(Source: Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania, Boston, Biographical Review Pub. Co., 1899, pps. 74, 77.) http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/bedford/bios/biorev2.txt.

David W. Lee, proprietor of Fruit Hill Farm in Bedford County, Pa., is carrying on a substantial business as a

general farmer and milk dealer, and is known as one of the most progressive and prosperous agriculturists of

this vicinity. He was born in Bedford township, July 15, 1841, being the son of Nathan and Martha (Hunt) Lee.

He comes of distinguished Colonial stock, the emigrant ancestor from whom he is descended being, it is said,

the founder of the family from which Generals Robert E. and Fitz-Hugh Lee sprang.

Nathan Lee was a son of George Lee. He passed his entire life within the limits of Bedford County, and died

November 19, 1875. He married Martha Hunt, daughter of Thomas Hunt, and of their children the following are now

living: David W., the special subject of this sketch; Henry W., of Bedford, Pa.; Wynfield S., of Hyattsville,

Md.; George W., of Bradley, Ill.; Benjamin Franklin, of Wilkinsburg, Pa.; and John C., of Hillsboro, Md.

Thomas Hunt, the maternal grandfather, was born and reared in Dublin, Ireland. When nineteen years old he

emigrated to America, and for some years afterward resided in Bedford, Pa. Subsequently, removing with his

family to Cumberland Valley township as a pioneer, he took up and patented a large tract of land and from that

time until his death was there engaged in farming pursuits. A man of great intelligence and strong personality,

he was influential in the administration of local affairs, and while living in Bedford served several years as

Justice of the Peace.

David W. Lee was reared and educated in Bedford township, and during the larger part of his active life he has

devoted his time mainly to the cultivation of the soil. In 1867 he purchased his present fine farm of two

hundred acres, which he has since managed most skillfully and successfully, carrying on general farming and

dairying. He has built up a large milk route in Bedford, and from his dairy of Jersey cows, numbering from

thirty to thirty-five, he supplies his customers with pure milk and cream.

When the railway between Bedford and Cumberland was built, he had charge of the construction of more than two

miles of it, and when the town of Bedford decided to establish water works he was awarded the contract for the

same, and superintended the construction of the plant. A practical businessman, willing to serve the public to

the best of his ability, Mr. Lee has often been called to places of trust. He is now president of the board of

trustees of the Job Mann Fund of twenty-five thousand dollars, left by the Hon. Job Mann, the income of which

is to be used to educate poor but talented young men for the ministry. He is a Director of the Bedford County

Agricultural Society, and has served as one of the School Directors for Bedford township.

During the Civil War Mr. Lee served for two years in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Pennsylvania

Volunteer Infantry; and, as a member of the famous company known as Colonel Roy Stone's "Bucktails" was at the

front in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg,

and in numerous minor engagements. Fraternally, he is a member of the Major William Watson Post, G. A. R.

Politically, he is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party.

On December 4, 1867, Mr. Lee married Miss Harriet Boor, also of Bedford County. She died May 9, 1879, leaving

five children, namely: Ella J., wife of Harry Fodders; Charles E.; Samuel E.; Nettie M.; and Ross F. He

subsequently married, February 19, 1880, Miss Elizabeth Weisel, daughter of John Weisel, late of Bedford

County. By this union he had one child, Minnie R., the mother being deceased. Mr. Lee and his children are

active members of the Presbetyrian church, in which he has faithfully served as an elder for many years. The

death of Mrs. Elizabeth Lee occurred on March 10, 1899. She was also a member of the Presbyterian church.