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Also see [Railway Officials in America 1906]
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Ishmeal Lee, who was born in Blount County, Tenn., May 22, 1815, moved to Wayne County, Ind., and from there,
in 1834, to this county, where he lived for many years in Section 1, about one-half mile south of the Air Line
depot of Cassopolis. In 1852, he removed to Iowa, where he died near Mitchellville, April 22, 1879. He was twice
married, first to Miss Sallie East, daughter of William East, who died April 22, 1840; and thea to Miss Marion
Marmon, daughter of Peter Marmon.
We extract the following from the pioneer necrology regarding him: Mr. Lee was "one of the most faithful and
successful conductors on the Underground Railroad, and many a- wagon-load of fugitive slaves have been piloted
by him through the woods of Michigan on their way to Canada and freedom. He was a prominent actor in the well-known
Kentucky slave cases of 1848 (see general history), which occurred here in that year, and was one of those sued
by the Kentuckians for the value of the escaped fugitives, and he paid a large sum of money to compromise the litigation.
FROM:
History of Cass Couny, Michigan
With Illistrations and Biographical Sketches
of some of it's Prominent Men and Pioneers.
Waterman, Watkins & Co., Chicago 1882.
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