The history of the William F. Lee family has its roots in Creivagh, Ballybay,
  County Monaghan, Ireland, where James Moffett was born in 1820. James came to 
  America in 1840 and settled in Jo Davies County, Illinois. He married Isabelle
  McCall in 1848; they had several children, one of whom was Thomas, born in 1856.
     Thomas attended Mount Carrol Seminary and Monmouth College. He moved to Harper,
  Kansas, with his family in 1878. Legend has it that James gave each of his four
  sons $400 to "make their way". Thomas was a shrewd barginer and livestock man
  who traveled widely throughout Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, managing the
  landholdings and businesses of Moffett Brothers. These businesses included
  Moffett Brothers Commission Company, the first livestock commission company in
  Kansas City, and banks and ranchers in Kansas and Oklahoma. Thomas had the
  reputation of never carrying a gun or money; he conducted his extensive business
  on his word only. He and his brothers were Sooners.
     In 1905 he married a concert pianist, Louise McGraw of Kansas City, whose
  father had been the first governor of Kansas.
     In 1917, Thomas and Isabel purchased the ranch on Turkey Creek. For many years
  the ranch was a horse ranch, where draft horses and mules were raised for use on
  the various operations. Several government-woned Thoroughbred stallions were
  stood to the public to supply mounts for the U.S. Calvary.
     Thomas and Isabela Moffett had three children: Paul of New York, Tom of Kansas
  City, and Louisita Isabella who married Roger Chamberlain Lee of Minneapolis,
  Minnesota and became the mother of William F. Lee.
     Bill Lee spent parts of almost all his childhood summers at the ranch on
  Turkey Creek, although he lived in three chties, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where 
  he was born; Chicago, Illinois; and Liberty, Missouri. Bill developed an 
  appreciation of agriculture and love of the land which caused him to pursue these 
  interests at Kansas State University, where he majored in agricultural-economics.
     He married Judith Lynn Littleford, August 10, 1963, and they finished their
  senior year at K. State together, graduating in 1964. Judy's major was biological
  science; her family came from an agricultural background. Judy grew up on a large
  farm near Chicago, Illinois, although her father spent most of his life as a
  munitions engineer for the U.S. government and her mother was an educator and 
  school principal.
     Bill and Judy came to Turkey Creek in 1964, following graduation from K. State.
  They own a herd of around 350 Hereford cows, which had their origin from the
  Hazlett dispersal in 1936. They were very interested in the production of quality,
  growthy Hereford cattle and have participated in the American Hereford Association's
  Total Performance Registry program since 1970. They eagerly look forward to each
  new calf crop and feel each year's calves will be better than the last.
     They like to travel and have enjoyed trips to Europe, Mexico and most of the
  Western part of the United States.
     Bill has been active in Farm Bureau, Secretary of Barber County Cattlemen's
  Association, President of Barber-Comanche Hereford Breeders Association, Kansas
  Livestock Association, Chariman of Properties of Wheatbelt Girl Scout Council,
  a director of Gyp Hills Trail Ride Association, a 4-H leader and participant in
  the Peace Treaty Pageant. He was listed in Who's Who in 1973.
     Judy's activities include: Director of Kansas Hereford Auxiliary, Board of
  Directors of Kansas CowBelles, AAUW, a 4-H leader and Peace Treaty Pageant; she
  also designed and promoted a needlepont canvas used in promotion by the American
  Hereford Auxiliary.
     Nathanial Littleford Lee was born November 7, 1966 and Patrick Chamberlain Lee
  was born July 28, 1969. Both boys have attended Medicine Lodge schools.
  
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 277