Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-06-25


Henry Lee, of Revolutionary fame.
died in Alexaudris in 1887.
Ills father Edmund Jennings Lee,
WAS "A brother of Major General Lee
Light Horse Harry, OF the Revolu-
tion-and. therefore, an uncle Of
General Robert f.. Lee. He died at
his home I'm Alexandria IN 1913; hav-
ing attained great eminence in the
legal profession: was prominent
member OF the Episcopal Church.
ami living 10 see all of his children.
who attained the age Of maturity,
members of the church he loved so
well. and one of them among her
clergy.
Coloael Lee read law with his elder
brother. Edmund !. Lee. at Shep-
herds,own. jefferson county, NOW
W.Na.)aud practiced mis- profession 1T
Charles Town.
He married. in June lS4S, Evelyn
Byrd, daughter Of William Byrd
Page, of Pagebrook, Clarke
county, aud Eliza Mayo Atkinson,
who died October 26, 1889.
At the outbreak of the Civil war,
Col. Lee Was commonwealth attor-
ney r Jefferson county. lie enter
eel the Confederate Army in April
1861, as lieutenant in the Bolts
Glays, company of the second Nir-
giuia Regiment, Stonewan Brigade.
In the desperate light at Kerns-
town, IN March 1862. Lieutenant Iee
was severely wounded. The stone
wall Brigade had exhausted their
ammunition, aud were exposed to
a CALLING fire without means Of reply
ing thereto. Ia this emergency the
co,o's were advanced thirty PAGES to
the front, and the color bearer being
shot down, Lieutenant Lee advanced
and picked up the colors, when he
was joined 10y the confederate soldier
who introduced himself "a Jones.
They had hardly shaken hands when
Jones fell dead at his side, shot in
the head. Turning to look at Jones
he was himself shot through the
thigh and fell. The colors were then
borne of by the brave Colonel Allen,
of the Second Regiment.
Incapacltated by his wound, he was
appointed president of the military
court of the second Army Corps.
He was taken prisoner on one Of
Stoneman's raids and confined some
months at Johnson's Island, but was
exchanged by special direction of
President Davis: he was again
captured with Early's army at
Waynesboro. but escaped during the
night.
During the war Colonel Lee was
elected a member Of the Virginia
Convention that passed upon the
ordinance of secession, as the success
sor of Alfred NJ. Barbour, one Of the
members from jefferson county. he
having resigned.
He returned to Charles Town after
the war, but not being allowed to
practice law. be brought his family
to the home at " Grafton, and form
ed partnership with his brother.
Charles H. Lee, at Leesburg, and
subsequently with Hon. Chas. p.
Janney. He also practiced law in
Clarke, and served a term as county
Judge, since which he has been living
at home, calmy awaiting the end.
Colonel Lee was fittingly selected
as the proper representative of his
grandfather. Richard Henry Lee, to
read the Declaration of Independence
at the old State House, Philadelphia.
on the 18th of July 1876, at the Cen
tennial.
He was type of the old Virginia
gentleman, brave and intrepid SOL
der, firm and decided in his deter
mination, affable and equable of
temperament.
\ friend has well said of him,
" Even by contact and association
his walk and conversation-so SIN
gularly free from error-were help
and guide to us. The world may
admire him for his intellectual great
ness, but the kindliness of his nature
and a gracious consideration of others
were attributes of his character that
endeared him to his friends
Five children survive him-Miss
Mary =. Lee and Richard ii. Lee IT,,
of Clarke county; Rev. William b.
Lee, of Gloucester county, Va; Rev.
Charles II. Lee, of Greenville, Ohio,
and Mrs. Elise 4. Winchester, wife
of Rev. James II. Winchester, d. d.,
of II. Louis. Mo.
The funeral services were held on