Biographical Sketch of John J. Lee, Johnson County, Missouri
Post Oak Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

JOHN J. LEE,

postmaster and merchant at Burnett Station.   Mr. Lee was born in
Muskingum county, Ohio, December 27, 1842, the son of John N. Lee, a
native of Virginia.  His youthful days were principally spent at home
until the war of the rebellion, and his country's call for patriotic men
to defend the stars and stripes.  He enlisted August 5, 1862, in company
F.  97th regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.  After remaining for a short
time in camp at Zanesville, they were ordered to Covington, Kentucky, to
check the invading forces of Gen. Kirby Smith, thence to Louisville, and
drove Gen. Bragg to Murfresboro and engaged him in the battle of Stone
River, thence to Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Nashville, and Huntsville,
Alabama.  Finally after the surrender of the Confederate forces, he was
mustered out of the service at Nashville, having been a faithful soldier
in the cause of his country.  Soon after the war closed he went to Iowa,
and acted as civil engineer on the Chicago and North Western R.R., which
was then being located through to Council Bluffs.  He aided in laying
out the town of Missouri Valley Junction, and locating the line of
railroad from that point to Sioux City.  In the year 1867 he came and
purchased eighty acres of land in Johnson county, where he still
resides.  On June 14, 1869, was united in marriage to Bella J. Wylie,
daughter of Joseph and Margaret Wylie, both natives of Pennsylvania.
Three bright and interesting children shed joy and sunshine into this
household: Vinnie L., Charles A. and William H.  A neat and comfortable
house and barn, together with a large and elegant new store and eighty
acres of good land, besides 20 acres of timber, furnish profitable and
agreeable employment for our subject.  The store cost $1100, and is just
now completed and filled with a good stock of general merchandise.  The
first store of Burnett Station was built by S.D. Wherry, and J.W. Wall
put in the first stock of goods.  Mr. Lee, the present merchant, took
the store after it had been run about one year.  The first store stood
about one-half mile east of Mr. Lee's present place of business.  In
February, 1881, the old store was burned, and the new one has been
erected on the south-west quarter of the southeast quarter of section
21, township 44, range 25.  Mr. Lee is a liberal and kind hearted
neighbor, highly respected for his business qualities, integrity and
fair dealing.

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