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Jesse Lee was born on March 19th, 1896 in Bedford Co, Va.  Jesse Lee's father was William Whitfield Dobyns and his mother was Victoria Catherine Ashwell.  His paternal grandparents were Colita "Colity" Whitfield ("Whitfield Dobyns"   "Whit" Dobyns) Dobyns and Julia Ann Tellitha ("Juliann") Martin; his maternal grandparents were Carey Austin Ashwell and Frances West Howell. He had five brothers and three sisters, named William Austin, "Griff", "Colear", Opie, Hugh, Cora Malvina, Nina Lois and Eva May.  He was the fourth oldest of the nine children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Thomas Sherwood and Alice Julia.  He died  due to killed in World War I at the age of 22 on October 24th, 1918 in France.  He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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