Ramage Family History

Roger Samuel Lee, Sr

Male 1846 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Roger Samuel Lee, Sr 
    Suffix Sr 
    Born 26 Nov 1846  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I4044  Ramage | Lee Lines
    Last Modified 4 May 2012 

    Father Abraham Hagerman Lee,   b. 26 Sept 1819, Centerville, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1869, Cincinnati, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Marie Josaphine Henrie,   b. 13 Dec 1825, Rosstown, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 SEPT 1867, Prairie du Rocher, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married Jan 22 1846  Prairie du Rocher, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1434  Group Sheet

    Family Martha Ann Johnson,   b. Abt 1850, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 16 After 1882  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1870  Missourii Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. William Henry Lee,   b. 16 Jul 1871, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1897, Avenue City, Andrew Co. MO. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     2. John Johnson Lee,   b. 13 Jun 1874, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Myra Elmina Lee,   b. 16 Jan 1881,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Roger Samuel Lee, Jr.,   b. 20 Jul 1882,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Mary Maud Lee,   b. April 5 1893, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 4 May 2012 
    Family ID F1431  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • 1866 April 3 Enlisted in US Army in St S..... Missouri at age 19, deserted Oct 11, 1866

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      1880
      Avenue City: Jefferson Twp., Andrew Co., Missouri April 5 1880
      Roger S. Lee age 34 Farmer born in Illinois, father ohio and mother New
      Jersey
      Wife: Martha (Johnson) Lee age 29, born Missouri , father Missouri, mother
      Kentucky (This could be daughter of the foster parent John Johnson)
      Son: William age 8, born Missouri
      Dau: Mary age 7 born Missouri
      Son: John age 5 born Missouri
    • The death of Abraham and Marie left only one child at his majority and that was Roger Samuel Lee. The other Lee children, being minors, were put under guardianship of their grandmother Marie Henrie, who was residing in St. Louis. Here they stayed until their majority or entered upon their own lives. Roger S. Lee enlisted in the military at the age of 19 in 1866 just a year before his mother?s death and married 1870 in Buchanan County, Missouri.
    • Roger Samuel Lee (son of Abraham and Marie Josephine Lee, grandson of Marie and William Henrie) was born in 1847 in Prairie du Rocher, Randolph Co., Illinois to Abraham and Josephine (Henrie) Lee. Here he was educated and learned milling. At the age of 19 he entered the military from St. Louis and from that point was more or less on his own. He set out for the territories after this period of time trying his hand at pioneering in Iowa as his father owned land there. After not being successful he found a home and work as a farm hand with a Mr. John K. Johnson in Buchanan Co., Missouri. He was so removed from his family that only through diligent searching by special agents was he found and given the heartbreaking news of the deaths of both his mother and father. Unknown to Roger was that his father had come into a great fortune, by the purchase of one lottery ticket for the Crosby Opera House in Chicago. The inheritance was waiting for him in St. Louis.

      While working on Mr. John K. Johnson?s farm Johnson?s daughter Martha caught his eye and they were married February 20, 1870. Martha A. Johnson is the daughter of Mr. John K and Mary E. (Stephens) Johnson of Buchanan Co., Missouri. Mr. Johnson (Roger?s father-in-law) is the son of Samuel Johnson.

      Roger and Martha (Johnson) Lee soon moved to Andrew County, Missouri, residing in the small town of Avenue City, Missouri where the first of their children was born. Altogether Roger and Martha had at least 5 children. Sadly Martha died suddenly on February 16, 1883 in Jefferson Twp., Andrew Co., and Missouri and is buried in the local cemetery. Roger managed to raise these children for the next five years but by the late 1880?s the children are known to be orphaned. The last record of Roger alive is in 1888. The Johnsons (Roger?s in-laws) finished raising the minor children of Roger and Martha Lee.