Carroll Co., AR - Biographies - Joseph W. Lee

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Joseph W. Lee, farmer and stock raiser of Carroll County, Ark., was 
born in Tishomingo County, Miss., January 16, 1837. He is a son of 
Gashum and Delilah (Hodge) Lee, both natives of Tennessee. The parents 
removed from Tennessee to Mississippi and settled in Tishomingo 
County. After three years they removed to Kentucky and remained twelve 
months, when they went to Ripley County, Mo., and resided until 1847. 
They then came to Arkansas and located in Searcy County, where they 
resided until the death of the father. Gashum Lee was a highly 
respected citizen of Searcy County, and served as justice of the peace 
for many years. Joseph W. Lee came to Arkansas with his parents, and 
grew to manhood in Searcy County. His youth was spent on his father's 
farm. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army as a member of Capt. 
Campbell's company of infantry. Later he served successively in Col. 
Mitchell's, Col. Griffith's and Col. Power's regiments, and 
participated in the battles of Wilson's Creek, Mo., and Cross Hollow 
and several skirmishes. At Springfield Landing he received a flesh 
wound in the thigh. He was taken prisoner twice, but both times made 
his escape. When hostilities ceased his regiment was disbanded in 
Mississippi, and he returned to Searcy County and engaged in farming 
and stock trading. In 1878 he removed to Boone County, and resumed 
agricultural pursuits, but in 1880 he removed to Eureka Springs and 
remained twelve months engaged in the stock and feed business. The 
next three years he rented land, which he cultivated in connection 
with stock trading. In January, 1885, he located on his present farm. 
It contains 200 acres of land, with fifty acres under cultivation, 
with fair improvements. Mr. Lee's first wife died in Searcy County, 
leaving one son, James W. On September 22, 1869, in Stone County, he 
married Mrs. Lucinda Redwine, a daughter of James Lawrence. She was 
born in Georgia, and is a member of the Baptist Church. To this union 
have been born two children: Flora F. and Ollie A.