Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Freeman Lewis
Born: Feb- 9-1844 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 Died: Apr-27-1921 in Gilmer Co, WV 4 Census: 1900, 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1890 in Gilmer Co, WV 1 Census: 1870, 1880 in Tyler Co, WV 5 Occupation: farmer 5 Father: Mother: Other spouse 2
Wife: Edah Britton 6 6 Also known as: Edath 7 Married: Nov-15-1868 in Tyler Co, WV 8
Born: Apr- 4-1845 in Wirt Co, (W)VA 2 (see note 1) Died: May-26-1889 at Tanner Fork, Gilmer Co, WV 4 Census: 1870, 1880 in Tyler Co, WV 5 Census: 1850, 1860 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 9 Father: Horatio Britton (1820 - 1897) Mother: Elizabeth Husk (1825 - 1865) Notes
F Child 1: Selina Bell Lewis 6 Census name: Bell Lewis 10 Born: Sep- 9-1869 in Tyler Co, WV 11,10 Died: Aug- 5-1871 in Tyler Co, WV 12 Census: 1870 in Tyler Co, WV
F Child 2: Rosilla Lewis 6 Born: Oct-23-1870 in Tyler Co, WV 13 Died: Jul- 1-1871 in Tyler Co, WV 14
M Child 3: Melvin Lewis 6 Birth name: Melvan Lewis 15 Born: Apr-28-1872 in Tyler Co, WV 16
M Child 4: Thomas Winfield Lewis 6 Born: Nov-19-1874 in Tyler Co, WV 17
M Child 5: Jarrett Lewis 6 Born: ca 1875 in Tyler Co, WV 5,18 Resided: 1937 in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 19 Census: 1920 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1897 in Gilmer Co, WV 18 Census: 1880 in Tyler Co, WV Wife: Dora Elizabeth Reed b. Sep- 2-1874 d. Apr-18-1937 Married: May- 9-1897 in Gilmer Co, WV 18
M Child 6: Alonzo Lewis 6 Also known as: Lon Lewis 20 Born: Nov-23-1877 in Tyler Co, WV 21,22 (see note 2) Census: 1910 in Nicholas Co, WV Resided: 1900 in Gilmer Co, WV 22 Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1880 in Tyler Co, WV Wife: Artencia Riddle b. ca 1878 Also known as: Tencie Riddle 22,23 Married: Aug-25-1900 in Gilmer Co, WV 22 Wife: Ivy Mullins
M Child 7: Francis Manford Lewis 6 Born: Mar- 4-1880 in Tyler Co, WV 24 Died: Nov-23-1882 in Tyler Co, WV 25 Census: 1880 in Tyler Co, WV
M Child 8: Charles Marion Lewis 6 Born: Dec-19-1881 in Tyler Co, WV 26,3,27 (see note 3) Died: Jun-30-1923 in Racket, Ritchie/Gilmer Co, WV 26 Buried: in Mt. Olive Cemetery (old, aka Dunkard), Co Rd 47/18 north of Racket, Ritchie Co, WV 26 Cause of death: tuberculosis 26 Census: 1920 in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1904 in Gilmer Co, WV 27 Occupation: dry goods merchant 28,26 Wife: Dona Clevenger b. Jun- 5-1886 d. Nov- 4-1914 Married: Sep-18-1904 in Ritchie Co, WV 27 Wife: Dora Ann Rodgers b. Feb-21-1899 d. Dec- 6-1987 Also known as: Dora Ann Rogers 29 Married: Oct-22-1916 in Gilmer Co, WV 30
M Child 9: Henry Archie Lewis 6 Also known as: Arch Lewis 31 Born: Sep- 6-1883 in Tyler Co, WV 32,3,33 Died: May- 4-1962 in Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 34 Buried: in Mt. Olive Cemetery (new), Rt 47, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 35 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: gas company employee 34 Wife: Lydia Jane Gragg b. Nov-24-1891 d. Jul-22-1975 Married: ca 1909 36
M Child 10: Joshua Baker Lewis 6
Sources: (1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (2) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (3) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). (4) Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV. (5) 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV. (6) Descendants of Wilson Britton, Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992) (7) Birth record of daughter. (8) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (9) 1850 Census. (10) 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV. (11) Tyler County Birth Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Samuel Bell Lewis, white male, born alive on Sep 9 1869, son of John F. & Adah Lewis. Informant: John F. Lewis, father. (Note: This child appeared in the 1900 Census as a female named Bell Lewis, and in Tyler County death records as a female named Selina B. Lewis. No other reference to Samuel has been found.) (12) Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Selina B. Lewis, white female, dau of John F. & Eda Lewis; died Aug 5 1871, age 1y 10m, cause of death "dropsy of brain." Informant: John F. Lewis, father. p. 29. (13) Tyler County Birth Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Rosilla Lewis, white female, born alive on Oct 23 1870, dau of John F. & Edath Lewis. Informant: John F. Lewis, father. BR p. 80. (14) Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Rosilla Lewis, white female, dau of John F. & Eda Lewis; died Jul 1 1871, age 7 months, cause of death "gathering in head." Informant: John F. Lewis, father. DR p. 29. (15) Tyler County Birth Records, Middlebourne, WV. (16) Tyler County Birth Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Melvan Lewis, white male, born alive on Apr 28 1872, son of John F. & Eda Lewis. Informant: J. F. Lewis, father. BR p. 88. (17) Tyler County Birth Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Thos. W. Lewis, white male, born alive on Nov 19 1874, son of J. F. & Edith Lewis. Informant: J. F. Lewis, father. BR p. 95. (18) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (19) Death record of wife. (20) Marriage record of daughter. (21) Tyler County Birth Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Lonzo Lewis, white male, b. Nov 23 1877, son of John F. & Eda H. Lewis. Informant: John F. Lewis, father. BR p. 110. (22) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (23) 1910 Census, Nicholas County, WV. (24) Tyler County Birth Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Francis M. Lewis, white male, born alive on Mar 4 1880, son of John F. & Edah Lewis. Informant: John F. Lewis, father. BR p. 132. (25) Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Francis M. Lewis, white male, son of J. F. & Edith Lewis; died Nov 23 1882, age 2y 8m 19d, cause of death diphtheria. Informant: J. F. Lewis, father. DR p. 48. (26) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (27) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (28) 1920 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (29) Obituary of son. (30) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as C. M. Lewis, 35, widowed, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Dora Rodgers, 18, single, b. & res. in Gilmer Co. Married Oct 22 1916. MR p. 101. (31) Death record of daughter. (32) Tyler County Birth Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Henry A. C. Lewis, white male, born alive on Sep 6 1883, son of John F. & Edith Lewis. Informant: Edith Lewis, mother. BR p. 152. (33) Headstone (year only) (34) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (35) Findagrave.com. (36) 1910 Census, Gilmer County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Death record of son Charles gives her birthplace as Monongalia County. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1877, but birth record shows it to be Nov 23 1877. Note (3) Tyler County birth records indicate birth in Feb 1881, date not specified. But 1900 Census indicates Dec 1881, and death record specifies Dec 19 1881.Name Index