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Leona Dickinson

Female 1899 - 1959  (60 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Leona Dickinson was born on 22 Mar 1899 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of William Albert Dickinson and Ina S. Lee); died on 24 Nov 1959; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114326047

    Leona married Ernest Claude Pate on 31 Oct 1920 in Indiana. Ernest was born on 21 Jun 1899 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 May 1959; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Albert Dickinson was born on 25 Dec 1867 in England; died on 3 Mar 1927 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Mar 1927 in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1910, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118523520/william-albert-dickinson

    William married Ina S. Lee. Ina (daughter of Peter Milton Lee and Sarah Ann Gritton) was born in Nov 1875 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 7 Jul 1906; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ina S. Lee was born in Nov 1875 in Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Peter Milton Lee and Sarah Ann Gritton); died on 7 Jul 1906; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118523548/ina-s_-dickinson

    Children:
    1. 1. Leona Dickinson was born on 22 Mar 1899 in Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 24 Nov 1959; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. W. Roscoe Dickinson was born on 5 Jan 1901; died on 28 Sep 1901; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Herbert L. Dickinson was born on 8 Jun 1903; died on 11 Jan 1904; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Peter Milton Lee was born on 6 Jun 1851 in Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Squire Edward Lee and Fannie Sowders); died on 3 Aug 1925 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried on 7 Aug 1925 in Kankakee State Hospital Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1880, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Milton Lee was the son of Squire Edward Lee and Fannie Sowders. Squire and Fannie were prosperous early settlers, farmers and landowners in Blount Township, Vermilion County, IL

    Milton married first Sarah A. Gritton on 31 December 1868. Between 1869 and 1880, they had as many as seven children later given to adoption. Per the 1880 census, six of those children were: Luna Belle; Mary F; Joseph M; John Wesley Lee; Tonie S; and Milton. Charles Lee Mobaker was Milton and Sarah's youngest child. Milton and Sarah divorced in 1883.

    Milton married second Margaret Rebecca Randall Jones on 6 November 1884. Milton and Margaret had four children together.

    Milton was a troubled man. He was afflicted with mental illness that may have been bi-polar disorder. Milton was absent from his family for long periods of time. When he did come home, he would have fits of rage that terrorized his children.

    Milton was admitted to the State Hospital in Kankakee where he is a resident in the 1900 Census. The 1920 Census shows Milton as a resident of Blount Township, Vermilion County, IL. However, Milton passed at the State Hospital on 3 August 1925. He was buried in the State Hospital Cemetery 7 August 1925.

    Milton used and went by his middle name, "Milton." His Lee family descendants distinctly remember him as Peter Milton Lee. His step-descendants choose to remember him as Milton E. Lee. Both offer legitimate arguments, but his full name, like the man, remains an enigma. There is complete agreement that he was known as Milton Lee.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75572203/milton-lee

    Peter married Sarah Ann Gritton on 31 Dec 1868 in Vermilion County, Illinois, and was divorced in Oct 1883 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Sarah (daughter of William Wesley Gritton and Amelia Ann Cox) was born on 16 May 1852 in Indiana; died on 3 Aug 1941 in Farrington Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Aug 1941 in Harmony Cemetery, Harmony, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Sarah Ann Gritton was born on 16 May 1852 in Indiana (daughter of William Wesley Gritton and Amelia Ann Cox); died on 3 Aug 1941 in Farrington Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Aug 1941 in Harmony Cemetery, Harmony, Jefferson County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: at home
    • Census: 1920, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Note from Find a Grave
    Sarah Ann Gritton was born 16 May 1852 in Indiana to William Wesley Gritton and Amelia Ann Cox. She married Milton Lee 31 December 1868 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Sarah divorced Milton in October of 1883 in Vermilion County, Illinois. The marriage produce seven known children; Luna Belle who married Eli Filmore Martin; Mary F.; Joseph M.; John Wesley who married Mary Jane Smith; Iona S. who married William Dickinson, Milton and Henry E. Sarah second married Jesse Thatcher in Vermillion County, Illinois 25 January 1884. They also apparently divorced. Sarah married James Humble in Vermilion County 15 October 1892. She died in Jefferson County, Illinois 31 August 1941. After her eldest daughter Luna Belle died at the early age of 26, Sarah helped raise her four children.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101025792/sarah-ann-humble

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 84. Squire Lee, father, and Cym Lee signed for Milton Lee. W. W. Gritton, father, signed for Sarah A. Gritton.

    Children:
    1. Luna Amelia Belle Lee was born in 1871 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 23 Mar 1897 in Iowa.
    2. Mary F. Lee was born about 1872 in Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. Joseph Mack Lee was born on 23 Apr 1872 in Newtown, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. John Wesley Lee was born about 1876 in Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. 3. Ina S. Lee was born in Nov 1875 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 7 Jul 1906; was buried in Oakridge Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Milton Lee was born about 1880 in Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Squire Edward LeeSquire Edward Lee was born on 1 Oct 1814 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 4 May 1880 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1860, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1870, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    note on Find a Grave:

    Son of William Henry Lee and Sarah Crockett.

    One large gravestone marks the graves of Squire Edward and wife Fannie Sowders Lee at Gordon Cemetery on the west side of Lake Vermilion. The inscription reads:

    "Weep not dear children
    Disturb not my rest
    My Saviour has called me
    He thought it best."

    There is a persistent Lee Family Legend that Squire is a third cousin of General Robert E. Lee. Squire was a Lincoln supporter and strong Union man during the Civil War. Squire seemed to disapprove of his distant cousin's betrayal of the Union. Squire is thought to have destroyed evidence connecting him with the Virginia Lees. Although the Legend remains unproven, the family resemblance is striking.

    Lees Had Ties To Land of Lincoln
    Squire Lee of Blount Township, Gen. Lee Were 3rd cousins
    by Larry Weatherford, The Commercial-News, Danville, IL, August 26, 2012

    In 1829, just one year before Tom Lincoln, his wife and children made that now-famous move to Illinois, a man named William Henry Lee settled with his family here in Vermilion County. Both family names would soon be marked indelibly into the history books of America.

    There were a lot of Lees on the early census rolls of Vermilion County. By 1860, William Henry Lee’s son, Squire Edward Lee, was a well-known and respected landowner and farmer with a family of his own. It was an election year, and Squire Edward voted for Tom Lincoln’s son, Abraham, who had spent a good deal of time in Vermilion County himself over the past 20-some years.

    Little did either family know that this Western state they were calling home would one day be known as the “Land of Lincoln.” Or that one of the most respected officers in the United States Army, a third cousin of Squire Edward Lee, would soon lead the forces of a new Army for the Confederate States of America in what Lincoln would call a “great Civil War.”

    Squire was Lee’s first name, not a title, even though the Lees were about as close to titled gentry as you could come in America. His line of the Lee family included two signers of the Declaration of Independence, an attorney general of the United States, two governors, and the Revolutionary War hero who would make the famous statement at George Washington’s funeral: “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

    Those were just some of the renowned Lee family members. The most famous Lee relative was just beginning to achieve his fame. Among his achievements, Robert E. Lee had been a hero of the Mexican War, engineered the port at St. Louis, MO, and had led the capture of John Brown at Harper’s Ferry.

    When southern states started to secede, Robert E. Lee chose to turn down an offer to be the commander of the Union forces. He then resigned his post in the U.S. Army, and accepted a commission in the new Confederate States Army. Most of Lee’s immediate family went along with his decision and followed him into the service of the South.

    That choice didn’t come without some division in the Lee family. Not only did Squire Edward Lee support the Union while living in Illinois, but many of Lee’s other cousins and family members in Virginia also aligned with the Union. One would even become a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.

    Squire Edward Lee’s homestead and the majority of his land holdings were in Blount Township near what is now Hungry Hollow Road past Woodbury Hill. He lived there with his wife, Fanny, and their children. Other farmland he owned was near Catlin.

    It is doubtful that Squire Edward let his friends and neighbors know that he was related to Robert E. Lee, since he was living in the home state of the commander-in-chief of the Union forces. Some of Squire’s descendants believe he tried to hide that fact because he was living in northern territory. They have wondered about their relationship to the famous Lee family for many years, and some say the records were intentionally made unclear on the lineage.

    Descendants of another William Henry Lee who also had moved to Vermilion County in 1829 could not establish a tie to the famous Lee family. They even tried DNA testing, and found that they were not related to Robert Edward or Squire Edward Lee.

    Even though the records were somewhat muddy as to the relationship of Squire Edward to Robert E. Lee, my friend and fellow researcher, Alan Woodrum, and I were on the track of what one descendant had called a “silver bullet” that tied Squire to the famous Lee family.

    Third cousins:

    While I was poring over books and genealogy information on the Lee family, Alan e-mailed to let me know that he had found the connection. As we had thought, it was on the Richard Henry Lee side of the family. Rather than second cousins as the oral family history had indicated, Robert Edward and Squire Edward were third cousins.

    Squire’s mother was Sarah Crockett Lee. So, as you might expect, the family history has it that she was related to frontiersman, Congressman and hero of the Alamo, Davy Crockett. That has yet to be proven.

    Squire Lee died on May 4, 1880. He and several of his family members are buried in the Gordon Cemetery near Lake Vermilion.

    Posted with approval of Larry Weatherford,
    October 19, 2014

    Name:
    son of William Henry Lee and Sarah Crockett

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12763683/squire-edward-lee

    Squire married Fannie Sowders on 16 Jun 1836 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Fannie (daughter of John Sowders and Elizabeth Guthery) was born on 22 Jan 1820 in Ohio; died on 23 Jun 1893 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Fannie SowdersFannie Sowders was born on 22 Jan 1820 in Ohio (daughter of John Sowders and Elizabeth Guthery); died on 23 Jun 1893 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12763686/fannie-lee

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 44. William Lee, father, signed permission for Squire Lee. John Sowders signed for Fanny.

    Children:
    1. William Henry Lee was born on 18 Nov 1837 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 12 Oct 1921 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 13 Oct 1921 in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. Clarissa Lee was born on 9 Feb 1840 in Illinois; died on 21 Mar 1933 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 24 Mar 1933 in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. John Sowders Lee was born on 12 Jul 1844 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 May 1919 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Andrew Jackson Lee was born on 7 Apr 1848 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 2 Sep 1906 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. 6. Peter Milton Lee was born on 6 Jun 1851 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 3 Aug 1925 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried on 7 Aug 1925 in Kankakee State Hospital Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
    6. David Crockett Lee was born on 6 Jun 1858 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 20 Jun 1940 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

  3. 14.  William Wesley Gritton was born on 10 Oct 1825 in Mercer County, Kentucky (son of Milo B. Gritton and Mary Sims); died on 29 Mar 1884; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1880, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137238832/william-wesley-gritton

    William married Amelia Ann Cox on 24 Jun 1851 in Johnson County, Indiana. Amelia (daughter of Jonathan Cox and Sarah Ann Peggs) was born on 9 Aug 1835 in Hendricks County, Indiana; died on 25 Apr 1879 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Amelia Ann Cox was born on 9 Aug 1835 in Hendricks County, Indiana (daughter of Jonathan Cox and Sarah Ann Peggs); died on 25 Apr 1879 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128122086/amelia-ann-gritton

    Children:
    1. 7. Sarah Ann Gritton was born on 16 May 1852 in Indiana; died on 3 Aug 1941 in Farrington Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Aug 1941 in Harmony Cemetery, Harmony, Jefferson County, Illinois.
    2. Margaret J. Gritton was born in 1853 in Henry County, Indiana; died on 1 Feb 1892 in Buffalo County, Nebraska; was buried in Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska.
    3. Mary Emily Gritton was born on 6 Nov 1858 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 2 Aug 1946 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Aug 1946 in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Hannah Matilda Gritton was born on 2 Mar 1862 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 21 Nov 1944 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 24 Nov 1944 in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    5. Rachel Mae Gritton was born on 23 Oct 1863 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Aug 1951; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. John D. Gritton was born about 1866 in Illinois.
    7. Luna B. Gritton was born about 1869 in Vermilion County, Illinois.
    8. Kate Gritton was born on 21 Nov 1870 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 5 Mar 1933 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 7 Mar 1933 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    9. Ella Mae Gritton was born on 30 Oct 1876 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 22 Mar 1961; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.


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