Seeking the Lee family of New Orleans abt 1890

[cordley]

I can't keep up with all this!

Just read a UK paper from 1887 which says she was the daughter of  Mr Smith a New Orleans cotton broker, her first husband (divorced) was John Staymaker (father of William Ralph - and I assume Dot) -.  Lee Young was her second husband, she got a separation from him , and then Stephen Rawson. 

So wealthy - lots of people she could have inherited from.
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Just read {Evening star. [volume], September 11, 1886, Page 2, Image 2) (thanks for the US Newspaper link, Hanes teulu)
that she was married at 15 to Mr Slaymaker of New Orleans, divorced from him due to his drunkenness, then married to C G Lee of Mississippi, followed by a divorce on similar grounds.

With all this background it is amazing that when her daughter Dot marries in 1894 she is stated to be  "the daughter of Mrs M L Lee of New Orleans and a prominent member of a family well known in the Southern States".  Guess well-known could equate to notorious???

[hanes teulu]

The search key "meckie rawson" produces the reports of her son shooting her husband's, her shooting her husband's divorce lawyer and her aquital in 1889 -"temporary insanity" (a real potboiler!).

[*Sandra*]

Interesting marriage in 1875  - Charles G Lee and America L Slamaker  (with a Jos T Smith as a witness)  ??

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SQ-6T63?i=163&cc=1804888

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Charles G Lee inherited $7000 dollars (the ninth bequest in this will)  in his father Samuel Lee will - 9 November 1876.

1860 - East Feliciana, Louisiana

Saml Lee 63 Planter.
M R Lee 40
J V Lee 16
C G Lee   10
Layton Woods


1870- Township 1 Range 7, Pike, Mississippi.

Samuel Lea 73
Mary Lea 50
Charles G Lea   19  Student.

Sandra

[RJ137]

I am looking for the family of Meckie L Lee who died 2 March 1913 in Los Angeles.

I cannot find a death registration for Meckie,

Her death records have her listed as America L Lee, born in New Orleans, daughter of T.B. Smith.

DC: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1P-KRTK

Cemetery Records: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6C5M-7KMM

[RJ137]

City Directory 1866: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68D9-YYM8

America L Lee married John S Slaymaker in 1866.

Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ8-VPJ5

In 1875 America got remarried to  C. G. Lee in Kentucky.

The New-Orleans Times
Sunday, Sep 05, 1875
New Orleans, LA

[*Sandra*]

1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules

[*Sandra*]

Quote -  Brothers : CP Smith, MF Smith.  (both mentioned)
Millard Fillmore Smith - Clifford Percival Smith

Daily Enterprise-Leader
New Iberia, Louisiana
Wed, Sep 22, 1909 Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-enterprise-leader/129075682/

and Mrs M F Smith in 1932

New Iberia Enterprise
New Iberia, Louisiana 
Sat, Apr 30, 1932 Page 8

https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-iberia-enterprise-obituary-for-m-f-s/129075484/

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

FIND A GRAVE

M F Smith 1909

Rose Hill Cemetery New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95745385/m-f-smith

Mrs M F Smith - 1932

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95745589/m-f-smith

Sandra