Phillip Lee and Mary Bray
family

(Last updated 19 Oct 2024)

Father

 		Philip Lee was born 10 Dec 1817 in Tennessee.  He was a son of Andrew Lee and Margaret "Peggy" Daniel. 

Phillip married Mary Bray about 1839.

Phillip died 9 May 1899 and was buried in the Phillip Lee family cemetery in Bell county, Kentucky.  [Find-A-Grave]

Philip's Y-DNA Haplogroup is R-M269 or Rb1.  Lee Y-DNA Project  and Lee Y-DNA Surname Project
 Census Records:

1830 Kentucky, Harlan county, p. 113
1840 TN, Claiborne county, p.  50
1850 Kentucky, Knox county, p. 344
1860 Kentucky, Knox county, p. 147
1870 Kentucky, (Josh) Bell county, p. 1 (223)
1880 Kentucky, Bell county, ED 6, p. (378)

Mother

 Mary Bray was born 1 Jan 1817 in Kentucky.   Her parents are unproven at this time.

Mary died 11 Sep 1862 and was buried in the Mason-Bratcher cemetery "on Big Bear Creek about 1 mile down from the Lee farm."  [Find-A-Grave]		  
Dau. ● Rebecca Lee was born 13 March 1840 in Tennessee. She married Gabriel Lee (son of Pearson Lee and Mary Bray).  Rebecca died in 13 Feb 1912 in Hamblen county, Tennessee.
  • Philip Lee was born 1 July 1859 in Knox County, Kentucky. 
  • Mary Jane "Jennie" Lee was born 5 Oct 1860 in Kentucky.  She married Albert G Rauscher on 25 Oct 1879 in Hamblin County, Tennessee.  Mary died 7 Jan 1931 in Hamblin County, Tennessee.
 
Son ● James Henry Lee was born 10 Oct 1842 in Tennessee. He never married.  James died after 1870 (1874?) probably in Bell county, Kentucky.  James was the first county clerk of Bell county, Kentucky.
Dau. ● Louisa Jane "Eliza" Lee was born 25 March 1844 in Tennessee or Kentucky. She married John Pleasant Fuson (1838-1906) about 1862.  Louisa died in 24 Jan 1907 in Whitley county, Kentucky.
  • Geneva Fuson was born about Aug 1864 in Kentucky. She married John Jones.  Geneva died 15 Dec 1944 in Whitley County, Kentucky.
  • James Canada Fuson was born 1 Feb 1866 in Kentucky.
  • Thomas H Fuson was 4 Mar 1867 in Kentucky.  Thomas died 14 Sep 1937 in Knox County, Kentucky.
  • George Washington Fuson was born 27 Aug 1872 in Kentucky.  He married Mary "Mollie" Mays.  George died 16 Aug 1956 in Whitley County, Kentucky.
  • Philip H Fuson was born 19 Nov 1873 in Kentucky. Philip died 29 March 1941 in Whitley County?, Kentucky.
  • Mary J Fuson was born about 1876 in Kentucky.
  • William Fuson was born 12 June 1879 in Kentucky.  William died 19 May 1956 in Whitley County?, Kentucky.
 1860 Kentucky, Knox county, p. 147
1870 Kentucky, Knox county, p. 3
1880 KY, Bell County, ED 6a, p. 6
1900 KY, Bell County, ED 11, p. 6a
Dau. ● Margaret "Peggy" Lee was born 17 Feb 1846 in Kentucky. She married Andrew Jackson Lawson by 1873.  Margaret died after 1880 in Kentucky.  Andrew remarried in 1884 to Josie Siler.
  • Angeline Lawson was 6 Oct 1873 in Kentucky.  She married John Henry Fuson.
  • Ellen Lawson was born 25 Aug 1875 in Knox County, Kentucky.  She married Hiram Lawson.  Ellen died 23 April 1920 in Whitley County, Kentucky.
  • Robert E Lawson was born about 1877 in Kentucky.
  • Albert Lawson was born about 1878 in Kentucky.
  • Mary Alice Lawson was born 23 Dec 1880 in Kentucky.  She married James Seward Fuson in 1899 in Kentucky.  Mary died 17 Jan 1960 in Bell County, Kentukcy
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Dau. ● Angeline Lee was born 6 Dec 1847 in Kentucky. She married Andrew Mannon on 25 May 1864 in Knox county, Kentucky. Angeline died 11 Aug 1874 probably in Missouri. Andrew Mannon remarried to Grace Caudle.
  • Margaret Elizabeth Mannon was born 5 June 1866 in Kentucky. She married Wiley James Caudle. Margaret died 30 Jan 1956 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and was buried Hulbert cem., Hulbert, Oklahoma.
  • Gabriel H. Mannon born 17 Sept 1867 in Kentucky.  Gabriel died after 1910.
  • Rosey B. Mannon was born 26 April 1869 in Indiana and probably died 1870-1880.
  • George Philip Mannon was born 18 Aug 1870 in Bartholemew county?, Indiana.  George died about 1905 possibly in Missouri?
  • Robert Lee Mannon was born 13 July 1872 in Missouri. He married Margaret J. Halsell. Robert died 13 July  1962 in Chico, California.
  • William M. Mannon was born 4 Aug 1873 in Missouri. William died 26 Sep 1944 in Salem, Oregon.
1850 Kentucky, Knox county, p. 344
1860 Kentucky, Knox county, p. 147

(Andrew Mannon and 2nd wife)
1870 IN, Bartholomew co., p. 241
1880 AR, Fulton co., ED 67, p. 14
1900 MO, Taney co., ED 129, p.12b
1910 MO, Taney co., ED 204, p. 8b
1920 OK, Cherokee co., ED 13, p. 9a
Dau. ● Mary Ann Lee was born 2 Nov 1849 in Kentucky. She married James Robinson Fuson (1848-1918) on 16 Sep 1872 in Bell county, Kentucky.  Mary died 18 March 1924 in Whitley county, Kentucky.
  • Rosa E Fuson was born 12 July 1873 in Kentucky.  Rosa died 17 Dec 1960 in Whitley County, Kentucky.
  • Philip C Fuson was born 6 Sep 1874 in Kentucky.  Philip died 7 June 1965 in Kentucky.
  • Louisa Eliza Fuson was born 6 Nov 1877 in Kentucky.  She married Thomas Chandler
  • Sarah J Fuson was 3 April 1882 in Kentucky.  Sarah died 29 Aug 1923 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
  • Laura Ellen Fuson was born 27 Aug 1887 in Kentucky.  She married Ora Lake Arnold.  Laura died 24 May 1973 in  Whitley County, Kentucky.
  • Hannah Della Fuson was born 3 April 1889 in Kentucky.  She married Bart Prewitt.  Hannah died 8 July 1909.
  • Esther Fuson was born March 1894 in Kentucky.  She married Millard L Noe.  Esther died 31 Oct 1982.
  
Dau. ● Elizabeth Lee was born 5 Oct 1851 in Kentucky. She married William Lafayette Fuson on 22 Dec 1870 in Bell county, Kentucky.  Elizabeth died 12 Dec 1871 in Bell county, Kentucky.  They had one daughter.
  • Elizabeth Fuson was born 4 Dec1871.  Elizabeth died 15 Aug 1939 in Bell County, Kentucky.
  
Dau. ● Obedience "Biddy" Lee was born 5 Oct 1853 in Kentucky. She married Matthew Fuson (1852-1934) on 6 Dec 1878 in Bell county, Kentucky.  Obedience died 9 June 1929 in Kentucky and was buried in Fuson Chapel Cem., Clear Creek Springs, Bell County, Kentucky.
  • James Robinson Fuson
  • Robert G Fuson
  • Philip Lee Fuson
  • Roxie Fuson
  • Charley L Fuson
  • Ollie May Fuson
  • Millard A Fuson
  • Mary Ella Fuson
  • Minnesota "Minnie" Fuson
  
Son ● Phillip Lee Jr. was born 1 Oct 1855 in Kentucky. He never married.  Phillip died 10 June 1887 in Bell county, Kentucky and was buried in the Phillip Lee family cemetery.  
Dau. ● Sarah Jane Lee was born 12 Sep 1857 in Kentucky. She married John Thomas Fuson (1854-1929) on 5 Dec 1875 in Bell county, Kentucky.  Sarah died 21 April 1937 in Claiborne county, Tennessee and was buried in Harrogate cemetery.
  • Henry Harvey Fuson was born 21 Aug 1876 in Kentucky. He married Sarah Watson.  Henry died 8 Oct 1964 in Pennsylvania.
  • Thomas Sewell Fuson was born about 1878 in Kentucky.  Thomas died 1943 in Claiborne County, Tennessee.
  • Mary Lee Fuson was born about 1881 in Kentucky.
  • Bertha L Fuson was born 27 Nov 1883 in Kentucky.  Bertha married Doc Harmon Howard.
  • R Luther Fuson was born about 1885 in Kentucky.
  • Verda R Fuson was born Sep1887 in Kentucky.  She married John L Carroll.
  • Van Horton Fuson was born 12 July 1889 in Bell County, Kentucky.
  • Effie Lou Fuson was born about 1893 in Kentucky.  She married Isador Morris Adler.
  • Maude Elizabeth "Beth" Fuson was born Aug 1895 in Kentucky.   She married Walter A Johnson.
  • Clara B Fuson about Sep 1898 in Kentucky. Clara died March 1986.
  
Son ● William Lee was born 1 Oct 1859 in Knox county, Kentucky. He never married. William died after 1880.  



Court Records:


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Knox, Bell, Harlan and Whitley Counties, KY
Claiborne Co., KY and Lee Co., VA



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