Person:Rosa Lee (4)

Possibly the daughter of Hayward Lee https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Hayward_Lee_%281%29 and Julia Bradley https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Lula_Bradley_%281%29. ==========Possibly the sister of Nelson. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Nelson_Lee_%284%29 ==========Possibly affiliated with Mt. Zion Baptist Church, El Dorado, Union, Arkansas.========== Possibly the niece of either Ben or Catherine Cook https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Ben_Cook_and_Catherine_Unknown_%281%29 - Ben's parents were John and Kitty Cook or McCook. Catherine is the daughter of Charles Gill and an unknown mother. Rosa Lee's mother may have been a COOK, MCCOOK, or GILL.========== Possibly the sister of Annie and Cecil. Annie and Cecil are listed with surnames LEE and Moxey/Macie/Maxie so maybe Rose/Rosa's father was a LEE or MOXEY/MACIE/MAXIE.

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   newspapers.com has the El Dorado Times from 1964-1974

2. ↑ .

   Name: Rosa Lee
   Age: 18
   Birthplace: Of Wilmington, Union, Arkansas
   Sex: F
   
   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
   Crawford Sheard Husband M 23 Of Wilmington, Union, Arkansas
   
   Digital Folder Number: 004315542
   Microfilm Number: 988523
   Originating System: EASY
   Indexing Batch: M74992-1
   
   Citing this Record
   "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1944", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQY5-WQK : 11 January 2020), Rosa Lee in entry for Crawford Sheard, 1903.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 .

   Name: Rosa Lee
   Sex: Female
   Age: 14
   Birth Date: Nov 1886
   Birthplace: Arkansas
   Marital Status: Single
   Race: Black
   Relationship to Head of Household: Niece
   Father's Birthplace: Arkansas
   Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas
   Event Type: Census
   Event Date: 1900
   Event Place: Jackson Township, Monroe, Arkansas, United States
   Event Place (Original): Jackson Township, ED 69, Monroe, Arkansas, United States
   Household Identifier: 101
   Line Number: 38
   Sheet Letter: A
   Sheet Number: 6
   Affiliate Publication Number: T623
   Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
   
   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
   Ben Cook M 50 Georgia
   Cherene Cook F 45 Tennessee
   Annie Lee F 12 Arkansas
   Cicil Lee M 8 Arkansas
   
   Digital Folder Number: 004119759_002_M9KR-GN1
   Microfilm Number: 1240068
   Image Number: 284
   Indexing Batch: N00812-4
   
   Citing this Record
   "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M365-B64 : Tue Jan 14 00:22:21 UTC 2025), Entry for Ben Cook and Cherene Cook, 1900.

4. ↑ .

   1950 Census Wilmington, Union, Arkansas same page as ex husband and daughter, Rachel on the "road to Mount Zion Colored Church".

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 .

   Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969
   Name Rosa Lee
   Gender Female
   Race Colored (Black)
   Marital Status Widowed
   Age 69
   Birth Date abt 1886
   Birth Place Not Given in Records
   Death Date 30 May 1955
   Death Place Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA
   Certificate Number 5483

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 .

   1940 United States Federal Census
   Name Rosa Lee
   Age 53
   Estimated Birth Year abt 1887
   Gender Female
   Race Negro (Black)
   Birthplace Arkansas
   Marital Status Married
   Relation to Head of House Inmate
   Home in 1940 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
   Map of Home in 1940 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
   Inferred Residence in 1935 Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
   Residence in 1935 Little Rock SAME PLACE
   Sheet Number 27A
   Institution State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Benton Unit
   Attended School or College No
   Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 2nd grade
   Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 3
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   Is this another possibility? Rosa Mitchell? Might Lemon Smedley (Junior) be Annie Sharrod's son?
   
   1940 United States Federal Census
   
   View1940 United States Federal Census
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   Name Lemon Smedley
   Age 14
   Estimated Birth Year abt 1926
   Gender Male
   Race Negro (Black)
   Birthplace Arkansas
   Marital Status Single
   Relation to Head of House Grandson
   Home in 1940 El Dorado, Union, Arkansas
   Map of Home in 1940 El Dorado, Union, Arkansas
   Street E Wilson
   House Number 1339
   Inferred Residence in 1935 El Dorado, Union, Arkansas
   Residence in 1935 El Dorado
   Resident on farm in 1935 No
   Sheet Number 19A
   Attended School or College Yes
   Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
   Neighbors View others on page
   Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
   Rosa Mitchell
   49
   Head
   Lemon Smedley 14 Grandson
   Luthur McHenry
   16
   Nephew

7.   .

   https://michaelminn.com/privett/arkansas_state_hospital/
   Information on history of the Arkansas State Hospital and burial grounds and memorial.

8.   .

   https://findingaids.digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/repositories/5/resources/4588

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   1880 Federal Census Union County, Arkansas--
   Persons named LEE and listed as Black: Mary, Robert, Hannah, Richard, Jane, Sula, Elizabeth, Henry, Coulter, William, William
   Persons name GILL and listed as Black: Rose, Lucy, Marg, B.S., Eliza, Josephine, Matthew, Delilah, Willi, William, Lela, Amajin, Hugh, Riley, Precilla, Ann, M. L., Jack, Ella, Ben, Fannie, Fanny, John, Jennie, Andrew, Allice, Mary, Minda, James, S. F., Mariah, Cally, Em, John, Andrew, James, Mary, Benjaman, Harriett, Martha, Allice
   Persons named Moxie/Maxie/Macie and listed as Black: none
   Persons named Cook and listed as Black:Ellan, George, Mary,Rose A., Jeff, Lucius, Ellen, James, Lorenza, Deanne, Vie, Robt, Seamon, Julia, Roxie, Amanda, I., Louisa, Milly, Mary, Samuel, China, Wesley, Ann, Nancy, Sarah, Fanny, B., Kitty, Willis, Mary, Mason, Jane, China, Samuel, Venia, Edward, Charly, Fany H., Sarah F., Joseph
   MCCOOK - none