Biography

07/17/1845 - 05/11/1908

James Wilson Lee (R48) Venango and Warren Counties 1879-1886

Early Life: 

James Wilson Lee, born July 17, 1845, Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; son of Silas and Jane (Holmes) Lee; public school education; Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania,1863, 1864 Allegheny College, Meadville, 1864; admitted, bar, 1869; attorney at law; Franklin City Council, 1871; mayor of Franklin, 1875; Pennsylvania State Senate, 1879-1886; married. Laura M., Kinnear, (d.1880) no children, married, Miss Clara Virginia Kauffman, 1883; three children; died May 11, 1908 (aged 62) arteriosclerosis, diabetes, interstitial nephritis, and thrombosis of coronary arteries, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania. (i)

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, member, Franklin City Council, 1871-1872.

Elected, Republican, mayor of Franklin, 1875.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 48^th district, Venango and Warren Counties, 1879-1886, member Appropriations, Constitutional Reform, Judiciary Apportionment, New Counties and County Seats and Special Judiciary Committees.

Legacy:

Miss Clara V. Kauffman, daughter of Senator Christian Shuman Kauffman, of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Cited: 

Smull’s Legislative Hand Book, (1883) Smull, J.A., Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 732, 765, 770-772.

         (i)  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168932767/james-wilson-lee