Eleanor Agnes 'Agrey' Lee

1841 - 1873  (32 years)

• Name	Eleanor Agnes 'Agrey' Lee  [1]
  Birth	27 Feb 1841	Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Record ID	120292
  Death	15 Oct 1873	Lexington, Albemarle Co, Virginia   [1]
  	Called simply "Agnes," she was the third daughter and fifth child of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Anna Custis Lee. Like her three sisters, she never married chiefly because the General simply could not let go of his girls. However, there was one young soldier who was determined to make Agnes his bride - but he got nowhere since the General proclaimed him too "unsettled" to take a wife. Agnes attended the Virginia Female Institute in her youth and later on she did much traveling with her father as a companion and nurse. A deeply religious young woman, she is perhaps best remembered for her delightful journal (published in 1984) that detailed life in the South and the ups and downs of the Lee family. After her father's death in 1870, Agnes never fully recovered from her grief and, to her family's intense sorrow, she succumbed to typhoid fever. She is interred with her family members in the Lee Chapel and Museum in Lexington, Virginia.
  Burial	Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I120292	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Gen. Robert Edward Lee,   b. 19 Jan 1807, Stratford, Westmoreland Co, Virginia d. 12 Oct 1870, Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Randolph Custis,   b. 1 Oct 1808, Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia d. 6 Nov 1873, Alexandria, Virginia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1831  [2]
  Family ID	F21364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2259] Findagrave.com, (https://www.findagrave.com), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8087132/eleanor-agnes-lee, 2259. [S1036] Arlington Foundation, Inc., Arlington Foundation, Custis Genealogy Chart, (Arlington Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 336, 16388 Courthouse Road, Eastville, VA 23347), 1036.