BIO: Ash Bennett LEE, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 711 & 712.
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  ASH BENNETT LEE, a general farmer and respected citizen of Bell township, was 
born September 24, 1866, on the old Lee homestead in Burnside township, and is a 
son of John and Elizabeth (White) Lee, and a grandson of Isaac and Hannah 
(Fulton) Lee.
  Isaac Lee was born in Center county, Pa., and when young accompanied his 
parents, Jacob Lee and wife, to Clearfield county, where he grew to maturity and 
followed farming and lumbering.  He was twice married:  first to Hannah Fulton, 
a daughter of David and Mary Fulton, and of this marriage there were ten 
children, of which family there are but two now living:  John and Jacob.  The 
first wife died in 1845 and Mr. Lee was married second to Margaret (Young) 
Westover, widow of Abner Westover, and they had three sons:  Isaac, James and 
Henry.  Isaac Lee died in 1880, at the age of eighty-six years.  He was a member 
of the Methodist Protestant church.
  John Lee, father of Ash B. Lee, was born on the Lee homestead above mentioned, 
November 5, 1836.  He assisted his father to clear off the timber and to 
cultivate the land when prepared for tillage and remained with his parents until 
his own marriage.  His father gave him fifty acres of land on which he built his 
present residence and later he purchased all of the homestead which included a 
productive coal field.  He commenced to mine coal at Lee Hollow, in 1870 and 
operated it until 1890, when he sold his interests to the company now operating 
it, and has since confined his activities to the lumber industry.  He is one of 
the substantial citizens of Burnside township.
  John Lee married Elizabeth White, who was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., 
November 22, 1831, a daughter of William and Catherine (Holman) White.  The 
following children were born to them:  Isaac Newton, who resides in Burnside 
township; John W., who resides at Bethlehem, Pa.; Ash Bennett; William Walton, 
who lives at home; James Hamilton, who married Emma Lee; Edwin Horsey, who 
married Anna Stephens; Jesse Hall, who resides at home; Samuel White, who lives 
at Bethlehem, married Elsie Pennington; and Eva Jane, a twin sister of Samuel 
W., who is the wife of D. Johnson.  The mother of the above family died in 
August, 1899.
  Ash Bennett Lee was given the usual country boy school advantages and made the 
most of his opportunities.  Until his marriage he resided with his parents and 
did his share of work on the home farm, but in 1893 he moved to his present 
place called Old Bethlehem, near Mahaffey, and since then has been engaged in 
farming, teaming and coaling.  His many industrial interests have made him 
widely known and he is respected both as a business man and as a citizen.
  Mr. Lee was married in 1893 to Miss Bertha Hutton, a daughter of Edward and 
Sophia (Breth) Hutton, the former of whom was an early settler in Burnside 
township.  Mr. and Mrs. Lee have eight children:  Ada, Clair, Ash, Nora, May, 
Pearl, Bessie and Wilbur.  Mr. Lee was reared in the Methodist Protestant 
church.  He is actively interested at all times in the success of the Democratic 
party.