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Note: {geni:about_me} Research of Susan Kimes Burgess History of Montcalm County, Michigan its people, industries and institutions…with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families; by John W. Dasef, Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen, 1916, p395-397 HERMAN W. SMITH
". . . Bryron Smith was about six years of age when his parents moved to this county and he grew to manhood on the paternal farm and followed farming all through his life. On March 31, 1874, he married Colista Lee, who was born in Canada, July 24, 1856, daughter of Peter and Rebecca (Shaver) Lee, who drove through with their family in a covered wagon to this county in 1865 and settled in Douglass township, about a mile and a half east of Entrican. Peter Lee became a substantial farmer, the owner of a farm of more than two hundred acres, and was also active in local public affairs, having served his township as supervisor and as treasurer at different times, being elected to the same on the Republican ticket. He and his wife were earnest members of the Methodist church and ever were active in good works. They were the parents of five children, of whom there are still living, Mrs. Sophrona Buckrell, of Muskegan, this state; the mother of the subject of this sketch, and Elgin, of Edmore; the second born, Mrs. Adaline Bennett and James being deceased, the former having died in 1908. Peter Lee died in 1878 and his widow survived him many years, her death occurring at the home of her grandson, Herman W. Smith, at Entrican, in 1909. . . " -------------------------------------------------
1870 Census: Douglass, Montcalm, Michigan; Roll: M593_692; Page: 64; Image: 128
Elgin Lee 20 M W Farmer 1000 200 Canada Father and Mother Foreign born
Peter Lee 54 M W Farmer 3000 600 Canada Father and Mother Foreign born
Rebecca Lee 49 F W Keeping house Canada Father and Mother Foreign born
Colista Lee 13 F W Canada Father and Mother Foreign born
1880 Census: Douglas, Montcalm, Michigan; Roll: T9_596; Family History Film: 1254596; Page: 5.2000; Enumeration District: 226; Image: 0432.
Name Age
Rebecca Lee 63 mother
Elgen M. D. Lee 30 son
1900 Census: Douglass, Montcalm, Michigan; Roll: T623 733; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 125
Colista Smith Head W F July 1856 43 Wd 2 2 Canada Canada Canada
Rebecca Lee Mother W F Oct. 1819 81 Wd 5 5 Canada Canada Canada
Research of Susan Kimes Burgess:
History of Montcalm County, Michigan its people, industries and institutions…with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families; by John W. Dasef, Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen, 1916, p395-397 HERMAN W. SMITH
". . . Bryron Smith was about six years of age when his parents moved to this county and he grew to manhood on the paternal farm and followed farming all through his life. On March 31, 1874, he married Colista Lee, who was born in Canada, July 24, 1856, daughter of Peter and Rebecca (Shaver) Lee, who drove through with their family in a covered wagon to this county in 1865 and settled in Douglass township, about a mile and a half east of Entrican. Peter Lee became a substantial farmer, the owner of a farm of more than two hundred acres, and was also active in local public affairs, having served his township as supervisor and as treasurer at different times, being elected to the same on the Republican ticket. He and his wife were earnest members of the Methodist church and ever were active in good works. They were the parents of five children, of whom there are still living, Mrs. Sophrona Buckrell, of Muskegan, this state; the mother of the subject of this sketch, and Elgin, of Edmore; the second born, Mrs. Adaline Bennett and James being deceased, the former having died in 1908. Peter Lee died in 1878 and his widow survived him many years, her death occurring at the home of her grandson, Herman W. Smith, at Entrican, in 1909. . . " ------------------------------------
1870 Census: Douglass, Montcalm, Michigan; Roll: M593_692; Page: 64; Image: 128
Elgin Lee 20 M W Farmer 1000 200 Canada Father and Mother Foreign born
Peter Lee 54 M W Farmer 3000 600 Canada Father and Mother Foreign born
Rebecca Lee 49 F W Keeping house Canada Father and Mother Foreign born
Colista Lee 13 F W Canada Father and Mother Foreign born
1880 Census:
Name Age
Rebecca Lee 63 mother
Elgen M. D. Lee 30 son
1900 Census: Day, Montcalm, Michigan; Roll: T623 733; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 124
Elgin Lee
Home in 1900: Day, Montcalm, Michigan
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
BirthPlace: Canada English
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouses's Name: Ettie
Race: White
Occupation: View Image
Immigration year: 1864
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Elgin Lee 50
Ettie Lee 38
http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/scripts/individual.asp?UniqueID=504027
Genealogical Death Indexing System - Michigan
LEE, PETER
Date of death: 28-Apr-1878
Ledger Page: 238
Record Number: 167
Place of death: DOUGLASS
County of Death: Montcalm
Sex: Male
Race: W
Marital Status: Married
Age: 62 years 28 days
Cause of Death: TYPHOID FEVER
Birthplace: CANADA
Occupation: FARMER
Father's Name: Lee, JAMES
Father's Residence: CANADA
Mother's Name: LEE, CATHARINE
Mother's Residence: CANADA
Date of record: 8-Aug-1879
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According to Mrs. Harold C. Franke, Jean Franke: the Lee family came from France to England and then to Canada. In 1865 came to Montcalm Co., Michigan by open and covered wagon. A good many of Lee relatives came to Montcalm Co. and rented farms. (Information from research done by Maggie McLean Lee, wife of Lewis Lee, in 1932.)
Entrican Hillside Cemetery, Douglass Township, Montcalm County, Michigan
Photo taken September 28, 2006 by Kathy Londo Barnes
Tombstone reads:
REBECCA
His Wife
DIED
May 8, 1908
Aged
87 Ys 6M 24 Ds
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