Otho S. Lee

Otho Scott Lee[1] was born on December 6, 1840, to Hannah (née Bryarly) and Richard D. Lee. His father died when Lee was one year old. He was educated at Bel Air Academy. He then became a law student until the Civil War interrupted his studies.[2] After the war, he studied law under Henry W. Archer.[2]

Lee was appointed a sergeant in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He served under Major Johnson in J.E.B. Stuart's horse artillery.[2]

Lee served as a colonel on the staff of Maryland governor John Lee Carroll.[2]

Lee was a Democrat. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Harford County in 1874.[3] He served as counsel to the Harford County school commissioners from 1881 to 1916.[2]

Lee served as the first president of the Bel Air Water and Light Company, The Permanent Building Association and the Farmers and Merchants Bank.[2]

Lee married Sarah B. Griffith in 1867. They had ten children, Mrs. John Scott Parker, Hannah B., Helen M., Elizabeth D., Cassandra, Margaret B., John L. G., Otho S., Robert B. and Henry A. W. His wife died in 1898.[2] Lee married Helen A. Bradshaw in 1904. They had two children, Margaret and Robert.[2] His son John L. G. Lee was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.[4] One of his daughters married Henry W. Archer Jr.[5]

Lee died on August 28, 1918, at his home on Main Street in Bel Air. He was buried at Rock Spring Cemetery.[2]