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Amasa Coleman Lee
American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician (1880-1962)
Amasa Coleman Lee (July 19, 1880 – April 15, 1962) was an American newspaper editor, politician, and lawyer.
He was the father of acclaimed novelist Harper Lee.
Family
Lee was born in Georgiana, Butler County, Alabama, in 1880 to Cader Alexander Lee, a Confederate veteran, and his wife, the former Theodosia Windham.
He was distantly related to Robert E. Lee.[1] He was raised on a farm in or near Chipley, Washington County, Florida due south of Butler County. Though he had few years of formal education (and none at a college), Lee passed the Alabama teacher's exam, and moved to Monroe County, Alabama to teach.[2]
On 22 June 1910, Lee married Frances Cunningham Finch (1888-1951), the daughter of a local postmaster in Monroe County, the unincorporated community of Finchburg being named after an ancestor.
They had three daughters, Alice Finch Lee (1911-2014), Louise Lee Conner
