Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 220. LLOYD A. LEE Lloyd A. Lee, who proved his devotion to country by gallant service in the World war, is now a successful poultry man and although young in years, his ability and enterprise have made him a leader of that industry in Oregon. His ranch is located near Salem, which numbers him among its loyal sons. He was born May 25, 1895, and his parents, A. A. and Linnie M. (Atwood) Lee, are natives of Indiana. His father located at Salem in 1889 and a few years later returned to the Hoosier state, in which he was married in 1893. He then brought his bride to Oregon and has since made his home in the Capital city. For thirty years he was engaged in the abstract business and is now president of the Mutual Savings & Loan Association. After the completion of his high school course Lloyd A. Lee enrolled as a student in Willamette University, which he attended for two years, and in 1917 responded to the call to arms. He joined the United States Signal Corps and was the first Marion county boy to cross the ocean. On August 4, 1917, he landed in Liverpool, England, and reached France the following day. Mr. Lee was stationed abroad for twenty-two months, leaving France June 5, 1919, and after his release from service he pursued a short course of study in the poultry department of the Oregon Agricultural College. In 1916 he went to Petaluma, California, a center of the poultry industry, and there spent nine months. During that period he broadened his knowledge of the business by observation and study and in the spring of 1920 was employed by J. A. Hansen, a well known poultryman of Corvallis, Oregon. In 1921 Mr. Lee operated the incubators at the poultry farm owned by D. Tancred, of Kent, Washington, and in the fall of that year began his independent career, purchasing a five-acre tract of land two miles east of Salem. He stocked the ranch with white Leghorns and in 1923 bought sixteen incubators with a capacity of six thousand eggs. Later he purchased three Smith incubators each of which has a capacity of forty-seven thousand eggs. The plant is heated with steam and ranks with the largest and most modern in Oregon. His brooders have a capacity of ten thousand chicks and the buildings on the farm are of hollow tile and concrete construction. The hatchery sells thirteen varieties of chicks and his breeding stock comes from various parts of the United States. The foundation stock for the Barred Plymouth Rocks is secured from the Parks ranch near Altoona, Pennsylvania, and the Oregon Agricultural College; the stock for the Rhode Island Reds from the Sunnyfield farms of Waverly, Connecticut; the White Leghorns from the Greenleaf farms at Blachly, Oregon; the Buff Orpingtons from the Leona farms at Cary, Illinois, and the White Wyandottes from Fishel & Son, of Hope, Indiana. The foundation stock is obtained from the best strains and Mr. Lee is now producing four hundred thousand chicks per year on his farm. He makes shipments to six states and has contracted for the purchase of eggs from ten thousand hens. Regular work is furnished to three men and in the spring the force is increased to ten. In 1927 he purchased an additional twenty-five acres of land and his flocks will be raised on this tract. It is a half mile distant from the homestead, where he maintains his headquarters, and the plant represents an investment of more than thirty-five thousand dollars. The ground is well drained and the soil is good, producing all the green food required by his flock. Mr. Lee has erected a warehouse, in which there is a freight elevator. His chicks are shipped at the age of twenty-four hours and sent by express and parcel post to points which can be reached in forty-eight hours. He has developed a model plant, operated on a highly efficient basis, and his suggestions and advice regarding the business have been invaluable to the poultry-men of the valley. In 1921 Mr. Lee was united in marriage to Miss Ada Coleman, a native of New York and a daughter of Dr. John H. and Clara (Wiley) Coleman. Her mother was born in the Empire state and Dr. Coleman was a distinguished educator. For six years he served as president of Willamette University and his demise occurred in 1914. Mr. Lee gives his political support to the republican party and is precinct committeeman. He is an influential member of the State Poultrymen's Association, the Oregon Accredited Hatchery & Breeders Association, and also of the Oregon branch of the International Baby Chicks Association, of which he was elected vice president in 1926. He has achieved notable success in the breeding of poultry, becoming widely recognized as an authority on this subject, and is doing much to develop one of the most important industries in the Pacific northwest. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2016 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.