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Eleanor Agnes Lee

Eleanor Agnes Lee

Female 1841 - 1873  (32 years)

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  • Name Eleanor Agnes Lee 
    Born 27 Feb 1841  Arlington, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Oct 1873  Lexington, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I19183  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Henry Giles Lee
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2021 

    Father Robert Edward Lee,   b. 19 Jan 1807, WestMoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1870, Lexington, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Mary Anna Randolph Custis,   b. 1 Oct 1808, Arlington, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1873, Lexington, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1831 
    Family ID F7115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Eleanor Agnes Lee
    Eleanor Agnes Lee
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    Documents
    Eleanor Agnes Lee-Death Notice
    Eleanor Agnes Lee-Death Notice
    Staunton Spectator and Vindicator
    Oct 21, 1873
    Eleanor Agnes Lee-Funeral Services
    Eleanor Agnes Lee-Funeral Services
    The Times Picayune
    Oct 28, 1873

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8087132.
      Eleanor Agnes ?Agrey? Lee
      Birth 27 Feb 1841
      Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
      Death 15 Oct 1873 (aged 32)
      Lexington, Albemarle County, Virginia
      Burial
      Lee Chapel Museum
      Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia
      Folk Figure, Author. Called simply "Agnes," she was the third daughter and fifth child of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Anna Custis Lee. Like her three sisters, she never married chiefly because the General simply could not let go of his girls. However, there was one young soldier who was determined to make Agnes his bride - but he got nowhere since the General proclaimed him too "unsettled" to take a wife. Agnes attended the Virginia Female Institute in her youth and later on she did much traveling with her father as a companion and nurse. A deeply religious young woman, she is perhaps best remembered for her delightful journal (published in 1984) that detailed life in the South and the ups and downs of the Lee family. After her father's death in 1870, Agnes never fully recovered from her grief and, to her family's intense sorrow, she succumbed to typhoid fever. She is interred with her family members in the Lee Chapel and Museum in Lexington, Virginia.