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CALEB LEE, JR., retired, post office Plum, a son of Caleb and Margaret W. (Skelton) Lee, was born in Pittsburgh in 1827. He attended the public schools and the old university of his native city, and at the age of fifteen entered his father’s store and learned the tailor’s trade. He was then employed in the store until his father retired, in 1851, at which time he and his brother John succeeded him in the business under the firm name of John S. & C. Lee, Jr. Five years later, owing to Mr. Lee’s failing health, he was obliged to move to the country, and came to Plum township, where he farmed fifteen years. He then removed to his present home at Hulton station. He has been a member of the Verona council, but his health prevents his taking part in any active business life. In 1852 he wedded Mary, daughter of Robert Knox, the well known confectioner of Pittsburgh, who died a few months after marriage. Mrs. Lee was born in 1832, in Pittsburgh, and lived most of the time on Fourth avenue. Two children blessed this union — Robert Knox, who died in 1879, and Jennie, wife of Harry Paul, of Hulton station.