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{{Infobox officeholder
|image=
|image size=
|caption=
|name=Stephen Roland<br> "Swords" Lee, Jr.
|office= [[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for Grant Parish
|term_start=1904
|term_end=1908
|preceded=C. M. Brannon
|succeeded=C. W. Payne
|birth_place=Perry County, [[Mississippi]], USA
|birth_date=February 8, 1859
|death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana
|death_date=February 13, 1929 (aged 70)
|resting_place=Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=
|residence=(1) Pollock, Grant Parish<br>
(2) Alexandria, Louisiana
|spouse=Cornelia Nugent Lee (married 1884-1929, his death)
|children=Maude Lee Eubank<br>
J. H. Lee<br>
Ethel L. Jarrell<br>
Mrs. S. J. Rogers<br>
Pre-deceased children:<br>
Florence, Lucille, and Samuel Patterson Lee<br>
Grandsons:<br>
James Rowland Eubank<br>
Dr. Marion Lee Jarrell
|parents=Stephen R., Sr., and Rebecca Grantham Lee
|relations=[[Huey Long|Huey P. Long, Jr.]] (cousin by marriage)
|occupation=[[Lumber]]man}}
'''Stephen Roland Lee, Sr.''', known as '''Swords R. Lee''' (February 8, 1859 – February 13, 1929), was a wealthy [[lumber]]man from Pollock and then [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for his adopted Grant Parish from 1904 to 1908. His term corresponded with the administration of [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] Newton C. Blanchard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Grant Parish|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=January 24, 2021}}</ref>
==Biography==
One of eight children of Stephen Lee, Sr., and the former Rebecca Grantham, Lee was born two years before the start of the [[American Civil War]] in Perry County in southeastern [[Mississippi]]. He was a lineal descendant of [[Light Horse Harry Lee]] of [[Virginia]], the father of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]]. His grandfather, Elijah Lee of [[North Carolina]], fought in the 1815 [[Battle of New Orleans]] under General [[Andrew Jackson]]. Lee's middle name was derived from his paternal grandmother, Martha Roland. The Lees left Perry County when he was twelve years of age. He was educated in the public schools of Grant Parish; after reaching adulthood, he taught school for a number of years.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/winn/obits/l/leesr229.txt|title=Col. Stephen R. Lee of Alexandria Dies at His Home Feb. 13: Industrial and Political Leader, Descendant of Famous Lees|date=February 22, 1929|publisher=''Winnfield News-American''|location=Winnfield, Louisiana|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref>
Lee was the president and general manager of the Lee Lumber Company, which operated a large [[sawmill]] at Tioga in northwestern Rapides Parish. The company closed c. 1917 after the nearby timber was exhausted. Lee was the Grant Parish assessor during the 1890s, having been appointed to the since elected position by then Governor Murphy James Foster, Sr. After his legislative term ended, he relocated to Alexandria. He had a large political following and worked in 1928 for the successful election of Louisiana Public Service Commissioner [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], as the Louisiana governor. Lee was a cousin by marriage of Huey Long.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0CKVuAldzEC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=Swords+Lee+of+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=Lm15xfwI9n&sig=v_YePL0Kju2btIJEpJ8z-NBVU2A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=edFgVezlCcfmsAW5o4O4AQ&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Swords%20Lee%20of%20Louisiana&f=false|title=Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long|author=Richard White|page=284|publisher=Random House|location=[[New York City]]|isbn=0-8129-7383-6|date=2006|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref>
On November 12, 1884, Lee married Martha Cornelia Nugent (1862-1933),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lee&GSfn=Martha&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1148&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=134772081&df=all&|title=Martha Cornelia Nugent Lee (wife of Swords Lee)|publisher=findagrave|accessdate=January 24, 2021}}</ref> a daughter of Matthew and Julie Ann Mackie Nugent, pioneer Grant Parish settlers. Lee died of an illness of several months at his Alexandria home at the intersection of Fourth and St. James streets five days after his seventieth birthday. He was survived by his widow and four children, Maude Lee Eubank (1885-1958) and husband Benjamin Franklin Eubank (1882-1962),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98916107|title=Benjamin Franklin Eubank (son-in law of Swords Lee)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref> J. H. Lee, and Ethel Lee Jarrell (1896-1967) and husband Marion Fahy Jarrell (1897-1977), all of Alexandria, and Mrs. S. J. Rogers of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeast Louisiana. Three other Lee children had died prior to their father, Florence, Lucille, and Samuel Patterson Lee. He had two surviving grandsons,<ref name=bio/> [[attorney]] James Rowland Eubank (1914-1952) and Dr. Marion Lee Jarrell (1921-1984).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Jarrell&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1148&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=102551659&df=all&|title=Dr. Marion Lee Jarrell (grandson of Swords Lee)|publisher=findagrave|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref> James Eubank served briefly in the Louisiana House in 1952, during which time he was a floor leader for Governor [[Robert F. Kennon]]. Representative Eubank died of a [[heart attack]] in Alexandria at the age of thirty-seven.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98916108|title=James Rowland Eubank|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' through findagrave.com|date=November 10, 1952|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref>
Lee is interred with other family members at Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. Both [[Methodist]] and [[Southern Baptist]] pastors officiated at his funeral, with Masonic lodge graveside rites following.<ref name=bio/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Swords}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Christians]]
|image=
|image size=
|caption=
|name=Stephen Roland<br> "Swords" Lee, Jr.
|office= [[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for Grant Parish
|term_start=1904
|term_end=1908
|preceded=C. M. Brannon
|succeeded=C. W. Payne
|birth_place=Perry County, [[Mississippi]], USA
|birth_date=February 8, 1859
|death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana
|death_date=February 13, 1929 (aged 70)
|resting_place=Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=
|residence=(1) Pollock, Grant Parish<br>
(2) Alexandria, Louisiana
|spouse=Cornelia Nugent Lee (married 1884-1929, his death)
|children=Maude Lee Eubank<br>
J. H. Lee<br>
Ethel L. Jarrell<br>
Mrs. S. J. Rogers<br>
Pre-deceased children:<br>
Florence, Lucille, and Samuel Patterson Lee<br>
Grandsons:<br>
James Rowland Eubank<br>
Dr. Marion Lee Jarrell
|parents=Stephen R., Sr., and Rebecca Grantham Lee
|relations=[[Huey Long|Huey P. Long, Jr.]] (cousin by marriage)
|occupation=[[Lumber]]man}}
'''Stephen Roland Lee, Sr.''', known as '''Swords R. Lee''' (February 8, 1859 – February 13, 1929), was a wealthy [[lumber]]man from Pollock and then [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for his adopted Grant Parish from 1904 to 1908. His term corresponded with the administration of [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] Newton C. Blanchard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Grant Parish|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=January 24, 2021}}</ref>
==Biography==
One of eight children of Stephen Lee, Sr., and the former Rebecca Grantham, Lee was born two years before the start of the [[American Civil War]] in Perry County in southeastern [[Mississippi]]. He was a lineal descendant of [[Light Horse Harry Lee]] of [[Virginia]], the father of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]]. His grandfather, Elijah Lee of [[North Carolina]], fought in the 1815 [[Battle of New Orleans]] under General [[Andrew Jackson]]. Lee's middle name was derived from his paternal grandmother, Martha Roland. The Lees left Perry County when he was twelve years of age. He was educated in the public schools of Grant Parish; after reaching adulthood, he taught school for a number of years.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/winn/obits/l/leesr229.txt|title=Col. Stephen R. Lee of Alexandria Dies at His Home Feb. 13: Industrial and Political Leader, Descendant of Famous Lees|date=February 22, 1929|publisher=''Winnfield News-American''|location=Winnfield, Louisiana|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref>
Lee was the president and general manager of the Lee Lumber Company, which operated a large [[sawmill]] at Tioga in northwestern Rapides Parish. The company closed c. 1917 after the nearby timber was exhausted. Lee was the Grant Parish assessor during the 1890s, having been appointed to the since elected position by then Governor Murphy James Foster, Sr. After his legislative term ended, he relocated to Alexandria. He had a large political following and worked in 1928 for the successful election of Louisiana Public Service Commissioner [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], as the Louisiana governor. Lee was a cousin by marriage of Huey Long.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0CKVuAldzEC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=Swords+Lee+of+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=Lm15xfwI9n&sig=v_YePL0Kju2btIJEpJ8z-NBVU2A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=edFgVezlCcfmsAW5o4O4AQ&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Swords%20Lee%20of%20Louisiana&f=false|title=Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long|author=Richard White|page=284|publisher=Random House|location=[[New York City]]|isbn=0-8129-7383-6|date=2006|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref>
On November 12, 1884, Lee married Martha Cornelia Nugent (1862-1933),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lee&GSfn=Martha&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1148&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=134772081&df=all&|title=Martha Cornelia Nugent Lee (wife of Swords Lee)|publisher=findagrave|accessdate=January 24, 2021}}</ref> a daughter of Matthew and Julie Ann Mackie Nugent, pioneer Grant Parish settlers. Lee died of an illness of several months at his Alexandria home at the intersection of Fourth and St. James streets five days after his seventieth birthday. He was survived by his widow and four children, Maude Lee Eubank (1885-1958) and husband Benjamin Franklin Eubank (1882-1962),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98916107|title=Benjamin Franklin Eubank (son-in law of Swords Lee)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref> J. H. Lee, and Ethel Lee Jarrell (1896-1967) and husband Marion Fahy Jarrell (1897-1977), all of Alexandria, and Mrs. S. J. Rogers of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeast Louisiana. Three other Lee children had died prior to their father, Florence, Lucille, and Samuel Patterson Lee. He had two surviving grandsons,<ref name=bio/> [[attorney]] James Rowland Eubank (1914-1952) and Dr. Marion Lee Jarrell (1921-1984).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Jarrell&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1148&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=102551659&df=all&|title=Dr. Marion Lee Jarrell (grandson of Swords Lee)|publisher=findagrave|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref> James Eubank served briefly in the Louisiana House in 1952, during which time he was a floor leader for Governor [[Robert F. Kennon]]. Representative Eubank died of a [[heart attack]] in Alexandria at the age of thirty-seven.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98916108|title=James Rowland Eubank|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' through findagrave.com|date=November 10, 1952|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref>
Lee is interred with other family members at Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. Both [[Methodist]] and [[Southern Baptist]] pastors officiated at his funeral, with Masonic lodge graveside rites following.<ref name=bio/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Swords}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Christians]]