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John Freeman LEWIS

John Freeman LEWIS

Male 1844 - 1921  (77 years)

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  • Name John Freeman LEWIS 
    Born 9 Feb 1844  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Co E, W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Census 1870, 1880  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1890  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Died 27 Apr 1921  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Newberne Cemetery, Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I12058  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2022 

    Family 1 Edah BRITTON,   b. 4 Apr 1845, Wirt Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1889, Tanner Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 15 Nov 1868  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Tyler Co, Wv (Ellsworth Twp), enumerated on Jun 25 1870:
      John Lewis, 26, farmer; Edah (female), 25; Bell (female), 9 months (Note: There is a discrepancy here, in that Tyler Co birth records show the birth of a son, Samuel Bell Lewis, born to John F. & Adah Lewis on Sep 9 1869. But her death record identifies her as a female, Selina B. Lewis, age 1y 10m at the time of her Aug 1871 death.)

      1880 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Elsworth District), enumerated on Jun 26 1880:
      John F. Lewis, 32, farmer; wife Edith, 25; son Jarrett, 5; son Alonzo, 2; son Francis M, 3 months, b. Feb (Note: Birth records show his birth as Mar 4 1880) [8]
    Children 
     1. Selina Bell LEWIS,   b. 9 Sep 1869, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1871, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. Rosilla LEWIS,   b. 23 Oct 1870, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1871, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Melvin LEWIS,   b. 28 Apr 1872, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Thomas Winfield LEWIS,   b. 19 Nov 1874, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jarrett LEWIS,   b. CA 1875, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Alonzo LEWIS,   b. 23 Nov 1877, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Francis Manford LEWIS,   b. 4 Mar 1880, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1882, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     8. Charles Marion LEWIS,   b. 19 Dec 1881, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1923, Racket, Ritchie/Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     9. Henry Archie LEWIS,   b. 6 Sep 1883, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1962, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     10. Joshua Baker LEWIS
    Family ID F4315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rosa Alice CUNNINGHAM,   b. 1 Jun 1857, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1939, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 23 Oct 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated in Jun 1900:
      John Freeman Lewis, 56, b. Feb 1844, farmer, married 9 yrs; wife Rosa A, 42, b. Jun 1858, no children; son Alonzo, 22, b. Mar 1877; son Charles M, 18, b. Dec 1881; son Henry A, 16, b. Sep 1883.
    Family ID F20199  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    2. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S2086] 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District).

    4. [S2126] 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    5. [S1846] Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).

    8. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).

    9. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as John F. Lewis, 46, b. Tyler Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Rosa A. Cunningham, 27, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Oct 23 1890. NOTE: Bride's age is at variance with the 1900 Census of Gilmer County, which states her birth date as Jun 1858, and with her death record, which specifies birth date Jun 1 1857. Headstone reads 1857.