LEE, Della

Date of birth:  About 1876
Date of death: 1 Dec 1894 – Urmeyville, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 7, 1894,
Volume XXXV Number 22, page 5 column 4

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PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

(From Friday’s News)

Della Lee, the eighteen year old daughter of Presley Lee and wife, of Urmeyville, was buried yesterday. Her death resulted from typhoid fever on Friday.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 7, 1894,
Volume XXXV Number 22, page 6 column 4

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FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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CLARK’S MILL

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Miss May Gorby, of Franklin, attended the funeral of Miss Della Lee of Urmeyville, Sunday.

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The daughter of Mr. Lee, of Urmey­ville, who has been sick with typhoid fever, several week’s past, died, Sat­urday morning. Funeral services were held at the house, Sunday, after which the remains were buried at the Baptist church on Hurricane.

Link to Della Lee’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 117, referencing Book H-17, page 10, records that Della Lee, an eighteen-year-old white female, died 1 Dec 1894 in Urmeyville.

Note: The articles headed “From (day of the week)’s News.” seem to be copied from the Franklin Daily Herald. The dates stated are relative to their publication day in the Herald, not to the publication date of the Democrat.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson