Sarah Catherine [Hardin] Lee

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Family Pedigree

Charles Walker, (?) - (?)
Elenor (?), (?) - (?)

George Walker, circa. 1770 - circa. 1830
Julian Jean Welsh, circa. 1774 - (?)

Prudence Walker, 1808 - 07/23/1877
William J. Hardin, 02/12/1806 - 12/31/1885

Sarah Catherine Hardin, 12/01/1842 - 04/15/1916

Sarah Catherine [Hardin] Lee - Short Bio

Sarah Catherine [Hardin] Lee was the daughter of Prudence [Walker] and William Hardin. Sarah was born in Henry County, Iowa on December 1, 1842, and married William Lee, the son of John P. and Charity [Smith] Lee, on March 30, 1862. William was one of the founders of the first bank in New London, Iowa. Sarah and William had four children:

William Wesley Lee, who was born March 20, 1863 in New London, Henry County, Iowa, and died August 22, 1945 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. William married Luella Grace Waller, who was born August 26, 1862, and died June 10, 1935. Their marriage was August 25, 1888. William and Luella had a son:

William Raymond Lee, who was born June 25, 1890 in Iowa, and died April 1, 1940 in Los Angeles County, California. William Raymond Lee married Irene Leach, who was born September 24, 1888 and died February 15, 1967. They had two children: Ralph W. Lee, who was born May 29, 1921 and died August 08, 1986; and Robert E. Lee.

Charity Louise Lee, who was born August 7, 1866 in Iowa, and died July 9, 1901 in Iowa. Charity married Jesse Gannaway, who was born circa. 1866. Their marriage was September 25, 1890 in Iowa. Charity and Jesse had a daughter, Genevieve Gannaway, who was born between 1891 - 1897, and died in 1927. Genevieve married Sidney Barton.

Edward Melvin Lee, who was born August 21, 1871, and died August 31, 1943 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Edward married Mary Lillian Miltenberger, who was born 1872, and died May 3, 1962. They were married October 18, 1892 and they had the following children:

Dorothy Louise Lee, who was born December 22, 1895 in Iowa, and died April 18, 1993 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. She first married Frank C. Weller, who was born November 29, 1892, and died May 1967 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. They were married December 25, 1919 and had a daughter: Louise Weller. Dorothy Louise Lee also married a man named Packer after 1967.

Wilbur Edward Lee, who was born September 23, 1899, and died March 5, 1985 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. September 4, 1920, Wilbur married Kathryn Sisson, who was born February 6, 1899 in Missouri, and died October 6, 1994 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. Wilbur and Kathryn had the following children:

Virginia Mae Lee, who married Edward L. Holder. They had two children: Nancy Louise Holder, and Ronald Lee Holder.

Dorothy Louise Lee, who married John Edward Vehrencamp. They had three children: Sandra Lee Vehrencamp; Mark Lee Vehrencamp; and Christine Vehrencamp.

John Edward Lee, who married Claudia Watkins Anderson.

Kenneth William Lee, who was born June 30, 1907, and died July 5, 1980 in Hong Kong, China, married Ruby Louise LeClere, who was born December 24, 1907, and died September 17, 1997 in Grandview, Jackson County, Missouri. Kenneth and Ruby had the following children:

William Edward Lee, who was born June 14, 1933, and died November 25, 1988 in Los Angeles County, California. William married Emily Chapman and they had five children: Celia Jane Lee; Gregory Edward Lee; Janet Ann Lee; Louise Lee; and Stephen Kenneth Lee.

Robert Edmund Lee, who married Helen Pantages and had three children: Michael Robert Pantages; Scott Peter Pantages; and Jeffrey Kenneth Pantages.

Lynette Louise Lee, who married Robert Bloom.

Albert Lee, who was born between 1872 - 1873, and died October 19, 1873.

Sarah and William Lee left a prosperous life in Iowa and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1907, perhaps because of family stories earlier Lees and Redferns had told after their search for gold in the far west a generation before; Sarah died in Los Angeles April 15, 1916, William died the same year. Two of their sons, William Wesley and Edward Melvin Lee and their families either relocated to California at the same time or followed thereafter; they both died in Los Angeles as well.

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