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W. D. Lee is a rising young attorney of Centre Point, Ark. He was born in Franklin County, Tenn., in 1801, the second of eleven children born to W. J. and Sarah M. (Jones) Lee [see sketch]. He attended school in his native State until 1870, then, with his parents, came to Mineral Springs, Ark., and at once entered the public schools which were among the best in Southwestern Arkansas. He continued to pursue his studies until 1881, after which he began teaching, a calling he followed for two years, during which time he began his legal studies. In 1883 he entered the office of J. D. Conway, at Washington, and remained one year, after which he came to Centre Point, this being in the spring of 1884, at which time he was admitted to the bar. He soon formed a partnership with J. E. Borden, an old and prominent attorney here, and this connection lasted until the latter's death in 1880, since which time Mr. Lee, has actively practiced his profession alone. He was married in December, 1887, to Miss Ada McGuire, a native of this county, and a granddaughter of James Clardy, an old pioneer of this section, and to their union a son was born, whom they named Arthur W. Mr. and Mrs. Lee are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and he is steward, class-leader, Sunday-school superintendent and secretary of the district conference. He is the owner of considerable property in and about town, and has about 150 acres of land in a good state of cultivation. He has served as mayor of Centre Point for one year, and is an earnest worker in the Democrat party. Since beginning the practice of his profession in Centre Point, business has come to him unsolicited, and his strong good sense and his knowledge of legal lore have become widely known and appreciated. He is pleasant and sociable in his relations with the public, and is looked upon as one of the rising citizens of Howard County.