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Joseph W. Lee, farmer and stock raiser of Carroll County, Ark., was born in Tishomingo County, Miss., January 16, 1837. He is a son of Gashum and Delilah (Hodge) Lee, both natives of Tennessee. The parents removed from Tennessee to Mississippi and settled in Tishomingo County. After three years they removed to Kentucky and remained twelve months, when they went to Ripley County, Mo., and resided until 1847. They then came to Arkansas and located in Searcy County where the resided until the death of the father. Gashum Lee was a highly respected citizen of Searcy County, and served as justice of the peace for many years. Joseph W. Lee came to Arkansas with his parents, and grew to manhood in Searcy County. His youth was spent on his father’s farm. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army as a member of Capt. Campbell’s company of infantry. Later he served successively in Col. Mitchell’s, Col. Griffith’s and Col. Power’s regiments, and participated in the battles of Wilson’s Creek., Mo., and Cross Hollow and several skirmishes. At Springfield Landing he received a flesh wound in the thigh. He was taken prisoner twice, but both times made his escape. When hostilities ceased his regiment was disbanded in Mississippi, and he returned to Searcy County and engaged in farming and stock trading. In 1878 he removed to Boone County, and resumed agricultural pursuits, but in 1880 he removed to Eureka Springs and remained twelve months engaged in the stock and feed business. The next three years he rented land, which he cultivated in connection with stock trading. In January, 1885, he located on his present farm. It contains 200 acres of land, with fifty acres under cultivation, with fair improvements. Mr. Lee’s first wife died in Searcy County, leaving one son, James W. On September 22, 1869, in Stone County, he married Mrs. Lucinda Redwine, a daughter of James Lawrence. She was born in Georgia, and is a member of the Baptist Church. To this union have been born two children: Flora F. and Ollie A.