Homesteaded to South Dakota as a young man.

School History

Elementary school (assume Rosendale, Mo.)

1891 to 1899 - Completed 8th grade

(Assume Sept. 1891 to May 1900)

High School - Rosendale

Sept. 1900 to May 1902. Completed 10th grade

College

Stanberry Normal (Stanberry, Mo.)

Sept. 1904 to May 1906. Graduated

Missouri University (Columbia, Mo.)

1906 to 1907.

Work History of John F. Lee

El Dorado, Kansas

July 1907 to July 1908. Worked for and with father on farm.

Faith, South Dakota (Meade Co.)

July 1907 to Feb. 1910. Homestead. Patent (?) June 11, 1911. (Faith is located in NW South Dakota on Rt. 212 just west of the present day Cheyenne River Indian Agency.)

Transition period

Feb. 1910 to Feb. 1913. Worked for Bert Saylor, Morrill, (Brown Co.), Ks most of the time.

Bolckow, Missouri

Feb. 1913 to March 1915. Owned and operated small farm.

March 1915 to Feb. 1917. Bolckow State Bank, Assistant Cashier.

El Dorado, Kansas

March 1917 to March 1923. Butler County State Bank.

April 1923 to Aug. 1925. In charge of failed banks and bank examiner.

Aug. 1925 to Dec. 1926 (probably should be 1925). Studied law.

Admitted to Practice Feb. 26-27-28, 1926.

Fortesque, Missouri

March 1926 to July 1933. Citizens Bank.

July 1933 to - Special Deputy Bank (?)

The following was added by Prissy Lee:

Mound City, Missouri

Sept 1934 to ? Banking business

By the 1950's Mr. Lee was farming on 'Leeway Farm' outside Bolckow, Mo. and, at times, ran a small gas station nearby. He published his first book of poetry in 1957. By the 1960's he had a winter residence in Mesa, Arizona. Eventually he sold the farm and moved to Savannah, Mo. where he died 12 June 1975 at age 90.

John Lee