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Photos: Mrs. Anna Maria Mason Lee and Sydney Smith Lee


Anna Maria Mason daughter of John Mason and Anna Maria Murray married Sydney Smith Lee. Creator: Vannerson & Jones, photographer, No. 77 Main St., Richmond, Va. Library of Congress Source Collection Liljenquist Family collection


Sydney Smith Lee (1802-1869) American naval officer who served as a captain in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the third child of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and Anne Hill Carter Lee, and the older brother of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Courtesy of James E. Taylor Scrapbook Smithsonian Institute.


Children:

  • Fitzhugh "Fitz" Lee b. 19 Nov 1835, d. 28 Apr 1905

  • Sydney Smith Lee Jr. b. 10 Feb 1837, d. 15 Apr 1888

  • John Mason Lee b. 24 Jan 1839, d. 8 Jan 1924

  • Henry Carter Lee b. 9 Jan 1842, d. 6 Jun 1889

  • Daniel Murray Lee b. 14 Jul 1843, d. 17 Dec 1916

  • Robert Carter Lee b. 17 Nov 1848, d. 5 Dec 1903

  • Elizabeth Mason Lee b. 17 Feb 1853, d. Aug 1853


Obituary for Smith Lee Richmond Dispatch 27 Jul 1869, Tue · Page 3



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