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==Career==

==Career==

In 1908, he moved to Minden, where within two years he was a vice-president of the Minden Building and Loan Association, with subsequent Mayors Abner Drake Turner (1887-1953) as president and James Berry Sandefur (1868-1954)as a director.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xx0bAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA510&lpg=PA510&dq=W.+B.+Lee+of+Webster+Parish,+LA&source=bl&ots=aTrt6WBGaa&sig=Y0wRRG8vc-akcQhhkSvhst4Y6-4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RyYOVd69Mce0ggT7jITQCw&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=W.%20B.%20Lee%20of%20Webster%20Parish%2C%20LA&f=false|title=Report of the State Banking Department of Louisiana for the Years 1910 and 1911, Vol. 9|date=1912|publisher=Brandad Publishing Company|location=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]|page=510|accessdate=March 21, 2015}}</ref> In 1914, he was elected<ref name=bio /> to complete the term of state Representative [[Robert Roberts, Jr.]], who had earlier been a mayor of both Farmerville and Minden. After six years, Roberts left the legislature as the representative for Webster Parish to accept a judicial appointment from [[Governor]] Luther E. Hall.<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]], "Robert Roberts, Jr.", ''A History of Louisiana,'' Vol. 2 ([[Chicago]] and [[New York City]], American Historical Society, Inc., 1925), pp. 21–22.</ref> In 1916, with his legislative term ended, Lee returned to New Orleans to become collector of customs. Soon he was appointed secretary to [[U.S. Senator]] Robert F. Broussard of Louisiana. That assignment was short-lived, for Broussard died in office on April 12, 1918, after only thirty-seven months in the office. Lee then took his terminal position as clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Shreveport and under the purview of Judges George Whitfield Jack and Benjamin C. Dawkins, Sr.<ref name=bio />

In 1908, he moved to Minden, where within two years he was a vice-president of the Minden Building and Loan Association, with subsequent Mayors Abner Drake Turner (1887-1953) as president and James Berry Sandefur (1868-1954) as a director.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xx0bAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA510&lpg=PA510&dq=W.+B.+Lee+of+Webster+Parish,+LA&source=bl&ots=aTrt6WBGaa&sig=Y0wRRG8vc-akcQhhkSvhst4Y6-4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RyYOVd69Mce0ggT7jITQCw&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=W.%20B.%20Lee%20of%20Webster%20Parish%2C%20LA&f=false|title=Report of the State Banking Department of Louisiana for the Years 1910 and 1911, Vol. 9|date=1912|publisher=Brandad Publishing Company|location=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]|page=510|accessdate=March 21, 2015}}</ref> In 1914, he was elected<ref name=bio /> to complete the term of state Representative [[Robert Roberts, Jr.]], who had earlier been a mayor of both Farmerville and Minden. After six years, Roberts left the legislature as the representative for Webster Parish to accept a judicial appointment from [[Governor]] Luther E. Hall.<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]], "Robert Roberts, Jr.", ''A History of Louisiana,'' Vol. 2 ([[Chicago]] and [[New York City]], American Historical Society, Inc., 1925), pp. 21–22.</ref> In 1916, with his legislative term ended, Lee returned to New Orleans to become collector of customs. Soon he was appointed secretary to [[U.S. Senator]] Robert F. Broussard of Louisiana. That assignment was short-lived, for Broussard died in office on April 12, 1918, after only thirty-seven months in the office. Lee then took his terminal position as clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Shreveport and under the purview of Judges George Whitfield Jack and Benjamin C. Dawkins, Sr.<ref name=bio />

Lee wed the former Irene Drake (1888–1957),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lee&GSfn=Irene&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=78282108&df=all&|title=Irene Drake Lee|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 21, 2020}}</ref> a member of a prominent Minden family. The couple had two sons, W. B. Lee, Jr. (1911–1969), and Drake Lee, who is not listed as a survivor in his brother's 1969 obituary, and a daughter, Elizabeth Lee Ewig (1918–1973).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ewig&GSfn=Elizabeth&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=91035348&df=all&|title=Elizabeth Lee Ewig|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 21, 2020}}</ref> Lee's brother, [[Captain]] Wood Lee, died in the [[Spanish–American War]].<ref name=jmleejr />

Lee wed the former Irene Drake (1888–1957),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lee&GSfn=Irene&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=78282108&df=all&|title=Irene Drake Lee|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 21, 2020}}</ref> a member of a prominent Minden family. The couple had two sons, W. B. Lee, Jr. (1911–1969), and Drake Lee, who is not listed as a survivor in his brother's 1969 obituary, and a daughter, Elizabeth Lee Ewig (1918–1973).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ewig&GSfn=Elizabeth&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=91035348&df=all&|title=Elizabeth Lee Ewig|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 21, 2020}}</ref> Lee's brother, [[Captain]] Wood Lee, died in the [[Spanish–American War]].<ref name=jmleejr />