Background
Lee, Hugh Johnson was born on December 1, 1871 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Oscar D. and Salina A. (Johnson) Lee.
Lee, Hugh Johnson was born on December 1, 1871 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Oscar D. and Salina A. (Johnson) Lee.
Graduate Meriden (Connecticut) High School, 1891. Took short course with private tutor in surveying.
Superintendent Boys’ Club, Meriden, 1892. With R. East. Peary in Greenland, 1893-1895, also summers 1896, 1897. Lectured on Greenland.
Reporter on Meriden Journal, 1896-1902.
Appointed June, 1902, resident missionary Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, and superintendent of the largest herd of domestic reindeer in Alaska, by American Missionary Association. Appointed January, 1903, United States commissioner for Cape Prince of Wales district, most western on American continent, and within sight of the coast of Siberia.
Married Florence A. Leonard, July 6, 1897.