Joshua Timothy Lee

1859 - 1931  (71 years)

• Name	Joshua Timothy Lee  [1]
  Birth	6 May 1859	Decatur County, Georgia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Apr 1931	Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas
  Burial	Kirbyville City Cemetery, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas
  Notes	In her letter of 12 September 1999 to Melinda Strong, Jo Ann Lee Gartig wrote: "Tim began his working life as a teamster, age 17 (where on the Jasper County 1880 Federal census he was boarding with Newton B. Jones) in the logging camps of Jasper County, along the Neches River between Kirbyville and Buna. A few years later he was engineer of the Texas Tram, a logging train which ran through the Neches River "bottom" near Buna and Ten Acre Lake. He went to San Antonio to earn $50 so that he could marry. At age 27, on October 6, 1886, Tim married Emily Ann Westbrook. The marriage took place at Tram Town, Jasper County. Two sons were born in Tram Town and both died in infancy. The couple took each infant in turn to be buried at Farr's Chapel, Farrsville, Newton County, Texas. Emily Ann's family lived at Farrsville. On October 10, 1896, (at) age 37, Tim Lee was ordained by the Council of the South East Texas Free Will Baptist Association as a Free Will Baptist Minister. He was Minister of Erin Free Will Baptist Church, Erin Community, Jasper County. Throughout the years of his ministry, he was a circuit minister and one of the several churches that he traveled to preach in was Farr's Chapel. At age 38, the family moved to Kirbyville, Jasper County and built their "dog-trot" home. This was one of the first homes built in Kirbyville when Mr. Kirby was marking off lots for homesites. The seventh child, Lela Lanine was the first born in the new house...(and) the remaining children were all born in this home. Tim went to work for Mr. Kirby, owner of Kirby Lumber Company, as a timber evaluator. He was called a "log scaler" and measured amount of timber with a log scaling stick. For a while he was engineer for a log train and worked at night reparing engines in the engine shop. Tim worked for Kirby for many years until the lumber company burned in 1917. Then he went to work for Trout Creek Lumber Company as a night watchman at age 58. This lumber mill was located behind the old Kirbyville school building and near Tim's house. In October, 1927, age 67, Tim attended the 38th annual session of South East Texas Free Will Baptist Association at the Friendship Church near Roganville. He also attended the 39th annual session at Cairo Springs and in 1930 he attended the session at North Zulch, Madison County, Texas. In 1931, Tim was 71 years old and still employed as a night watchman at the Trout Creek Lumber Mill in Kirbyville. He died of pneumonia, April 16, 1931 at home. Services were held at the family home and Tim was buried in Kirbyville Cemetery. Chester Lee recounted to his daughter that "The old pendulum clock the family owned was won by Tim. A Kirbyville store owner offered the clock as a prize to the man who paid up his bill. Poppa owed 50 cents and paid up."
  Person ID	I8694	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Elias M.C. Lee,   b. Bef 1834   d. 14 Nov 1862, Virginia (Age ~ 28 years)
  Mother	Dorcus Morgan,   b. Abt 1836, North Carolina d. Bef 1886 (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1854	Decatur County, Georgia   [3, 4]
  	Per www.rootsweb.com/~gadecatu/marriage <http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadecatu/marriage> Dorcas Morgan m Elias M.C. Lee on 23 Nov 1854
  Family ID	F4002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Ann Westbrook,   b. 11 Feb 1865, Jasper County, Texas d. 18 Jan 1933, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1886	Tram Town, Jasper County, Texas   [2, 5]
  Children	1. Robert Edward Lee,   b. 23 Aug 1887, Tram Town, Jasper County, Texas d. 23 Dec 1887, Tram Town, Jasper County, Texas (Age 0 years)   2. William Arthur Lee,   b. 20 Nov 1888, Tram Town, Jasper County, Texas d. 8 Jan 1889, Tram Town, Jasper County, Texas (Age 0 years)   3. Emmet Carl Lee,   b. 14 May 1890, Jasper County, Texas d. 6 May 1948, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 57 years)   4. Alma Catherine Lee,   b. 29 Dec 1891, Tram Town, Jasper County, Texas d. 11 Jul 1982, Jasper County, Texas (Age 90 years)   5. Wallace Marvin Lee,   b. 20 Sep 1893, Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas d. 30 Dec 1928 (Age 35 years)   6. Lonnie Leon Lee,   b. 18 Mar 1895, Tram Town, Jasper County, Texas d. 13 Mar 1979 (Age 83 years)   7. Lela Lanine Lee,   b. 21 Jan 1897, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas d. Jan 1974, Jasper County, Texas (Age 76 years)   8. Herbert Lee,   b. 29 Mar 1899, Texas d. 3 Aug 1969 (Age 70 years)   9. Annie Mae Lee,   b. 16 Feb 1901, Texas d. 28 Sep 1958 (Age 57 years)   10. Marlin Lee,   b. 22 Sep 1902, Texas d. 1 Mar 1971 (Age 68 years)   11. Chester Thomas Lee,   b. 11 Aug 1904, Texas d. 8 Dec 1977 (Age 73 years)   12. Wilmer Burton "Jed" Lee,   b. 20 Aug 1908, Texas d. 23 Jul 1970, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F4051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 May 1859 - Decatur County, Georgia Marriage - 6 Oct 1886 - Tram Town, Jasper County, Texas Death - 16 Apr 1931 - Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas Burial - - Kirbyville City Cemetery, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S218] Miller, Yolanda Pepper, Family Researcher (Ypmiller@stx.rr.com). [S100] Gartig, Jo Ann Lee--Family Researcher (3924 Timberwood, Nacogdoches, TX 75961). [S84] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, "CD-ROM," Marriage Index #3, Volume A, page 237 (Reliability: 3). [S234] O'Banion, Joan Reynolds--Family Researcher (kelly_o@charter.net), She instead shows the marriage date as 23 Nov 1857 (Reliability: 3). [S146] Ingmire, Frances Terry NEWTON COUNTY TEXAS MARRIAGE RECORDS Ingmire Publications, St. Louis, Missouri c 1982.