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Subject: [GACOFFEE-L] Re: GACOFFEE-D Digest V99 #44-- The Land they fought for
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 11:16:23 EST
In answer to Diane's question about Uncle Robert: he was Robert E. Lee; his
sons were Custis (George Washington Custis Lee) and Rooney (William Henry
Fizthugh Lee); there was also another son, Robert E. Lee, Jr. When I taught
in Maryland about 20 years ago, I had the pleasure of teaching Robert E. "Rob"
Lee, V, the last direct male descendant, bearing the Lee name (unless Rob now
has a son), of R.E. Lee. He is descended from Rooney Lee, who not only was a
CSA General (not to be confused with his cousin, Gen. Fitzhugh "Fitz" Lee) but
served in the US House of Representatives from Virginia after the war. He was
an outstanding young man of exceptional character and honesty -- we were all
better for having known him. About 6' tall, he looks like the pictures of the
young Lee except that he is blond. His father, R. E. "Bob" Lee IV, looks
nothing at all like the general. Bob is head of marketing for Smith Bowman
Distillery, owned by his sister and her husband. General and Mrs. Lee's
daughters never married (nor did Custis),and the sons who did marry (Rooney
and Robert E., Jr.) produced more daughters than sons -- Robt. had no male
heirs.
John Taylor Wood was the grandson of Zachary Taylor and nephew of
Confederate States of America President, Jefferson Davis; and his father was
U.S. Asst. Surgeon General, Robert C. Wood. John Taylor Wood was second in
command of the famous ironclad, the Merrimac, and later a notorious
Confederate blockade runner. After the war, he moved to Nova Scotia and raised
his family there; his son, Zachary Taylor Wood was famous in the history of
the NorthWest territories in Canada.
Hope this helps,
Martha Ross
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