Henry LEE

                   From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 978. 
TOWN OF WATERSTOWN 
HENRY LEE, farmer; P. O. Blue River; was born in Yorkshire, Eng., in 1818; he is a son of John and Harriet Wright, who were natives of the same place, and engaged in manufacturing britannia ware. Mr. Lee came to America with his parents when 2 years old (1820), and located in New Jersey, where he was educated and learned the business of britannia ware manufacturing, which his father engaged in there; when 21 years of age, he went to Newark, N. J., and in connection with his brother established a manufactory of German silver ware; he engaged in it two years; the business not paying, they abandoned it, and for eleven years engaged in making trunk rivets, afterward engaging in the grocery business three years; in 1856, he sold his business and came West, and bought a farm in De Kalb Co., Ill., where he remained seven years, then came to this town and engaged in farming. He was married, Jan. 29, 1846, to Miss Juliet Stevenson, of New Jersey; they have seven children living in this State. Mr. Lee is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; his ancestors have been members of the same body almost since Wesley's time. Mr. Lee is, and always has been, a strong advocate of temperance.