Historical Marker

Isaac Lee

Historical marker location:
Alto, Texas
( Shiloh Cemetery, FM 752 about 3 miles northwest of Alto)
Marker installed: 1989

(February 8, 1788 -- October 4, 1880)

A native of Georgia, Isaac Lee lived in Mississippi and Arkansas before coming to Texas in 1828. He settled first at present San Augustine and later near Nacogdoches. He was a participant in the Battle of Nacogdoches in 1832 and served in the Republic of Texas Army. He and his wife, Mary, were the parents of four children. Lee moved to a farm near Alto to live with his daughter, Mary Ann Anderson, in 1870 and died there ten years later.