Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-13

General Robert Edmund Lee Is the son
d General Henry Lea, Of revolutionary
memory, and known as "Light horse
Harry" whose mother was the beautiful
Miss Grimes, General Wsshington's nrst
love, and whom he celebrated as the "loW-
land beautY." General Harry Lee was
twice married. By the first marriage ne
had two children, Henry, an officer In the
war of 1927 and Lucy. By the second
wife-a Miss Garter, of Shirley-he mad
five children, two daughters, Anne and
Mildred, and three soma. The sons were
Charles Carter, Robert Edmuno, (the Gen
eraI, and Sidney Smith, the lsst-named an
officer in our navy, and naw IN the rebel
navy.
General Robert e. Lee was born in 1908,
and is, consequently, hfty-seven years OF
age. He graduated second in his class, IN
1929, Judge Charles Mason, of this city,
and formerly Commissioner of Patents,
standing first in that class, and was assign
ed to the Engineer Corps, as second heu-
tenant; in 1885 he was appointed to the
position of Assistant Astronomer, tx
ing the boundary between the States Of
Ohio and Michigan; in 1886 he was pro-
NOTED to first lieutenant; captain in 1888
he was chief engineer under Scott, in Mex
leo, and greatly distinguished, being pro
NOTED successively, by merit, major, lieu
tenant colonel and colonel, for his gal
lantry; in 1852 superintendent Military
AcadeDy; in 1855 transferred as lieuten-
ant colonel of the new regiment Of cavalry /;
March 10th, 1861, promoted colonel of the
First cavalry resigned April 25th, follow.
ing, and reluctantly embarked in the re-
bellion. .--..
The following are the children of Cen
eral Lee George Washington Gusts Lee,
about thirty three years of age; Mary Ous-
tbs Lee, about thirty; William Fitzhugh
Lee, about twenty seven; Annie Lee,
died at Berkeley Springs in 1863, and
would have been now about twenty FIVE j;
Agnes Lee, about twenty-three; Robert
(. Lee, about twenty; Mildred Lee, about
| eighteen. Nsne of them have married ex-
cept william Fitzhugb, whose wife, Miss
/ Charlotte Wickham, died in Richmond in
1863. The eldest Ecn, George, graduated
at the head of his class at West Point, in
| 1854, and was q first lieutenant in the corps
| of engineers when he followed his father
/ into the Southern service. William Fitz
hugh was farming on the White House es
tate, which belonged to the Gusts inherit
ance, when the war opened. He was com
| rnissioned second lieutenant in the 9th In
fantry in 1857, but resigned in 1862 Rob
ert was at military school in Virginia
The sons, It is we'll known, are sll oficer
In the rebellion. The three surviving
daughters are with their mother, who it i
believed has latterly been at Lynchburg.
Mr.. Gusts, at the time of his death
owned some two hundred slaves, who, b,
his will, were 10 be free at the Termination
of five years from his death, which perio
expired October 10th, 1862. The most c
these slaves were kept on the White Hous
e,tate, and all the valuable portion wer
carried Sc nth; some twenty or more ol
men snd women and children we're left 8
Arlington. Mr.. Gusts mother owned th
White House estate, and resided ther
when she became the wife of Generi
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