John Joseph Lee was born at Princeton, Wisconsin, on October 7, 1870, the son of August and Julia Masgar Lee. At Mikana, Wisconsin, he married Elizabeth Enderson, also born in Wisconsin. The family lived in Wisconsin until coming to Foster County in 1917. In 1927 they moved from the farm in Rose Hill Township to Bordulac, where Mr. Lee operated a repair shop.
Seven children were born to them: Eleanor, Mildred, Dorothy, Josephine, Beatrice, Francis and Leonard.
Joseph J. Lee died in August, 1952.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 9B