Husband William Huston Fee 1 2
Born: 16 Oct 1868 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3
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Father: John Fee (1817-1895) 4 5
Mother: Hannah Quinn (1827-1901) 4 5
Marriage: 28 Oct 1891 2 3
Wife Julia May Humphrey 1 2
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Father: Robert Humphrey ( - ) 2
Mother: Harriet Tanner ( -1899) 2
Children
1 M Dwight Humphrey Fee 2 3
Born: 4 Sep 1892 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 2 3
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General Notes: Husband - William Huston Fee
He was born near McConnells Mills, Chartiers Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and spent the first 14 years of his life at the Fee homestead, "an old farm house with meadows wide." The youngest of eight children-six brothers and two sisters-he escaped lightly from farm tasks, the brunt of the work falling upon the older boys.
He went very irregularly to school, but early learned to read the weekly newspapers that were taken in the home, and learned more from these than from school books. In February, 1883, when a little more than 14 years of age, he entered the office of the Canonsburg Notes, then a weekly paper, and passed through the "printer's devil" stage, learning to set type and do the other work of a country printing office of the early 80's, his brother, D. H. Fee, having a short time before this purchased an interest in the Notes. His life thereafter was actively engaged on the paper, and for some years held the position of news editor. He obtained a half interest in the paper in 1892 from his brother, and became one of the principal stockholders in The Notes Publishing and Printing Company, formed in 1904, and of which he was vice president. He did much of the writing on the paper, writing the heads and directing the general makeup of the news matter. Mr. Fee devoted his time entirely to the Notes and his home. He belonged to no society or lodge, believing that a newspaper editor should be as free as possible from alliances of any kind. Petty offices never appealed to his taste. He owned a library in which the works of nearly all the standard authors could be found.