William
Sterling
Lee
Born in Campbell, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Martin Lee
and Virginia T. (Wright) Lee
Brother of
George Daniel Lee, James Henry Lee, Elizabeth Esther (Lee) Johnson, Ashby Pierce Lee, Charles Nowlin Lee and Harry Tucker Withers [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 90
in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Mar 2022
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Biography
When William Sterling Lee was born on August 12, 1853, in Campbell, Virginia, his father, Samuel, was 24 and his mother, Virginia, was 22. He married Martha Elizabeth "Bettie" Elder and they had five children together. He then married Lula Bell Johnson in 1916. He died on August 20, 1943, in Lynchburg, Virginia, at the age of 90, and was buried in Brookneal, Virginia.
Sources
- Source Citation
Year: 1870; Census Place: Eastern Division, Campbell, Virginia; Roll: M593_1638; Page: 141B
Source Information Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data:
1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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