Lee, Myron Jr.

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Birth

Myron Lee Jr. was born in November of 1880 in Reidsville in the Town of Berne.[1] He was one of six children of Myron Lee Sr. and his wife Ruthmarie Emma Crawford.[1]

Education

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Marriage & Children

Before 1909, Myron Lee Jr. married Adella Young, who was the daughter of Gideon M. Young and Louisa Van Tassel. She was about a decade younger than he, having been born on March 27, 1890. They had a daughter and a son.

Life

Myron Lee Jr. was born in Reidsville in the Town of Berne, where his father ran a hotel.[2] Before June of 1895, his father had moved the family back to his hometown of Rensselaerville, Albany County, NY.[3] In the 1900 Census in Rensselaerville, Myron Jr. was working with his father on their farm along with his older brother Clarence Lee.[1] In the next decade, Myron's father died, then Myron Jr. married and began his family. Unfortunately I have not found Myron and Adella in the 1910 census.

Death

Myron Lee Jr. died in the early 1910s; either 1912 or 1915.[4] His burial location is not known. After his death, his wife Adella remarried a man named Edward C. White and for a time moved to Oregon and Florida before returning to the Albany area.[5] Adella Young Lee White died in June of 1967 and was buried at Onesquethaw Cemetery in Clarksville, Albany County, NY.[5]

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Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1900 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY
  2. ↑ 1880 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY
  3. ↑ Altamont Enterprise June of 1895 Reidsville column
  4. ↑ Bernehistory.org
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Family Memories