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WILLIAM A LEE
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller and Ruggles
Kilbourne Township
Page 807

WILLIAM A. LEE, grain dealer, Kilbourne; was born in Cass Co., Ill., Aug. 25, 1855; is the son of John and Mary Gordly Lee, who were natives of Kentucky and born near Lexington, and came to Cass Co. many years ago; he was but 7 years of age when he came to this county; his father located and improved the land now owned by Barney Boyle; his father died March 18, 1874; his mother Aug. 25, two years later. He is the eldest of a family of ten children, all of whom are now living, and is a graduate of the Jacksonville Business College. In the spring of 1879, he came to this town, and is now engaged in the grain business, and will soon have a new grain elevator.



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