Historical California Stone Carvers, Stone Cutters, & Monument Dealers
Lee, et al.
J. H. LEE, California.
(The following information was researched and compiled by Leeanna Rossi.)
1869 - J. H. Lee, Chico (Butte County), CA - Weaverville Cemetery - Weaverville (Trinity County), CA
L. LEE & CO., San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (Marble Dealer)
(Also see: Lebbeus Lee)
1887-1888 - Lee, L. & Co., 86 East San Fernando, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (McKenney’s San Jose City Directory, Including Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz County, 1887-1888, in the “Marble Dealers” section)
LEE, California.
(The following information was researched and compiled by Leeanna Rossi.)
1865-1868 - Lee, Red Bluff (Tehama County), CA - Weaverville Cemetery - Weaverville (Trinity County), CA
LEE & DeLONG, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
(Marble Works)
1878 - Lee & DeLong (Marble Works), 289 Second, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (San Jose City Directory, 1878 - Microfilm #808, California State Library, pp. 277)
1880-1881 - The following excerpt from Pacific Coast Directory, for 1880-81...of California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, and British Columbia, L. M. McKenney & Co., Publishers, San Francisco, Cal., presented on the Golden Nugget Library web site, by Nancy Pratt Melton.
(pp. 780) “Lee and DeLong, marble works - 289 Second.”
1881-1882 - Lee & DeLong (Lebeus Lee & Alex DeLong), City Marble Works, 289 Second, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (Directory of the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County 1881-1882 (L. M. McKenney & Co., Publishers, San Francisco, pp. 190; Lee & DeLong (Marble Works), 289 Second, pp. 338)
1882-1883 - Lee & DeLong, cor First & San Salvador, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (San Jose City Directory, 1882-1883, pp. 419)
The Wolf Cemetery Stone. This stone is located in the Oroville Jewish Cemetery, Oroville, Butte County, California. (Photographed November 1998) |
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Text on stone: Abraham WOLF, Died April 12, 1878, Age 68 (?) Yrs., A Native of Bavaria Signed lower left: Lee & DeLong, San Jose (In the many cemeteries that I have searched in California thus far, this is the only stone by Lee & DeLong that I have located so far. There may be more in other Butte County cemeteries, but I have not searched several of them yet. Peggy B. Perazzo) |
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LEE & KUPER, California.
(The following information was researched and compiled by Leeanna Rossi.)
1859-1862 - Lee & Kuper, Chico (Butte County), CA - Weaverville Cemetery - Weaverville (Trinity County), CA
George W. LEE, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
(Agent for Excelsior Marble Works)
1876 - Lee, George W., agent Excelsior Marble Works, res. SE cor St. John & Third, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (Bishop’s Directory of the City of San Jose For 1876 and a Directory of Santa Clara, 1876 (Published by B. C. Vandall, San Francisco, 1876, pp. 166)
Lebbeus LEE, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
(Also see: LEE & DeLONG, San Jose; L. LEE & CO.)
1876 - Lee, Lebbeus, marble cutter, 409 Second, res. Ws Ninth bet San Antonio & San Carlos, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (Bishop’s Directory of the City of San Jose For 1876 and a Directory of Santa Clara, 1876 (Published by B. C. Vandall, San Francisco, 1876, pp. 166)
1880 - Lee, Lebbens (sic) (marble dealer) (census record) white, male, (age) 50, married, (parents born) Conn.; (Lee born) New York; (also listed in household) Harriett 42; Cora 16; Carrie 14; Robert 10; Jean 3, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (1880 Santa Clara County, California, Census, pp. 33, sup dist 1, enum. dist 245, enumerated 22 June 1880, Microfilm Roll #81)
1881-1882 - Lee & DeLong (Lebeus Lee & Alex DeLong), City Marble Works, 289 Second, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (Directory of the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County 1881-1882 (L. M. McKenney & Co., Publishers, San Francisco, pp. 190; Lee, Lebeus (Lee & DeLong), res. 464 Ninth, pp. 190)
1882-1883 - Lee & DeLong, cor First & San Salvador, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (San Jose City Directory, 1882-1883, pp. 419)
1894 - Lee, Lebbeus, orchardists, r Northern road nr Almaden rd, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (San Jose and Santa Clara Directory, 1894, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Francisco, CA, pp. 264)
1895-1896 - Lee, Lebbeus, orchardist, r Northern rd nr Almaden rd, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California (San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County: A Classified Business Directory of the County, 1896-1897, F. M. Husted, Publisher, San Francisco, CA, pp. 257)
1909 - Death of Lebbeus Lee April 1909 (Obituary from the San Jose Mercury, April 20, 1909, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California)
(A photograph is included with the obituary with the caption: “The Late Lebbeus A. Lee, Whose funeral was held yesterday.”)
Funeral of Lebbeus A. Lee Held Yesterday
Deceased was formerly Superior Judge of Essex County, N. Y.
The funeral service of the late Lebbeus A. Lee took place yesterday afternoon from the Chapel of W. L. Woodrow. Fitting remarks were rendered by the Rev. Harper of the First Baptist Church. The deceased was of old Puritan stock, being a descendant of John Lee, one of the original founders of Hartford, Conn., in 1634. Mr. Lee’s father settled at Lewis, Essex County, N. Y., in 1801, and there at the old homestead, in the Adirondacks and on the shores of Lake Champlain. Mr. Lee was born in 1829.
In his earlier days, Mr. Lee was a school teacher and in the “sixties” he was a Superior Judge of Essex County. But failing health compelled him to seek a more congenial climate and in 1871 he migrated to California and at once settled in San Jose, sending for his family. His home has been in Santa Clara County ever since. He lived for 20 years in the home he built on South Ninth street and for almost another 20 years at his later home near the Alameda road in Willow Glen.
Mr. Lee came of a race of octogenarians, his father and mother reaching almost the century mark.
A few weeks since, while plowing a creek bank, he met with an accident, which caused serious complications for a time. For the last two weeks, however, he seemed to have regained his normal vigor; but on Friday last, he was taken with violent vomiting spells which finally ended in internal hemorrage (sic).
The deceased is survived by his widow, Hattie A. Lee, his four children, Mrs. Cora Bowden of Dinuba, Mrs. Carrie Cross of Tulare, Mrs. Chas. Fisher of Willow Glen, and Robert A. Lee of San Jose, also by his grandchildren, James Bith and Raymond Bowden, Leana Fisher and Veva Blood.
The pallbearers were old-time friends: A. Sargeant, F. G. Wool, W. E. Keith, E. G. Northrup, E. L. Pettit, and Hugh Leigh.
This coming August the deceased would have celebrated his golden wedding.
Died - Lebbeus A. Lee - Death notice in the San Jose Mercury, April 20, 1909.
“Lee - In the Willows, Cal., April 18, 1909, Lebbeus A., beloved husband of Hattie A. Lee, father of Mrs. Cora Bowden, Mrs. Carrie Cross, Mrs. Jean Fisher and Robert A. Lee, a native of New York, aged 79 years, 8 months and 6 days.
“Friends are invited to attend the funeral today (Tuesday), April 20, 1909, at 2 o’clock p.m., from the Mortuary Chapel of W. L. Woodrow, corner of Second and San Carlos streets. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery.”
1935 - Cora (Bowden) Lee (wife of Lebbeus A. Lee, deceased) died on October 25, 1935 in San Diego County, California, age 65. (This information was submitted to the Santa Clara County RootsWeb Message Board on January 11, 2002.)
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