Biographical Sketch of John G. Lee, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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John G. Lee, cooper, is a native of New Jersey, was born in Flemmington
on September 7, 1818, and removed to Delaware with his parents when
quite young.  His father, William, was a cooper, and John G. adopted
and learned that trade.  In 1848, he came to Quincy, Illinois, where
he did a large cooperage business for twenty years.  In 1870, he came
to St. Joseph, Missouri, and engaged in trade.  Mr. Lee is an agree-
able conversationalist and a courteous gentleman.  In 1840, Miss
Hattie Bannar, of Wilmington, Delaware, became his wife.  They have
had twelve children, ten of whom are living: George, Agnes, Julia,
Fannie, Annie, Magdalene, Charles, Elkana, John S. and Nathaniel. 
They lost two children: E. J. and Eva.

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