Lee Shippey was born February 26,1884, in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of William Francis Lee Shippey and Elizabeth Kerr Freligh of Missouri.
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11 Facts About Lee Shippey
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Lee Shippey'ssiblings were Louisia, Virginia Lee Davis and Mrs Charles Stewart.
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Lee Shippey was married to another writer, Mary Blake Woodson, on August 20,1908, in Jackson County, Missouri.
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Lee Shippey told two versions of how he became acquainted with Madeleine Babin, the French woman for whom he eventually left his wife.
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On November 1,1918, the 34-year-old Lee Shippey met the 20-year-old Madeleine, who, with her family, was placing flowers on the graves in the American cemetery in Suresnes, France.
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In 1959, Lee Shippey published a memoir in which he did not mention his marriage to Mary nor the existence of their child.
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Lee Shippey resumed writing his column, "Missouri Notes, " for the Kansas City Star.
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When Lee Shippey turned her down, she informed the Star of the situation and Lee Shippey was discharged.
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On September 29,1921, Mary Shippey was granted a divorce from Lee after being on the witness stand for four hours, and the next month Lee and Madeleine were married in Mexico City.
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Lee Shippey retired in 1949, moved back to Del Mar, where he started writing columns for three San Diego County newspapers — including the San Diego Union and the Del Mar Surfcomber.
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Lee Shippey died on December 30,1969, in a nursing home in Encinitas, California, at the age of 86.
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