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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Thomas William Lee: Birth: 17 OCT 1844 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 16 MAR 1921 in Fairfax County, Virginia

  2. Richard Henry Lee: Birth: 28 JAN 1846 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 17 JUL 1926 in Prince William County, Virginia

  3. Bersheba B. Lee: Birth: 21 MAR 1847 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 29 NOV 1919 in Dranesville, Fairfax County, Virginia

  4. Mary Lee: Birth: JAN 1849 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 27 DEC 1885 in Virginia

  5. William Fairfax Lee: Birth: 13 MAR 1852 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 24 FEB 1931 in Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia

  6. George Washington Lee: Birth: 25 MAY 1854 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 21 MAY 1928

  7. Ludwell L. Lee: Birth: 9 Nov 1854 or 1855 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 18 MAR 1934 in Prince William County, Virginia

  8. Lillie Dale Lee: Birth: 17 APR 1856 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 21 MAR 1923 in Fairfax County, Virginia

  9. Edwin Meriweather Jones Lee: Birth: 10 APR 1858 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 3 MAR 1929 in Virginia

  10. Elizabeth Ford Lee: Birth: 4 AUG 1860 in Chantilly Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 4 NOV 1944 in Round Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia


Notes
a. Note:   N11299 The Manassas Journal (Virginia), 17 March 1911
  Wm. Fairfax Dead
 Grand Old Gentleman of Nobel Ancestry Passes Away in Fairfax County
  Mr. William Fairfax Lee, a member of a well known Virginia family, died at his home, near Chantilly, Fairfax county, on March 9, 1911, in his 88th year. He was a man of marked intelligence and wonderful memory up to the time of his death. He was a school-mate of Gen. Eppa Hunton, when they attended "New Baltimore Academy", which was the only high school for young men at that time in this part of the country. At the age of twenty, he married Caroline, daughter of [Benjamin Ford Higgs] and sister of the late Mrs. Francis M. Lewis, of near Manassas.
  Mr. Lee was a direct descendant of Richard Lee, of the Stratford Branch, who emigrated from England to Virginia, in 1642. He was the great=grad-son of Col. George D. Lee, who married Anne Fairfax, the widow of Lawrence Washington.
  He is survived by six sons: Thomas, Richard H., William F., Ludwel, George W., Meriweather Jones, and by three daughters: Mrs. Tom Reid, of Round Hill; Misses Bershea and Lilly Lee, all being residents of Fairfax county except richard H. and William F., who reside in Prince William county. He leaves, also, one brother, Philip D. Lee, of Chantilly.
  His remains were laid to rest in the family cemetery at "Oak Hill", by the side of his wife who preceded him seventeen years ago, to "the great beyond."
  Mr. Lee was a man of integrity, and a good neighbor and will be greatly missed in his community.
b. Note:   N11297 Obituary Abstract
  William Fairfax Lee died 9 March 1911, age 88. At home (Albion) near Chantilly, Fairfax Co. At 20, he married Caroline "dau of Mayor John Higgs" (sic - should be dau. of Benjamin F. Higgs of Oakhill), sister of the late Mrs. Frank M Lewis of (Rosemount) near Manassas. He was a descendant of Richard Lee who came to Virginia in 1641 and a Great-Grandson of Col. George D. Lee. who married Anne Fairfax, widow of Lawrence Washington.
  He is survived by six sons: Thomas, Richard H., William F., Ludwell, George W., Meriwether Jones, and three daughters: Mrs. Thomas Reid of Round Hill, and Misses Bershea and Lilly Lee. He left one brother, Phillip D. Lee, of Chantilly.
  His remains buried at "Oak Hill" by the side of his wife, who preceded him 17 years ago.

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