Mrs. Edmund Lee. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Portrait of Mrs. Edmund Lee. The actual name of this lady is unknown and there has been confusion over this portrait, since the Revered Edmund Lee had three wives. His first wife, Electa Arcott Lee, born ca. 1807 and died 1860. The Electa Lee Middle School, which opened in 2000, is named for her. She came to Manatee with her husband in 1844 from Vermont. She held classes in a room above her husband's store. The fee for her private instruction was $5.00 per term. She and her husband adopted two of the Gerrero children after their parents died of yellow fever. Electa died in the later 1860s. Edmund next married Adeline Frierson in 1872, but she died the following year. For his third marriage, he chose Mrs. Elizabeth O'Dell, who already had three children. Portrait of Mrs. Edmund Lee. The actual name of this lady is unknown and there has been confusion over this portrait, since the Revered Edmund Lee had three wives. His first wife, Electa Arcott Lee, born ca. 1807 and died 1860. The Electa Lee Middle School, which opened in 2000, is named for her. She came to Manatee with her husband in 1844 from Vermont. She held classes in a room above her husband's store. The fee for her private instruction was $5.00 per term. She and her husband adopted two of the Gerrero children after their parents died of yellow fever. Electa died in the later 1860s. Edmund next married Adeline Frierson in 1872, but she died the following year. For his third marriage, he chose Mrs. Elizabeth O'Dell, who already had three children. Frierson, Adelaine (Mrs. Edmund Lee) Lee, Edmund (Reverend) Lee, Electa Arcott O'Dell, Elizabeth (Mrs. Edmund Lee) United States Florida--Manatee County--Manatee Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Mrs. Edmund Lee.
University of South Florida Tampa Library
still image
eng
Portrait of Mrs. Edmund Lee. The actual name of this lady is unknown and there has been confusion over this portrait, since the Revered Edmund Lee had three wives. His first wife, Electa Arcott Lee, born ca. 1807 and died 1860. The Electa Lee Middle School, which opened in 2000, is named for her. She came to Manatee with her husband in 1844 from Vermont. She held classes in a room above her husband's store. The fee for her private instruction was $5.00 per term. She and her husband adopted two of the Gerrero children after their parents died of yellow fever. Electa died in the later 1860s. Edmund next married Adeline Frierson in 1872, but she died the following year. For his third marriage, he chose Mrs. Elizabeth O'Dell, who already had three children.
Portrait of Mrs. Edmund Lee. The actual name of this lady is unknown and there has been confusion over this portrait, since the Revered Edmund Lee had three wives. His first wife, Electa Arcott Lee, born ca. 1807 and died 1860. The Electa Lee Middle School, which opened in 2000, is named for her. She came to Manatee with her husband in 1844 from Vermont. She held classes in a room above her husband's store. The fee for her private instruction was $5.00 per term. She and her husband adopted two of the Gerrero children after their parents died of yellow fever. Electa died in the later 1860s. Edmund next married Adeline Frierson in 1872, but she died the following year. For his third marriage, he chose Mrs. Elizabeth O'Dell, who already had three children.
Frierson, Adelaine (Mrs. Edmund Lee)
Lee, Edmund (Reverend)
Lee, Electa Arcott
O'Dell, Elizabeth (Mrs. Edmund Lee)
United States
Florida--Manatee County--Manatee
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection