William Burch Lee (1883 - 1938)

Born 27 Aug 1883 in Farmerville, Union, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 Feb 1938 at age 54 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

William Burch Lee, Sr. (August 27, 1883 – February 1, 1938), was a businessman and public official from Minden, New Orleans, and Shreveport, Louisiana.

Lee was born in Farmerville in Union Parish in North Louisiana to John Martin Lee, Jr. (1850–1909), and the former Vada Burch. Lee, his brother, and two sisters were reared in Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, where he attended public schools. He studied at Tyler Commercial College in Tyler, Texas and in 1906 received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in the capital city of Baton Rouge and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He worked briefly for the Southern Pacific Railroad in New Orleans, where his father was employed until his death.

Lee wed the former Irene Drake (1888–1957). Lee's brother, Captain Wood Lee, died in the Spanish–American War in 1898.

William Burch Lee, Sr.

• Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish
• 1914–1916
• Preceded by Robert Roberts, Jr.
• Succeeded by James Peter Kent

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78281832/william-burch-lee

United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS5T-2FH : accessed 9 December 2018), William B Lee in household of John M Lee, Ward 5 West Monroe town, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92, sheet 19B, family 396, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,576.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQ6-5JJ : accessed 9 December 2018), William Lee, Shreveport Precinct 4, Caddo, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 48, sheet 1B, line 61, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 608; FHL microfilm 1,820,608.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTY-X19 : accessed 9 December 2018), William Burd Lee, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 11B, line 82, family 284, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 787; FHL microfilm 2,340,522.

"Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F397-12V : 10 March 2018), Vada Burch in entry for William Burch Lee, 01 Feb 1938; citing Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, certificate number 1549, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,205,944.