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Chapman (1880), Liberty Township biographies
blacksmith and wagon-maker, North Liberty; b. 5 Dec. 1829, Wythe Co., Va., son of Martin and Mary Lee, natives of Virginia (p. 727). Farmed until 17, then learned blacksmithing; Noble Co. in 1842, at his trade until 1854; La Porte until the war (p. 727). Enlisted 9 Aug. 1862 in Co. E, 4th Indiana Cavalry; served to the close of the war; battles Mt. Washington, Ky., and Atlanta; most of his service at Gen. Wilson’s headquarters, working at his trade; mustered out at Edgefield, Tenn. (p. 727). Returned to La Porte; came to North Liberty in 1865, still at his trade (pp. 727–728). M. 1854 Helen Nevins, daughter of Oscar Nevins; five children, four living, named (p. 728). Father in the War of 1812 (p. 728). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: the military set’s clearest town tradesman — a cavalry blacksmith who brought the trade to North Liberty in 1865. Howard’s Gushwa entry marries Estella Lee (b. La Porte Co. 1857, brought at nine to North Liberty) — §4; identity as kin to Elijah T. Lee is NOT asserted by either text read.