History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . Indianapolis, and isthe son of A. J. and Lucy J. (Powell) Lee. The fathers people were natives of NorthCarolina, and the mothers people were natives of Delaware, but she was born andreared in Franklin County. Ind. A. J. Lee owned a farm of 120 acres and residenceproperty at Alexandria, Ind. He frequently visited his children in Orange County.Cal., and in the spring of 1920 disposed of
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History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . Indianapolis, and isthe son of A. J. and Lucy J. (Powell) Lee. The fathers people were natives of NorthCarolina, and the mothers people were natives of Delaware, but she was born andreared in Franklin County. Ind. A. J. Lee owned a farm of 120 acres and residenceproperty at Alexandria, Ind. He frequently visited his children in Orange County.Cal., and in the spring of 1920 disposed of his holdings in the East and purchasedresidence property on Spurgeon Street, at Santa .Ana, where he is now living retired. Chester K. Lee grew up at Alexandria. Ind.. was educated in the pulilic schoolsand attended Taylor University, at Upland, Ind., two years, afterward being employedin the paper mill at Alexandria. In 1902 he married, at Alexandria. Miss Pareppa R.Houghton, who was born and reared in Indiana, and in 1903 the young people cameto Santa -Ana, Cal., to make their home. They are the parents of four children: MaryL., Erma R.. Ethlyn B., and Merle T. The first year after coming to Santa Ana, . ^~:^mie^£^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1121 Mr. Lee worked tor the Santa Ana Walnut Growers Association, then became managerof the house. He is the second oldest walnut packer in California, the one man olderin the business than he being Mr. Sharp, of Santa Paula. Preferring Garden Groveas a place of residence, Mr. Lee purchased property there, and since 1914 his workhas been in Garden Grove. In that year he built the Garden Grove walnut house afterplans of his own, a frame building 50x80 feet in dimension, located on the Paciliclilectric right-of-way. The association uses Mr. Lees system in cleaning, fanning, bleaching and sorting the walnuts, and they are packed in new burlap sacks with theDiamond Brand of which there are five grades: Fancy Budded, No. 1, Golden State, Jumbos an