Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Lee, David C.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Lower Makefield Township


   DAVID C. LEE carpenter, builder and proprietor of planing 
mill, P.O. Yardley, was born in Upper Makefield township 
June 20, 1844, and is a son of Ralph and Ruth (Colman) Lee.  
His paternal grandfather was William Lee, a native of 
Philadelphia, who settled in Wrightstown, Bucks county, 
about 1815, and died there.  His children were:  William 
Ralph and Sarah (Mrs. Garrett Johnson).  Ralph was reared in 
Wrightstown and was a carpenter and builder by trade, which 
he followed in Yardley twenty-five years prior to his death, 
which occurred in 1876.  His wife was a daughter of David 
and Sarah Colman, of an old family of Upper Makefield.  He 
had nine children, six of whom are now living:  David C., 
Edward H., Mary A. (Mrs. Frederick Green), Alfred, Wilbur 
and George.  David C. Lee was reared in Yardley, and 
educated in the public schools of that place.  He learned 
his trade with his father, and has followed it since he was 
16 years of age.  In 1886 he built a planing mill, and 
engaged in the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds, 
employing from eight to fifteen hands, and has the only 
business of the kind in the vicinity.  He married Sarah K. 
Watson, of Falls township, by whom he has three children:  
Taylor, Emily and Elwood. Mr. Lee and wife are members of 
the Episcopal church.  Politically he is a democrat.