Samuel Holland Lee & Martha Ann Craig

Samuel Holland Lee b. 19 Jun 1841 Johnson Co., AR d. 1 Jan 1888. Married: 21 Jan 1866 Ozark, Franklin Co., AR. buried: Oakwood Cemetery Logan Co., AR. Father: Daniel R. Lee Mother: Susan A. Redden

wife: Martha Ann Craig b. 12 Jul 1848 Johnson Co., AR d. 6 Jan 1933 Gore, OK Father: George W. Craig Mother: Harriett Jane Wolfe



CHILDREN


Molly (Maley) Jane Lee b. 11 Jan 1867 Franklin Co., AR d. 11 Aug 1867 Franklin Co., AR


Minnie Belle Lee b. Nov 1869 Logan Co., AR d. 1946. Married: 1884. Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

husband: Fielding G. Freeman b. 1862 Paris, Logan Co., AR d. 1947 Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Paris, Logan Co., AR Father: Fielding S. Freeman Mother: Elizabeth Sivley


Josephine Lee b. 24 Mar 1870 Logan Co., AR d. 10 Jul 1895 Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Logan Co., AR


George D. W. Lee b. 16 Apr 1872 Logan Co., AR d. 24 Oct 1953 Port Arthur, TX 1st marriage: 20 Nov 1892, Logan Co., AR 2nd marriage: 6 Mar 1910 Paris, Logan Co., AR

1st Wife: Lucy E. Corley Father: Jessie Alford Corley Mother: Mary Anna Moore

2nd Wife: Vanie Plunkett

3rd Wife: X


Edward Lafayette Lee b. 6 Jun 1874 Logan Co., AR d. 17 Dec 1901. Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Paris, Logan Co., AR


Parley "Perlie" May Lee b. 11 Sep 1876 Logan Co., AR d. Feb 1940 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK Married: 25 Nov 1897, Logan Co., AR

Husband: G. Preston Turner b. 1876


Susan Jane "Addie" Lee b. 8 Apr 1878 Logan Co., AR d. 29 Jun 1952 Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co., OK Buried: Sallisaw, City Cemetery, Sequoyah Co., OK Married: 10 Oct 1894 Paris, Logan Co., AR

husband: Henry Eldridge Corley b. 3 Oct 1873 Logan Co., AR d. 16 May 1956 Vinita, Craig Co., OK. Buried: Sallisaw, City Cemetery, Sequoyah Co., OK Father: James Pinkerton Corley Mother: Mary Francis Cunningham


Hadaseth Myrtle Lee b. 14 Aug 1881 Logan Co., AR d. 9 Sep 1890 Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Logan Co., AR


Samuel Floyd Lee b. 8 Dec 1883 Logan Co., AR d. 1953 another source: d: 1956 New Blaine, Logan Co., AR Married: 29 Dec 1910 Logan Co., AR Buried: Elizabeth Hall Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Wife: Bessie Thomas b. 1885


Flossie Mattie Lee b. 10 Jan 1886 Logan Co., AR d. 28 Sep 1919 Sequoyah Co., OK Married: 18 Nov 1906 Logan Co., AR

Husband: James Marion Spellings b. 1 May 1885 Mississippi d. 31 Dec 1954 Married: 20 Sep 1921, Logan Co., AR Buried: St. Ignatius Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

2nd wife: Mary Ockenfels b. 1894 d. 1992 Buried: St. Ignatius Cemetery, Logan Co., AR


William Garfield Lee b. 1 May 1888 Logan Co., AR d. 1962 Concord, CA Married: 2 Dec 1906 Logan Co., AR

Wife: Minnie Spellings 18, from Paris, on marriage date.




Samuel H. Lee joined the Union Army on 10 Mar 1863 in Company H, 1st Arkansas Infantry Volunteers, mustered out: 10 Aug 1865.

George W. Craig d. 1864. Harriett Jane Wolfe b. 1830 d. 1910.


1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Lee, Samuel H., 28, AR

Martha A., 22, AR

Minnie B., 2, AR

Josephine, Mar, 4/12, AR

Cregg, Sarah J., 9, AR

Cloud, William, 20, AR


Lucy E. Lee in 1900 census as a widow with children, Laura A and George D. in Logan county.

Parley May Lee death record found in the Oklahoma Obits book.

Information provided by Susan Fullbright


The Paris Express, dated 16 Aug 1943, “Mrs. Bettie Rogers, 83, died Sat a.m. at her son’s, Abner Spellings, Prairie View, home. She was born in TN. She came to AR 43 years ago. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors: Sons; Abner, J. D. Spellings, Merced, CA & Marion Spellings, Scranton. Daughter; Mrs. Ula Watkins, MS. Funeral services at the Baptist Church in Prairie View & burial at Prairie View Cemetery”.


The Paris Express, dated 19 Nov 1945, “Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Floyd Lee, New Blaine, held a family reunion Sunday. Members present: Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Rairless & sons; Rex & Rubert, Ashland, OK. Mr. & Mrs. Ollie McReynolds, Mr. & Mrs. H. D. Lipe, Mr. & Mrs. Carl Emerson & son, Carl David, Mr. & Mrs. B. C. Lipe & daughter, Christine, all of Clarksville. Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Birkhead & children; Lowell Dean & Mavis, Dardanelle, Mrs. Lula Birkhead & daughters, Billie Lou & Mrs. Ila Trene Rollans, & son, Deon, & Miss Zola Rae Birkhead, all of Paris. Mrs. Lucy McReynolds, Miss Welda Mae Williams, W. I. Robinson, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Brewer, Mr. & Mrs. O. B. Birkheaed & son, Keith. Mr. & Mrs. Elmer McReynolds & son, Samuel Owen & daughter, Mrs. Marion Smith, & daughter, Leona Mae. Mr. & Mrs. W. N. Williams & Mrs. Buel Denton & children, Kent & Linda. Mrs. Wayne Birkhead. S. F. Lee’s grandson, Sydney, New Blaine”.

Samuel F. Lee was a talented singer and a popular performer of religious music in his community


William S. Lee & Dicey Ennis
Daniel R. Lee & Susan A. Redden
Minnie Belle Lee & Fielding Franklin Freeman
George D. W. Lee & Lucy E. Corley
Narcissa Jane Lee & Pleasant Monroe Freeman
James Pinkerton Corley & Mary Francis Cunningham
Susan Jane Lee & Henry Eldridge Corley
Fielding S. Freeman & Elizabeth Sivley
Jessie Alford Corley & Mary Anna Moore

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