Weld County, History of Colorado, BIOS: LEE, Joseph Walter (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 31-32



JOSEPH WALTER LEE.

	Joseph Walter Lee, chief probation officer of Weld county and a 
resident of Greeley, was born in Passaic, New Jersey, April 30, 1880, a 
son of Thomas and Mary (Morris) Lee, who were natives of Manchester, 
England. The father came to America In 1860 and after crossing the 
broad Atlantic took up his abode in Passaic, New Jersey, where he was 
living at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. With patriotic 
loyalty to his adopted country he enlisted for active service as a 
member of a New Jersey cavalry troop and served for four years in 
defense of the Union, or until the close of the war. He then returned 
to Passaic, New Jersey, and afterward sailed the seas, while 
subsequently he removed to Michigan of which state he became one of the 
pioneers. He later came to Colorado, where he remained for four years, 
but in 1908 returned to Passaic, New Jersey, where he still makes his 
home, but is now living retired from active business. He has reached 
the age of eighty-three years, while his wife is eighty-two years of 
age.

	Joseph Walter Lee was reared and educated in Passaic, New Jersey, 
and in New York city. He won his Bachelor of Arts degree from the 
College of the City of New York and then took up the profession of 
teaching in the west. He came to Colorado in December, 1903, and has 
since made his home In this state. Here he followed teaching for 
fifteen years and proved a most capable educator, imparting readily and 
clearly to others the knowledge which he had acquired. In June, 1917, 
he was appointed chief probation officer of Weld county and has 
occupied that position continuously since, doing excellent work in 
enforcing attendance at the schools. In this he uses persuasion and 
argument, as well as the law which is on his side, and he puts forth 
every possible effort to maintain the highest educational standards. He 
has also been identified with other business interests. While at 
Hotchkiss, Colorado, he built and became general manager of the 
Hotchkiss evaporator, electric light plant and canning factory, which 
he operated from 1905 until 3909. He is a man of determined purpose, 
carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. He is 
now making a thorough survey of Weld county by instruction of the 
county court.

	In religious faith Mr. Lee is an Episcopalian. Politically he 
maintains an independent course. Fraternally he is well known, having 
membership with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent 
Protective Order of Elks. He stands for all that he believes will prove 
an element in the uplift of the individual and the betterment of the 
community at large and is a wide-awake, progressive man whose efforts 
in behalf of educational progress have been far-reaching and effective.