.

Life

Myron Lee Jr. was born in Reidsville in the Town of Berne, where his father ran a hotel.[2] Before June of 1895, his father had moved the family back to his hometown of Rensselaerville, Albany County, NY.[3] In the 1900 Census in Rensselaerville, Myron Jr. was working with his father on their farm along with his older brother Clarence Lee.[1] In the next decade, Myron's father died, then Myron Jr. married and began his family. Unfortunately I have not found Myron and Adella in the 1910 census.

Death

Myron Lee Jr. died in the early 1910s; either 1912 or 1915.[4] His burial location is not known. After his death, his wife Adella remarried a man named Edward C. White and for a time moved to Oregon and Florida before returning to the Albany area.[5] Adella Young Lee White died in June of 1967 and was buried at Onesquethaw Cemetery in Clarksville, Albany County, NY.[5]

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Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1900 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY
  2. 1880 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY
  3. Altamont Enterprise June of 1895 Reidsville column
  4. Bernehistory.org
  5. 5.0 5.1 Family Memories