Jessie McKee and John Alson Lee

JOHN ALSON LEE was born September 18, 1869 in Edwardsburg, Cass, Michigan,¹²⁰⁸⁴ and died January 21, 1958 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.¹²⁰⁸⁴ He is buried in Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.⁴⁵⁶

He married JESSIE MCKEE on August 24, 1898 in Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan,^{7329, 12084} daughter of CLARISSA E. STANLEY and MARTIN CURRIE MCKEE. She was born February 8, 1873 in Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan,⁹⁷³ and died August 10, 1950 in Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.³⁶⁰⁵ She is buried in Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie McKee)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie McKee)

Children of JESSIE MCKEE and JOHN ALSON LEE:

1. PAUL STANLEY LEE, b. July 24, 1899, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan;⁶¹⁷⁵ d. November 22, 1907, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan;⁶¹⁷⁵ bur. Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.⁴⁵⁶
2. MILDRED EDNA LEE, b. March 26, 1901;⁶¹³ m. WILLIAM GEORGE YOUNG on May 15, 1926 in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana¹²⁰⁸⁶; d. December 14, 1987, Michigan.⁶¹³
3. ROBERT ALSON LEE, b. July 29, 1907, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan;⁷³⁷⁷ m. GEORGIA CAROL COOPER on June 25, 1927 in Lacota, Van Buren, Michigan⁴⁴³¹; d. July 12, 1965, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.¹¹⁸²⁰



Obituaries

News-Palladium, August 11, 1950⁷³²⁹

Mrs. Jessie Lee

BANGOR, Aug. 11 — Mrs. Jessie Lee, 77, died last night at her home in Bangor. She was born Feb. 8, 1873, in Bangor.

She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin McKee. On Aug. 24, 1898, she was married to John A. Lee, a rural mail carrier in the Bangor and South Haven areas. They had lived in Bangor continuously since his retirement in 1933.

She is survived by her husband, a son, Robert, Milwaukee, Wis., a daughter, Mrs. W. George Young, Lawton, five grandchildren, a brother, Archie McKee, Bangor, and a sister, Mrs. Rognar Oberg, Newport News, Va.

The body is at the Stafford funeral home, Bangor, where funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Herald-Palladium, January 22, 1958¹²⁰⁸⁴

John A. Lee

BANGOR, Jan.22—John A. Lee, 88, of Bangor died Tuesday morning at the home of his son, Robert, in Milwaukee, with whom he had been making his home for a short time.

He was born on Sept. 15, 1869, in Edwardsburg, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Abial Lee. He came to Bangor with his parents at the age of four. He married Jessie McKee on Aug. 24, 1898, in Bangor.

He worked as a farmer for awhile and was a rural mail carrier in the Bangor and South Haven areas, retiring in 1933.

In addition to his son, Mr. Lee is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Young, of Grand Rapids; a sister, Mrs. Alice Cross, of Bangor; a brother, Isaac Wilcox, of Largo, Fla.; five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

The body will arrive in Bangor at 9 o'clock tonight. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Bangor Bible church. The Rev. Allen Robbins of the Dowagiac Bible church will conduct the services. He will be assisted by the Rev. Grant Shattuck of the Bangor Bible church. Burial will be in the Arlington Hill cemetery, Bangor.

The Stafford funeral home is in charge of the local arrangements.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 7, 18807323	Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan	Martin Currie McKee Jessie McKee
June 2, 19007324	Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan	Martin Currie McKee Clarissa E. Stanley Jessie McKee Archie Vernon McKee Ivy McKee John Alson Lee Paul Stanley Lee