Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Lee

Background

Lee, Joseph Wilcox Jenkins was born on October 9, 1870. Son of Charles O’Donnell and Matilda (Jenkins) Lee.

Education

Educated U. Maryland Traveled in Brazil, 1884, 1887, 1900 and 3,000 miles up Amazon Valley in connection Acre Rubber Concession and boundary trouble, 1901. Secretary American Legation at Panama, 1904-1905. Consul-general to Panama, March to September, 1905.

Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Ecuador, 1905-1907, to Guatemala and Honduras, January 10-July 1, 1907, to Guatemala, July 1, 1907-March, 1908.

Planter at Needwood Forest,” Knoxville, Maryland., since March, 1908.

Career

Fellow Royal Geography Society of Great Britain. Member National Geography Society.

Achievements

• Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Lee has been listed as a noteworthy diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Geography Society of Great Britain. Member National Geography Society. Club: Calumet (New York).

Connections

Married Mary Kuhn Harris, of Philadelphia, May 18, 1911.

Father:

Charles O’Donnell Lee

Mother:

Matilda (Jenkins) Lee

Spouse:

Mary Kuhn Harris