Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-05-06
GEN. FITzHUGH LEE
Stricken With ApopIeu While on
Board a Train 10 Washington
DISTINGUISHED MAN PASSES AWAY

Had Been Confederate msjor-General
Governor Of His State, and Consul
General at Havana. and also Re
tired 5risadier-Genersl in the U. S.
Army.
Washington. Special-General Fitz-
hugh Lee United States army. retired.
md one Of Nirginia's foremost sons,
sled at the Providence Hospital here
Friday from an attack Of sppoplexy,
which he suffered on train while en-
route from Boston 10 Washington.
In the room when he died were Or.
Montgomery. one Of the physicians az
The hospital. Miss Dorsey. a relative.
and a nurse. two OF the attending ply
sioians. Drs. Edie and Kean. having
retired temporarily. A pathetic feature
Of the case is that although General
lee had a family consisting OF wife
and FIVE children. not one Of them was
with him at the time OF his death. The
general was IS years OF age
Arrangements for General Lees fun
srai. together with the selection OF the
place FOR interlnent of the remains. VIII
not be made until after the arrival i'm
Washington OF Mrs. Lee. who Is now
"a her way 20 Washington from Fort
OgiethrOpe Ca Meanwhile the body
will be prepared for burial ana viii ~
main az the hospital IL Is possible
that the body may Zee laid 90 rest M
the national cemetery az Arlington. al
though DO Is expected that General
Lees friends may make an effort 20
have n site chosen somewhere else IN
Virginia. the state in which be lived SO
many years and with whose interests
be was SO strongly identified.
a widow and FIVE children survive
. General Lee. Tvo of the boys are ar
+ NV officers and two OF the girls are
wives Of army officers. while the re-
naming child Is young woman still
IN her teens The children are Mrs.
J. c. Rae. wife OF Lieutenant Rae. now
~ Fort Oglethorpe. Lieutenant Fitz-
hugh Lee. OF the calvary branch. now
In Manila. Lieutenant Mason Lee. OF
The Seventh Cavalry. who Is now In
san Francisco. Mrs. Anne Brown, vile
. OF Lieutenant Brown % the Seventh
Cavalry. who is nov az san Francisco,
and Miss Virginia Lee.
General Lee was stricken with ap-
poplexy. the entire left side being az.
fected. at O'Clock Friday morning.
while on a train en- route from Boston
10 Washington. The train had just LETT
the Harlem river when the stroke
came. The train bearing the general
arrived in Washington shortly after
70 o'clock. Under the direction Of Ma
ior Kean. United States Army. OF the
Surgeon Generals Office. the patient
vas removed 20 Providence Hospital
A physician was taken aboard The
train az Jersey City. Al Philadelphia
he gave place 20 another. who accom-
ransed the general 20 Baltimore, where
stfll another was taken aboard and
made the trip 20 Washington
General Lee had been spending few
DAYS in Boston and was returning @
Washington. on Lis way 90 join Mrs
Lee.
His Distinguished Career.
General Lee long has been promin
ent figure in Washington, and be al
ways was given 3 hearty reception
wherever he went
Prior 70 the civil war ar the begin
ming of which he resigned his commits
sion ia the United States army. Gen
era Lee saw considerable frontier dut
a. moving against the Indians. h'
was an ex-cavalry othcer.
His services in the Confederate ar
nv as a major general are well known
End during the interval between TIL
var and his active work in the span
ssh-American war. General Lee filled
number OF important positions, inciud
ing g0yernorship u Virginia, he pres
cency 81 the Pittsburg & Virginia raj
road. the collectorship OF internal rev
enue for the Lynchburg district an
the consul generalship az Havana
Following his honorable discharg
from the volunteer army on March
1901. General Lee was appointed 20 IN
regular army with the rank o. brle
adler general, and with this rank b
was retired ia the March following.