Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
THE RAMBLER DISCOVERS THE HOME SITE OF
HENRY LEE, FATHER OF LIGHT HORSE HARRY

proper place these facts about Anne
Lee. daughter Of Henry Lee Of
LeeSylvania. She was born in 1876,
married in 1898 Byrd Page of Fair
field, Clarke county. Va. and died in
1857
Somewhere in the midst of those
old graves that are marked by un-
carved pieces of country rock rest
the bones of Henry Lee of Leesylvania
and his wife. And here comes what
the Rambler considers a fine piece OF
this story. That wife who rests in an
unmarked and unknown grave in
these dim woods was born Lucy
Grymes. She was the Rowland
beauty" whom George Washington
loved when he was youth. and the
memory of that young love was with
George Washington when he was
COMMUNICATIVE chief of the Cont
mental Army. 1t explains his great
fondness for Light Horse Harry. the
strong interest he took in his career
made to Congress concerning this
young officer. He was a son of Lucy
Grymes.
Mind you, Light Horse Harry Lee
was good soldier. but it is clear To
anybody who reads the record that
George Washington put this young
officer in the way of doing excellent
things. and then saw to il that every
excellent thing he did was fully rec
ogniZed by his commandments
and by Congress. The Rambler is go
ing to develop that phase Of the story.
Another thing that has not been
brought out in this narrative is that
the Light Horse Harry Lee who was
born in these dim and tangled woods
on Freestone point was the father OF
Gen. Robert Edward Lee. first of tn"
United States Army. later commander
! in-chief of the forces of the state of
sr,,o
/ mand of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia. G. S. A. In the Rambler's hum
bic Judgment from his knowledge %
the Army of Virginia. Army of the Po-
tomac and Army of Northern Virginia
/ and the bloody fields from Pennsyl
vania to the James and the Apo
! mattox rivers, that officer. if not the
/ foremost at least was as great as any
soldier W ever bore the name Amer
lean.
Light Horse Harry Lee was twice
married. In 1852 he was married to
his cousin Matilda. daughter of Philip
Ludwell Lee of Stratford Hall and
his wife. who was born Elizabeth
Steptoe. After that marriage Light
Horse Harry lived at Stratford, in
Westmoreland. between Popes creek
| and Nomini creek. His wife died in
1890. By that marriage were four
CulluTeI, the HTSl, Natndnlei Ireen
Lee. died in infancy; and the second
Philip Ludwell Lee. died at the age
Of seven years. The third was Lucy
Grymes Lee. born in 1856, and died in
1860. In 1903 she was married to
Bernard Moore Carter. a son of
Charles Carter and his second wife.
Anne Butler Moore. One of their
children, Charles Henry Carter. mar
ried Rosalie Eugenia Calvert of Prince
Georges county, Md. and their chill
| dren, as the Rambler has it in his
notes. were Eugenia. Alice, Bernard
Carter. The fourth child of Light
Horse Harry Lee and Matilda Lee was
Henry Lee-but that leads into an
! other story.
Harry Lee was Anne Hill Carter.
daughter of Charles Carter of Shirley
and Anne Butler Moore. The mar
riage took place in 1898. Mrs. Lee was
born in 1873 and died in 1929. Six
children resulted from this marriage.
April 2. 1885, and died August 9. 1896:
Charles Carter Lee: Anne Kinloch
Lee. born June 10. 1900. and died at
Baltimore. February 30. 1864 She
was married in 1926 to Judge William
Louis Marshall. SON of Dr. Louis
Marshall and Agatha Smith. DR..
I Marshall was a son of Col. Thomas
Marshall. a schoolmate and lifelong
friend of George Washington. Judge
| William Louis Marshall. husband OF
Anne Kinloch Lee. died in California
in 1869. The fourth child of Light
Horse Harry and Anne Hill Carter of
Shirley was Sidney: the fifth was
Robert Edward Lee. and the sixth
was Catherine Mildred Lee. born AT
alexandra. February q. 1911. mar
ried in 1881 to Edward Vernon Childe
and died at Paris in 1856.
Light Horse Harry Lee undertook Il
voyage to the West Indies. On the
return trip he landed at Cumberland
Island. Ga, to visit his old COM
mander Gen. Nathaniel Greene.
There he died and was buried.