Mary, Janette Lager was kind enough to perform a lookup in the 1887 book "History of Putnam County", and excerpted the following information for me: There is the following biography on page 508 "Noah Lee, deceased, late of Marion Township, was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, April 13, 1812, son of Charles and Nica Lee. He was reared to farm life in his native county and received a rudimentary education in the early subscription schools of his time. He was married March 22, 1836 to Miss Elizabeth Gasteneau, who was born March 28, 1815 in Pulaski County, and her parents were Joab and Sallie Gasteneau. Mr. Lee removed to Illinois about 1850, living in Champaign County about two years. He then removed to Marion Township, this county where he lived until his decease which occurred about twenty five years ago. He was the father of seven children, three of whom are living Harvey, Catherine wife of John Phipps of Missouri, and James W. Mrs. Lee resides on the home farm, where she owns 162 acres of land, in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Lee was Democrat in politics, and a member of the Regular Baptist Church, and served as deacon of that church. He was a kind and loving husband and father, and an obliging neighbor. In his demise Putnam county lost one of her most useful citizens" I have done some cursory investigation of the Charles LEE family of Pulaski County Kentucky, and have not been able to trace the LEE surname any further backwards. My line of LEE's goes back from Olive May LEE, born 1882 to James W. LEE and Anna Elizabeth BUNTEN/BUNTON. James W. LEE and Anna Elizabeth BUNTON were married in 1880 in Putnam County IN. Anna died in 1894 in Putnam County, and I believe that James W. LEE moved to Marion County IN at that time. I am trying to tie Marion County records about James W. LEE back to his family in Putnam County. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mstwrt@aol.com> To: <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 3:42 PM Subject: (no subject) > Lee Connection-- I am interested in your Noah Lee do you have any other > information on him as to his parents and where he came from??? I have a Lee > Family from Maryland that was in Putnam County in the mid 1830's and we have > one Noah/Nash that shows up in our family tree. > Thanks > Mary "Lee" Stewart > Brad wrote: > In the History of Putnam County (1887), there is a reference to a "Regular > Baptist Church", which was probably in Fillmore or Marion Township. I'm > wondering if anyone knows whether there are any surviving records for this > church from the 1860-1890 timeframe, and how I would go about obtaining > copies of those records if they do exist? > > I'm interested in obtaining information about Noah LEE and Elizabeth > (GASTINEAU) LEE, who were the parents of James W. LEE. Noah was a deacon of > this church. I'm trying to confirm that their child is the same James W. LEE > that married Anna Elizabeth BUNTEN in 1880 in Putnam County. > > Brad Hurley > Glastonbury, CT > > ______________________________