William Barber Lewis

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William Barber Lewis

Born ca 1783 – Ulster County, NY
Died May 1864 – Jennings County, IN – home of John M. Lewis, Sr., Jackson County, Indiana

(Death Date: Vol III p 296 of Coffee Creek Baptist Church Minutes, Jennings County, Indiana)

Buried unmarked grave – Coffee Creek Baptist Church, W. of Paris Crossing, Indiana
(Source: Family tradition, as stated by Mary Lewis Osterman, great-granddaughter

"Now Aunt Betsy and Samuel Hall are buried there. Some member of Lodema Lewis' family told me that my great-grandfather William Lewis and Sarah Lewis are buried, (with) their plots next to them, but there are no stones for them. The people that have the stone are Aunt Betsy Lewis (and) Samuel Hall. It's been several years since I’ve been up there. It was overgrown at times but the ____ trustees clean those up. Aunt Betsy was grandfather’s (John M. Lewis') sister."

; the Hall grave site is near the southwest corner of the Old Coffee Creek Baptist Cemetery next to the fence).Parents:

Mother: Likely Comfort ______

Zadock Lewis Born ca 1732? (don’t know source of this)
A Zadock Lewis is found in the 1790 census, Ulster County, New York p. 178:

1 male over 16, 4 males under 16 and 3 females no age
Siblings
Zalmon Lewis
Born: July 15, 1800
Died: March 1, 1864
Burial: Likely Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, as he bought a plot there, no stone
Birth/Death record contained in Lewis-Tobias Bible of June M. Pelletier of Surprise Arizona.
See: http://www.indianahistory.org/ihs_press/online_connections/Lewis.Tobias_Bible_records_oc.pdf
Proof of relationship to William B. Senior: lived near the Butler brothers (half brothers to William B. Sr) in Steuben County, moved to Jennings around the time they did ca 1840. A son of one of the Butler brothers refers to him in a letter as "Uncle Zalmon". Also, he bought cemetery plots in the Keith Cemetery.

Daniel Rowland Lewis
Born:
Died: ca November 11, 1848 when will was executed
Proof:

There is also an Elisha Lewis, born 1786, from New York and buried in Coffee Creek Baptist, possibly a brother.

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A Zadoc Lewis is found in the 1800 census, Ulster County, New York, p. 266

1 boy up to 10, 1 boy 10-15, 1 boy 16-26, himself over 45 1 girl under 10, 1 under 16-26, 1 woman 26-45

A Zadoc Lewis is found in the 1820 census, Marlborough ,Ulster County, New York, p. 055

Rev. War Record of A Zadock Lewis – Note – it is not certain that this is our Zadock Lewis*:
3rd Regiment of the New York Line

Sergeant, Card # 3594114
Capt. Andrew Billings Co.
Under command of Col. James Clinton
Muster roll- June 28 to Sept 28, 1775
Camp at Ticonderoga, September 28, 1775.
Enlisted July 4, 1775
Discharged due to illness on August 14, 1775
(Source: From Nat. Gen. Soc. Freeholders & Inhabitants of Newburgh, NY, page 222.)
*Herschel Lewis questions that this is our Zadock Lewis, though he does believe that he was a member of the Home Guard, was involved in the battle of Long Island, was wounded and captured, per John M. Lewis’ attestation. He states he had difficulty believing a 43 year old would enlist.

John Miller Lewis
(brother to Daniel and son of William, notice he has his Mother's maiden name of Miller as his middle name) wrote that
"My brother, Daniel Lewis, was the son of William Lewis, the son of Zada (Zadoc) Lewis. Who before the war of 1776, lived in New York City, was a soldier in the War of 1776, was wounded and taken a prisoner at the Battle of Long Island."

The Battle of Long Island, an engagement of the American Revolution, fought on Aug. 27–30, 1776. After the British abandoned Boston on March 17, 1776,

General Washington moved his army to New York City, believing it to be the next point of attack. On August 22, the British transported an army of 32,000 from Staten Island across the Narrows to Long Island. Washington knew that to defend New York, he must hold Brooklyn, just across the East River on Long Island. Accordingly, he moved some 7,000 men to increase the Brooklyn forces to about 19,000.

Location of William B. Lewis:Born in Ulster County, NY, likely Marlborough/Marlboro.

In Seneca by Oct 5, 1811

Moved to Seneca – William by age 30, was in Seneca county, New York . He states he was drafted there on December 1813.
Moved to Steuben/Yates by at least 1816

Migrated to Indiana via flatboat ca 1822

From Herschel Lewis: "William and his family left Seneca County, New York, in the fall of 1821, likely in a covered wagon pulled by oxen. They traveled overland some 150 miles to the Allegany river where William either paid for boat transportation or built a raft and then floated downstream to Pittsburg, Penn. The Allegany joined the Monongahela at Pittsburg to form the Ohio River. Some time was spent in Pittsburg building a more elaborate raft for the trip down the Ohio.

Imagine such an undertaking, it was not an endeavor for the faint of heart. William has a wife who was 8 months pregnant and children ages 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 & 10. Timothy was the 2 year old and Daniel was 8. The trip was completed and the raft tied up a few miles below Madison, Indiana. On April 25, 1822 John M. Lewis (the youngest child of William and Sarah Lewis) was born on the raft. John M. Lewis was to become a farmer, a lawyer, and an engineer. He built the first bridge across the Muscatatuk River on the road that was to become US 31. John M. Lewis lived to be 93 (Note: John was a prominent citizen of Seymour, Indiana.) "

Military: War of 1812 Veteran

War of 1812 Pension
Pension Land
William did at least receive some recognition of service as he was reimbursed for the materials he bought for the war:

Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812
page 294Marriage:
William Barber Lewis married the widow or divorcee Mrs. Sarah Jane Miller Butler ca 1810.
Where? Seneca? Wife:
According to Mrs. Osterman (Mary Lewis Osterman) Sarah was a redhead and very well educated for a woman of that time. Supposedly she taught her children and at least some of the children of the community how to read and write. Some of the family claimed, and the source was probably John M. Lewis (son of William, brother to Daniel), that Sarah told of her father or perhaps her grandfather, being a graduate of Cambridge University in England. (Note: it was said by Mary Lewis Osterman that Sarah Miller's father was Martin Miller and that the Miller family came to Jennings County as well. I have never seen any corroborating sources however).
Sarah Jane Miller first married Phineas Butler who was born in Massachusetts. This is attested to by 3 descendents of Sidney Butler, son of Phineas. There is a Phineas Butler in the Steuben County census in New York for 1820, if it is the same one then they divorced. It seems likely it is as he lives near Moses Ribble, father to the wife of Sidney Butler. Sarah Jane Miller Butler was widowed or divorced between 1805 (birth of Lewis Butler) and ca February 1811 (approximate conception of Nancy Lewis first child of Sarah Jane Miller Butler Lewis and William Lewis. Nancy was born in October of 1811).
Sarah had two sons by her first marriage: Sidney Butler and Lewis Butler.

Sarah Miller was born ca 1781 - Massachusetts
(Source of place of birth: Daniel Lewis and William B. Lewis Jr say in 1880 census that their father was born in NY and mother in Mass.)
Died November 26, 1848 – Cana PO, Marion Township, Jennings County, Indiana
(Death Date Source: Coffee Creek Baptist Church Minutes, Jennings County, Indiana:
"Sister Sarah Lewis departed this life November the 26^th, 1848 in the 67^th year of her age")
Father: Martin Miller
(Source: Interview with Mary Lewis Osterman, great-granddaughter of William and Sarah Lewis)
No.: 8,654
NAME OF APPLICANT.: Lewis, William,
RESIDENCE OF APPLICANT.: Jennings, Indiana,
AMOUNTALLOWED.: 60 00
William never did get any government land. He had lost his discharge, he claimed that the paymaster required his discharge before giving him his final Army pay. He tried several times to re-establish his credentials but was unsuccessful. The British, of course, had burned Washington, perhaps because of this the War of 1812 was very poorly documented. William finally bought 100 acres along what was then known as Graham Creek, now called the South branch of the Muscatatuk River.
William was a veteran of the War of 1812 and as a result of his service was entitled to a land grant. The land available at that time was in Indiana. Perhaps William applied for a warrant before he left New York (State) or perhaps he merely expected to apply for his warrant when he arrived in Indiana. (There is documentation, of which I have a copy showing that William asserted he was a veteran of 1812).

(We know they co-owned the raft with a family by the surname of the "Landgon’s" – per Mary Lewis Osterman.)

Butler Brothers: Sidney and Lewis Butler

Movements of Butler family:
Massachusetts
Seneca County, New York
Steuben County, New York

Phineas Butler is the father of Sidney and Lewis Butler.
Source: Melissa Butler family Bible (New Testament and Psalms)
Melissa, a daughter of Sidney Butler, received a Bible. It contains the names and birth dates of Sidney's parents. She passed it to her oldest daughter Ella. Now in the possession of Doris _____, the granddaughter to Ella ___.

Further attestation

Mother to Pauline Parmenter, great-granddaughter of Sidney Bulter stated that Phineas was father to Sidney.

Wayne Miller, a descendant of Sidney's son, Phineas wrote to a cousin and referred to a Sidney Butler New Testament & Psalms that had family history entries and said, "At least now I know the source of the birth year of Phineas and Sarah. So he apparently knew that Phineas was father to Sidney.

Pauline Parmenter has a family bible listing Sidney's family but not his parent.

Wayne Miller wrote: "Vicki Guenkauf (a descendent of Albina "Bina" Butler) has come up with a letter of Chauncey Butler (son of Sidney) Butler, which suggests that Phineas may have come from New Jersey."

So, Wayne Miller, a descendant of Phineas,
mother to Pauline Parmenter, a descendant of Melissa,
and Vicki Guenkauf, a descendant of Albina, all believed Phineas was Sidney's father.

Phineas Butler Born 1780 born Massachusetts according to 1880 census of Lewis Butler
Death date: unknown source says ca 1822

Sarah Miller Born 1785 (born Massachusetts according to 1880 census of Lewis Butler)
Died November 26, 1848 – Cana PO, Marion Township, Jennings County, Indiana
(Death Date Source: Coffee Creek Baptist Church Minutes, Jennings County, Indiana:
"Sister Sarah Lewis departed this life November the 26^th, 1848 in the 67^th year of her age")
Father: Martin Miller
(Source: Interview with Mary Lewis Osterman, great-granddaughter of William and Sarah Lewis)

Sarah Miller Butler was widowed or divorced between 1805 (birth of Lewis Butler) and ca February 1811 (approximate conception of Nancy Lewis first child of Sarah Jane Miller Butler Lewis and William Lewis. Nancy was born in October of 1811).

Sidney married Keziah Cosier Ribble in 1827 in Steuben. Her father, Moses Ribble, lived very near a Phineas Butler in the 1820 Steuben census, which makes sense if Phineas is Sidney's father. I believe that Phineas and Sarah must have gotten divorced. Also, in the 1880 Michiga census for Lewis Butler, it says that both of his parents were born in Massachusetts.

Phineas Butler is listed in Steuben County, NY in the 1820 census, along with a woman in the same age bracket as his, so am wondering about Sarah's marriage date to William. I have his death date as 1822, but am not sure where I got that info.

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Sarah had two sons by her first marriage: Sidney Butler and Lewis Butler.

Butler Brothers

Movements of Butler brothers:
The Butler brothers eventually followed their mother and step-father to Jennings County Indiana.

Sidney and Lewis Butler are found in the 1830 census of Jersey twp, Steuben Co., New York. P. 291. Zalmon Lewis, probable uncle (by marriage) to Sidney and Lewis Butler, is on the same page (he appears in the Jennings County Census in 1840, 1850 and 1860). Sidney Butler is found in the Jennings County Indiana 1840 census. According to the obituary of his wife Keziah they left Steuben county New York in 1836 and went to Jennings County, Indiana. The obituary said it took 3 weeks by wagon. On July 1, 1837 Sidney and Keziah he joined Coffee Creek Baptist Church. Sidney is buried in the "New" Coffee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

Lewis Butler married a Lavina __________, and they moved to Michigan and are found in the 1840 census there. By 1860 Lewis Butler is in Indiana and is found in the1860 and 1870 there. (Remarried to a Saphrona between 1860-1879) Lewis Butler sold his farm to his son-in-law, Thomas Williams, and moved back to Michigan in 1873 and is found in the 1880 MI census with his daughter.

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Sidney Butler
Born June 5, 1803 in Steuben Co, New York
Died:
Married Keziah Cosier Ribble, daughter of Moses Ribble
Keziah Cosier Ribble: Born August 9, 1811 in Sussex County NJ.
Marriage Date: March 8, 1827, Steuben County, New York
Wife Died: Keziah Cosier Ribble Butler Death: 1 Mar 1909 in Vernon Centre Blue Earth County MN

Died: October 30, 1877 aged 74 years, 4 months, 25 days
Buried: "New" Coffee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

Sidney's two oldest children, Phineas and Chauncey both died in the Civil War; Phineas on June 27, 1862 at the Gaines Mill, VA battle, and Chauncey on May 21, 1864, from a wound he received in the Spotsylvania Court House battle (near Fredericksburg, VA) on May 12, 1864. The family preserved some of Chauncey's letters that he wrote home to his parents and some of his sisters. They are in the possession of Pauline Parmenter. In one he asks about "Uncle Zalimon Lewis'" family. (This confirms that Zalmon Lewis was a brother to William Lewis and hence an uncle by marriage to Chauncey.) Source: Pauline Pamenter

Sidney Butler Bible shows the following children for Sidney and Keziah:

Phineas, b. June 8, 1828 NY d. June 27, 1862 (battle at Gaines Mill VA. in Civil War. This info. I gained through research on the Internet)

m. Louisanna Scott Feb. 24, 1848, Jennings Co. IN

Chauncey, b. Oct. 5, 1830 NY d. May 21, 1864 (from a wound received in Spotsylvania Courthouse VA battle May 12. He died at Fairfax Seminary Hospital near Alexandria. Again, I learned this from research.) m. Lucy Chamberlain Apr. 4, 1858 Ingham Co. MI

Mary Jane, b. Apr. 17, 1832 NY d. June 22, 1923 (don't know where)

m. Benjamin F. Randall June 16, 1860; a cousin thinks she married -----Bolts before that. Her last name by the time she died was Roberts.

Sarah Ann, b. March 19, 1838 IN; d. April 14, 1923. She married David H. Montgomery. (descendent is Robert Montgomery). David Montgomery 1839 - 1889. Sarah Ann died 1922.

Elizabeth, (Betsy) b. Nov. 27, 1840 IN; d. Apr 4, 1930 Blue Earth Co. MN. m. Jackson Randall, a nephew of Benjamin March 3, 1857 Jennings Co.

Albina, b. Dec. 16, 1843 Jennings Co. IN; d. Nov 11, 1932 LeSeuer Co. MN. Married Samuel Nathan Arbuckle March 21, 1861, Jennings Co. child: Dezzie I. Arbuckle

Savanna Ellen, b. June 21, 1846, Jennings Co.; d. Sept 4 1871 Jennings Co. (Buried at Coffee Cr. Baptist Ch.) Married Thomas L. Montgomery brother to David Montgomery). Thomas L. Montgomery 1843-

Silas W., b. Feb. 20 1849 Jennings Co.; d. Dec. 4, 1917. Silas 1849 IN married Florella Mayfield – had Edward Thomas Butler b 1870

Melissa, b. Jan. 10 1852, Jennings CO.; d. Dec. 30, 1935, Blue Earth Co. MN (Buried at Garden City Cemetery in Garden City) Married Virgil Aaron Buckles March 13, 1873 Jennings Co. Moved to Blue Earth County, MN where they died.

Lilly, b. Aug. 13, 1857; d. July 14, 1867 Jennings Co.

"Sidney's two oldest children, Phineas and Chauncey both died in the Civil War; Phineas on June 27, 1862 at the Gaines Mill, VA battle, and Chauncey on May 21, 1864, from a wound he received in the Spotsylvania Court House battle (near Fredericksburg, VA) on May 12, 1864. The family preserved some of Chauncey's letters that he wrote home to his parents and some of his sisters." A descendent, Pauline Parmenter, has those in her possession. In one he asks about Uncle Zalimon Lewis' family; which is further proof that Zalmon Lewis is brother to William Lewis. "
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Lewis (Ezra*) Butler
Birth: ca 1806 in NY
Death: December 4, 1882 Williamston, Michigan Source Michigan online death records:
http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/search.htm - found by Robert Montgomery

Wife: Lavinia ca 1806 NY
Wife: Sophonia "Safonia" Green, September 2, 1866, Jennings County, Indiana
Possible daughter of Caleb Green and Amelia "Melia" Wanins.

Children:
Phineas?
Martha Permilia Butler ca 1837 NY
Zada/Zady ca 1841

Lewis Butler was born around 1806 in Steuben, NY. He married a Lavina_________, and they moved to Michigan by 1840 and is found in the 1840 census there.

Lewis Butler apparently left New York state and went to Michigan between 1838 and 1840, had a son born there in 1841, named Zada .

He is found in the 1850 Michigan Census:
1850 Census, Ingham County, Locke Township, MI:

Lewis 44 NY
Lavina 46 NY
Martha P. 13 born ca 1838 NY married Thomas Williams, Dec. 25, 1856, Jennings County, by Rev. Timothy B. Lewis, half-uncle 34. Obit. of Thomas Williams, Billings News, 1908.

1860 Census, Jennings Co., IN, Marion Township. Page 176, Family 1308,
Lists Thomas Williams, 24, b. IN, with Martha, 23, b.NY, and John Herbert, 2.
36. Jennings Co. Marriage Records, Book 5, June 1850 to Dec. 1858
Page 450.

Zady W. 9 born ca 1841 Michigan

Jeremiah Leichout (sp?) born NY

In Indiana, Jennings County by 1860.

By 1860 he is in Indiana. He is listed in the 1860 and 1870 census for Indiana. Between 1860-1870 Lewis married a Saphrona ____. Lewis Butler sold his farm to his son-in-law, Thomas Williams, and moved back to Michigan in 1873 and is found in the 1880 MI census. We do not have a complete record of Lewis Butler's children. There is Martha Parmelia b. 1837 in NY, Zady (or Zada) W. b. 1841, and in the 1880 Michigan census there is Theresa, b. 1868 in Indiana. It is believed that Lewis had a son named Phineas but it may be that the son of Sidney is getting confused as Lewis' son. We need to check the ages in the census to see.

Daughter, Martha Butler married Thomas Williams on Dec. 26, 1856 in Jennings County, joined by her half-uncle Rev. Timothy B. Lewis

1860 Census, Jennings County, page 361 Sidney is on page 360.

Lewis Butler 52 NY
Lavina 54 NY
Zada 19 born MI

1873 moved back to Michigan

In the 1880 Census there in Ingham County we find:

This tells us the father of Sidney and Lewis Butler was born in Massachusetts as was Sarah Miller.

Lewis BUTLER	Self	W	Male	W	73	NY	Coal Burner	MASS	MASS
Theressa BUTLER	Dau	S	Female	W	12	MI	Keeping House	NY	MI

*Note: Ethleen PEACOCK Case referred to her great grandfather as "Ezra", however, the census lists him as Lewis. Zada Butler, a carpenter, built a cherry wood bureau which was passed to Ethleen
Peacock then to Chris Holmes, her grandson
Source: http://www.gencircles.com/users/syn/3/data/85745838
Duryoy Holmes syn044 AT yahoo.com

"Lewis Butler is mentioned a few times in the book "History of Ingham and Eaton Counties Michigan , with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers", by Samuel W. Durant. Published by D. W. Ensign & Co., 1880. The following excerpt comes from a section on the early settlers of Aurelius Twp., Ingham Co, MI. He is mentioned in the second paragraph.

'The first actual settler in this township -- or the first permanent settler -- was probably Reuben R. Bullen, * from Wayne Co., N. Y., who came to Michigan , with his wife, in November, 1836, and stopped at Mason. In January, 1837, having build a house in Aurelius, on the farm where his son, James T. Bullen, now resides, he moved into it. He had purchased the land from government when he first came (November, 1836). A man named Wilson had moved to the township, and located east of the latter's place, on the farm now owned by Mrs. Hascall. He intended to become a permanent resident of the town, but a sever felon on his finger caused him to return, in the spring of 1837, to Ann Arbor , from which place he come. Mr. Bullen is yet living in town, as are four of his sons, -- Richard J., James T., Joseph and John. The farm originally located by Mr. Bullen is located on section 4.

Lewis Butler settled east of Mr. Bullen early in 1837, and lived in the township until the fall of the same year, when he removed to the village of Jefferson , in Alaiedon township. He sold his place to James Turner, and after a time it became the property of Abram Wilson. James and Richard Turner and Mr. Wilson were early settlers.'

He is then mentioned again twice in the same book in a section on the earlier settlers of Locke Township . The first mention relates to the church there…

“The first religious services were held at the school-house known as the Brown Eagle, by the Christians, most of the inhabitants for miles around attending. Many carried their rifles along, and left them standing against a tree during service, guarded by a dog. These services were conducted by Seneca H. PETTUS and Elder WINANS (possible relationship to Sophonia Green whose mother was a Winnans). The first sermon was preached by a clergyman named George ALEXANDER, in a log cabin. Harvey GRATTON and Lewis BUTLER were among the early exhorters.”

The second mention of Lewis in this section is…

“Lewis BUTLER settled in 1848, on section 34, which he purchased of Isaac LEARY. He subsequently removed to Indiana , and now resides in Williamston.”

He died in Williamston in 1882, two years after the book was published.
The death record shows:
BUTLER, LEWIS
Date of death:   4-Dec-1882
Ledger Page:    286
Record Number:           2387
Place of death: Williamston
County of Death :          Ingham
Sex:      Male
Race:    WHITE
Marital Status: Widowed
Age:     78 years
Cause of Death:            OLD AGE
Birthplace:        NEW YORK
Occupation:      UNKNOWN
Father's Name: Uknown,
Father's Residence:       UNKNOWN
Mother's Name:            ,
Mother's Residence:
Date of record: 31-May-1883"
Source: Robert Montgomery

Zady Butler

A Zady Butler married a Lollie A Clark in Ingham County, Michigan on 23 Apr 1871.
Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~miingham/DibeanC.html
Served in Civil War:

Zady Butler

Jennings County, Indiana

12 September 1861

Indiana

Union

Zady Butler

27 Indiana Infantry.

Private

Union

1880 Census
Williamston, Ingham County, Michigan ED 143

98 102 Butler Zady 39 Grocer MI NY NY
Charlott 31 NY NY NY
Sidney S. 9 MI
Will C. 7 MI
Mittie 1 MI

Mary Lewis Osterman thought perhaps the Butler family and the Lewis family had a connection before the marriage of Sarah and William.

Children of William Barber Lewis and Sarah Miller Butler Lewis

William B. Lewis and Sarah Miller Butler Lewis had the following children: 1. Nancy Jane Lewis

Born: October 5, 1811, Seneca County, NY
Died: July 21, 1856, Buried Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana
Married: Mason Parks Keith
Marriage Date: August 11, 1831
Had a daughter named Nancy Jane Keith who married Alexander Mayfield. She is buried in the Keith Cemetery as well.2. Daniel (David) Lewis

Married: Harriet Rice Keith

Marriage Date: May 5, 1832
Married 2: Frances Keith
Note on middle name: family tradition per May Rogers Smith said that Daniel’s middle name was David. Also 1860 census of Jennings County Indiana used the middle names of many of the Lewis men to distinguish them – Charles Newton Lewis was listed as "Newton" and Daniel was listed as "David".3. Elizabeth W. Lewis

Married: Samuel Hall Born 1807 NY, Died 12/12/1882
Marriage Date:

Marriage Place: Elizabeth traveled back to New York State to marry Samuel Hall.

No children
4. William Barber Lewis (Jr) (Rev.)5. Timothy B. Lewis (Rev.)

"Died – after a protracted and painful illness, August 7, Rev. Timothy B. Lewis of diffused abcess of pelvis, aged 58 years"
Married: Mahala Lett
Marriage Date: March 23, 1840, Jennings County, Book 3, Page 133

6. Eliza Lewis
Born: 1820 County? New York
Died: 1855
Married: Richard Hues Keith (was his first wife)
Marriage Date: November 23, 1842, Jennings County, Book 4, Page 238

7. John Miller Lewis

Married 2: Mrs. Rebecca Pierson Cook
Marriage Date: April 29, 1872

DETAILS OF CHILDREN OF WILLIAM BARBER LEWIS SR. AND SARAH MILLER BUTLER LEWIS

1. Nancy Jane Lewis

She married Mason Parks Keith, son of Samuel Adkins Keith & Isabel (Ibby) Parks,

Marriage: 19 Aug 1831 in Jennings Co., IN.

Mason Parks Keith:
Birth: 12 Jun 1812 in Bourbon County, Kentucky

Death: 23 Feb 1879 in Clark County, Indiana

Sex: M

Father: SAMUEL ADKINS KEITH b. 4 Jan 1786 in Montgomery County, Maryland

Mother: ISABEL "IBBY" PARKS b. 27 Oct 1790 in Kentucky

Born 5 Oct 1811 in Seneca Co. NY.
Died 21 Jul 1856 in Jennings Co., IN.
Buried in Keith Cemetery, Jennings Co., IN.

1.1 ELIZABETH KEITH b. 8 Mar 1832 in Jennings County, Indiana

1.2 HARRISON KEITH b. 28 Jul 1834 in Jennings County, Indiana

1.3 LEVI PARKS KEITH b. 24 May 1836 in Jennings County, Indiana

1.4 HENRY RICE KEITH b. 7 Apr 1838 in Cana P.O., Marion Township, Jennings County, Indiana

1.5 WILLIAM ADKINS (CAPT.) KEITH b. 26 Feb 1842 in Cana P.O., Jennings County, Indiana or Madisonville, IN

1.6 NANCY JANE KEITH b. 20 May 1844 in Cana P.O., Jennings County, Indiana – married Alexander Mayfield, buried Keith Cemetery, Marion Township, Jennings County, Indiana died 9 June 1882

1.7 JULIA ANN KEITH b. 6 May 1846 in Cana P.O., Jennings County, Indiana

1.8 TIMOTHY ALLEN KEITH b. 6 May 1846 in Cana P.O., Jennings County, Indiana

1.9 ROBERT HALL KEITH b. 10 Jan 1850 in Jennings County, Indiana

2^nd Marriage of Husband: LUCINDA FRANCES ROBINSON (Wife) b. 30 Nov 1830

Marriage: 8 AUG 1856

Children:

MARY FRANCES "MOLLIE" KEITH b. 11 Nov 1859 in Jennings County, Indiana

SARAH M. KEITH b. 22 Sep 1861 in Jennings County, Indiana

MASON ELMER KEITH b. 1863 in Jennings County, Indiana

GEORGE KEITH b. 1865 in Jennings County, Indiana

ANNA M. KEITH b. 1 Aug 1866 in Jennings County, Indiana

ALICE RACHEL KEITH b. 23 Sep 1870 in Jennings County, Indiana

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2. Daniel Lewis

Died 19 Apr 1889 in Cana P.O., Marion Township, Jennings Co., IN.
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

He first married Harriet Rice Keith
Daughter of Samuel Adkins Keith & Isabel (Ibby) Parks (daughter of James Parks and Jane Buchanan)

Marriage 1: 5 May 1832 in Jennings Co., IN.

Wife: Harriet Rice Keith

Born 24 Jan 1816 in Bourbon Co., KY.

Died 24 Jul 1855 in Cana P.O., Marion Township, Jennings Co., IN caused by childbirth complications.

Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

They had the following children: 2.1 Lavinia Lewis

Born: April 26, 1833
Died: August 11, 1879
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Cana P.O., Marion Township, Jennings County, Indiana
Married: William Henry Lawrence, Rev. (He is buried in the "New" section of the Coffee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Jennings County, IN)
Marriage Date: September 26, 1850 in Jennings County by Jacob Cox MG2.2 Eli Lewis

Born: March 4, 1835
Died: November 20, 1915, 10:30 pm
Burial: Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Topeka KS unmarked
Sources: Topeka State Journal 11/22/1915 issue, p. 7, col. 4 (microfilm Topeka library)
Death Location: Brownington, Henry County Missouri, presumably at home of daughter Mrs. Florence Lewis Gullion Stewart, wife of Ulysses Grant Stewart.
It appears that the children split up Eli and Rachel. Eli was with daughter Florence in Missouri where he died. Rachel was cared for by her son in Kansas.
Death Certificate shows the following information:
(see online death certificates for Missouri at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ ) Divorced (suspect this was done for practical reasons due to the couple's health) Osage Township, Henry Co, MO
Informant: Florence B. Stewart, Brownington
Body shipped to Topeka, Kansas by train
Funeral at home of granddaughter Mrs. Law, 1243 Lincoln Street
Block 15 Lot 10 Grave 7 – burial handled by Penwell Gable,Topeka, KS

Obituary:
Topeka State Journal
November 22, 1915
Page 7, Column 4
"The funeral of Eli Lewis who died at Brownington, Missouri will be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of his granddaughter Mrs. Carrie Laws (sic - it's Mrs. Perry Law ) , 1243 Lincoln Street. Interment in Topeka Cemetery (sic - actually was Mt. Auburn behind Topeka Cemetery)" This is referring to Myrtle Guillion, daughter of Florence S. Stewart from her first marriage to Edward Guillion. Myrtle Guillion married Perry Law ca 1895 per census records).

1.) Married: Judilee Stewart,
Marriage 1) Date: March 8, 1855, Book 5, p. 323, Jennings County, Indiana
Divorced: Sept-Oct 1879
(Judilee was daughter of
Samuel Preston Stewart b. Oct 23, 1810, Kentucky d. Nov 28, 1882, Cana, Jennings Co, IN, Age: 72and Emily Cheatham b. Sep 9, 1812, Kentuckyd. Apr 1, 1873, Cana, IN, Age: 60 Cana Cem.^{siblings to Judilee Stewart:}James Harry Stewart, William Firman Stewart, John M Stewart – 1834 – 1894 and Nancy A. 1836 - 1922) in Vernon Twp, Jackson County, IN in 1880 census page 234. (Father to Milford A Stewart , Mary E Stewart , Ulysses Stewart - husband of Florence Stewart, Judilee’s daughter), Mary E Stewart, Louisa Stewart, Margaret Stewart

Be interesting to find obit’s for them if any and see any mention of Judilee.
Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~purdue/

Marriage 2: Mrs. Rachel Brown Carpenter October 19, 1848-June 20, 1920, widow of William Carpenter
Marriage 2 Date: December 18, 1879, Book B, Page 21, Washington County, Kansas

Property went to daughter Nora May Lewis Rose per life estate.

Eli Lewis Residences:
Jennings County, Indiana
Waterville, Kansas
Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas
Brownington, Henry County, Missouri

Note: Judilee lived in Clay County after the divorce with one of her daughters. They are in the 1880 census there. She remarried to an Ambrose Pierce.

Children:
Emily E.
Born: January 18, 1864
Death: May 1864
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

Lilly Viola
Born: July 22, 1862
Lived 11 days
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

Florence S.
Born: 1860
Married: Edward Guillion and Ulysses Grant Stewart (a relative)
Died: Harrison County, Mississippi
Lived: Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas
Lived: Waterville Kansas
Lived: Topeka Kansas
Lived: Brownington, Henry County, Missouri
Lived: Harrison County, Mississippi
Children:
Myrtle Guillion
Gertrude Guillion

Cora Lewis
Born: 1866
Note: with him in 1875 census but not 1880
He does not list her in his pension papers by 1900 so perhaps deceased

Nora May Lewis
Born: June 1, 1885 (per his pension records)
Died:
Married: Earl J. Rose on December 21, 1905
Note: child of marriage to Mrs. Rachel Brown Carpenter
Children had Earl J. Rose declared insane April 16, 1951
Nora May Rose declared incapable April 21, 1964
Nora and Earl Rose had the following children:
Russell E. Rose December 21, 1906-August 1982 Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, Kansas
Mariel L. Rose 1908
Lee Rose May 8, 1909-April 26, 1996 Washington, Washington County KS
Howard E. Rose September 30, 1910-July 23, 1988 Hutchinson Reno KS
Coral 1914
Allen 1915
Mourrel? son 1917
Allce C.B. daughter? 1918

Stepson:
James E. Carpenter

Obituary for Rachel Brown Carpenter Lewis, 2nd wife of Eli Lewis:
The Greenleaf Sentinel
June 24, 1920
Rachel B. Lewis was born in Iowa, October 19, 1848 and died at her home on-half mile south of Greenleaf, Kansas, on June 20, 1920 being 71 years , 8 months and one day old.
She came to Kansas at the age of eleven and spent all the rest of her life in Washington County, living near this place or south of Barnes. In 1867 she was united in marriage to William Carpenter. To this union was born one son, James E. Carpenter, who resides near Greenleaf, and who with his wife have had the care of his mother during her years of illness.

On December 18, 1879 she was again united in marriage to Eli Lewis. To this union was born Mrs. Nora E (sic) Rose, who lives six miles south of Greenleaf.

Some years ago she united with the Christian church. Six years ago she suffered a stroke of paralysis and since that time has been ill almost continually. Durin the years intervening she had eight different strokes. Since last April she has been confined to her bed. On last Wednesday she entered on a comatose state from which she never awakened and passed away at 9 o'clock Sunday evening. She leaves to mourn her loss those above, two sisters and one brother and other relatives and friends though because of her long period of suffering they can not wish her back. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 22, at the Christian Chruch, conducted by Rev. C. Cray Jones of the Methodist Church. Burial was made at Chepstow. (CHEPSTOW CEMETERY, located one and one half miles west and 5 and one half miles south of Barnes, Washington County, Kansas. No stone for her so must be unmarked.)

Card of thanks - We wish to thank all of our neighbors and friends for their kindness and assistance during the sickness and after the death of our beloved mother, and assure them that their thoughtfulness is appreciated. J.E. Carpenter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rosel."

2.3 Francis Marion Lewis

Born: May 3, 1837
Died: April 27, 1908
Resided at Barnes, Indiana ca 1880
Marriage 1: Eliza Ellen Monroe - February 14, 1840-January 22, 1882
Marriage 1 Date:
Marriage 2: Margaret Elizabeth Spencer - August 31, 1844 – July 1, 1900
Marriage 2 Date:

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Born 17 Jan 1813 in Seneca Co., NY.

Children:
John M. Lewis
Born: April 15, 1822, on flatboat while docked after trip by river to Indiana, near Madison, Indiana
Died: June 24, 1915, Uniontown Cemetery, Uniontown, Indiana
Married: Mary Jane Coryell
Marriage Date: January 19, 1843

Born: 1819, Steuben/Yates, New York
Died: August 7, 1877 , Grandview Cemetery, Riley County, Kansas
Source of death: Manhattan Enterprise, Vol. II, no 68, August 14, 1877 edition, page 1

Born: November 15, 1816, Steuben/Yates, New York
Died: August 11, 1892, buried Marion Baptist Church Cemetery, near Paris Crossing, Indiana
Married: Malinda Beltz
Marriage Date: March 19, 1835

Born: December 15, 1814
Died: July 15, 1890, Buried "Old" Coffee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana (Aged 75 years, 7 months) (review stone, question of death date but no earlier than 1890 per will)

Born: January 17, 1813, Seneca County, NY
Died: April 19, 1889, Buried Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

2.4 Charles Newton Lewis
(Source of middle name: BMI records shows middle name on Land Warrant)
Second Marriage:
Frances Keith, daughter of James Keith & Lucy Petite Wilson, cousin of Harriet Rice Keith
Marriage Date: April 17, 1856, Book 5, Page 407, Jennings County, Indiana

Frances Keith
Born: December 31, 1830, Jefferson Co., Indiana
Died: March 4, 1887,Cana P.O., Marion Township, Jennings County, Indiana

They had the following children:

2.21 Loretta Lewis
Married: Fernando "Bud" Wilson

Residences:

Jennings County, Indiana
1930 – Forrest Township, Livingston County, Illinois (see 1930 census)2.22 Waity/Waty Ellen Lewis

Born: September 12, 1870
Died:
Married: Frederick Curtis Winkler – He was born July 12, 1868 – died September 17, 1941 per

Jennings County, Indiana

Dallas, Dallas County, Texas – found in 1920 and 1930 census there, first names changed but same people.

Children:

___ Winkler born February 9, 1892 source: Jackson County IN Births publication

(per 1920 census)

Esther born ca 1905 IL

Frederick (P.) born ca 1906 IN
(married a Fern _______) Died 17 May 1987 SS:

Elizabeth 12 Born October 29, 1908, Jackson County, IN Source: Jackson county IN births publication.

Christine born ca 1919 1 5/12 TX

In 1930 Fred is listed by middle name of "Carroll" and Waity is "Gertrude".

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3. Elizabeth W. Lewis

Married: Samuel Hall

M: Yes. Aunt Betsy had no children. Aunt Betsy went back to New York to marry Samuel Hall.

She had tea and the Lewis’ all liked tea. And she liked to go and visit the people around her, her neighbors. She had a fine horse and a buggy and she took a bag of tea with her whenever she went and they all had a cup of tea when she’d visit.

M: Sooner or later Aunt Betsy died at Grandfather’s (Ed. – John M. Lewis) . She had finally, in her last years, come to live with Grandfather… He was the youngest and if any of the family needed help he took them in. When Uncle Samuel Hall died, Aunt Betsy was left alone near Paris Crossing. The woman ___ (arkoho?) who took care of her died and so Grandfather took Aunt Betsy in.Burial Place of William and Sarah Lewis and Elizabeth Lewis Hall and Samuel Hall

Now Aunt Betsy and Samuel Hall are buried there. Some member of Lodema Lewis' family told me that my great-grandfather William Lewis and Sarah Lewis are buried, (with) their plots next to them, but there are no stones for them. The people that have the stone are Aunt Betsy Lewis (and) Samuel Hall. It's been several years since I’ve been up there. It was overgrown at times but the ____ trustees clean those up. Aunt Betsy was grandfather’s (John M. Lewis') sister.

Samuel Hall had two brothers that Elizabeth willed land to: Henry Hall and William Hall

"Will of Elizabeth W. Lewis Hall – 10 May 1890 – 19 July 1890

Heirs: Henry Hall, brother of late husband – 1/3 estate

William Hall, """"

John P. Lewis, who in the past lived with us (son of Daniel R. Lewis and hence her cousin)

William B. Lewis 1/3 of balance of estate

Children of late brother Daniel Lewis: James W., Francis M., Alonzo O., Artemus, Ida Sayers, Mattie Carlock, Waity Winkler and Cosetta Wilson 1/3 of balance "

____________________________________________________________________________4. William Barber Lewis (Jr) (Rev.)

Occupation Baptist minister

Served Coffee Creek Baptist and Marion (Township) Baptist, Jennings County

Marriage: Malinda Beltz. Born 19 Mar 1835 in Jennings County, Indiana

They had the following children:

4.1 Erasmus Lewis

4.2 Andrew Lewis

4.3 Clarissa Lewis

4.4 Emma Lewis

4.5 Effa Lewis

4.6 Sarah Lewis

4.7 Seth Lewis

4.8 Abigail Lewis

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Born: November 15, 1816, Steuben/Yates, New York
Died: August 11, 1892, buried Marion Baptist Church Cemetery, near Paris Crossing, Indiana
Married: Malinda Beltz
Marriage Date: March 19, 1835
Born 15 Dec 1814 in Seneca Co., NY.
Died 11 Sep 1892
Buried: Coffee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, near SE corner by fence

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rdrhude@hsonline.net – son of Godfrey Winkler and Maria Winkler (1870 Census)
Marriage Date: September 14, 1887, Book 9, page 572, Jennings County, Indiana
Residence:FRED WINKLER 28 Mar 1905 May 1987 Plano, Collin, TX TX (Before 1951) 461-07-6343 ????
SS: FERN WINKLER 15 Dec 1907 Oct 1974 Richardson, Dallas, TX TX (Before 1951) 449-34-6902
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4.9 Noah W. Lewis

4.10 Lodema Lewis
Birth : 6 May 1859 Cana PO, Marion Township, Jennings County, Indiana

Death : 15 Oct 1942
Marriage 1: Christopher Chandler
Birth : 22 Jul 1851 Scott, Indiana

Death : 13 Aug 1907 Johnson Township, Scott, Indiana
Marriage 1 Date: 10 Sep 1878
Parents:

Father: Chandler, Jack Archer

Mother: Farley, Nancy Jane

1880, Jennings township, Scott County, as "Rhodema Chandler" age 19, daughter Naomi 1, Christopher Chandler 27

Lodema Chandler is in Corwin, Ida, Iowa in 1920
Children:

4.10.1 Chandler, Naoma Melinda

4.10.2 Chandler, Aury Pearl

4.10.3 Chandler, Noah Archer

4.10.4 Chandler, Amelia M.

4.10.5 Chandler, William Gilbert

4.10.6 Chandler, Lenna Matilda

4.10.7 Chandler, Ida Birth : Sep 1897 Scott, Indiana

4.10.8 Chandler, Iva Marie

Marriage 2. Valentine Shearer Birth : ABT. 1859
1930 Census: Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa in 1930 – writes letter about this time to John M. Lewis about family history.

5. Timothy B. Lewis. Son of William Lewis & Sarah Jane Miller Butler

Born 1819 in Stueben County, NY.
Died 20 Jul 1878 in Riley County, KS.
Buried: Grandview Cemetery, Riley County, Kansas
Occupation Baptist Minister – the "marrying preacher" popular with young people

Marriage: Mahala (III) Lett, daughter of Daniel (II) Lett & Mariah Osbourne Born 1821 in KY. Died in Bellingham, WA.
Marriage Date: 23 Apr 1840 in Jennings Co., IN.
Residence:

Jennings County Kansas
Riley County, Kansas – went by wagon train with Charles N. Lewis, Timothy, Eli and others likely September 1866

They had the following children:

Jane Lewis

5.2 Thomas M. Lewis

5.3 Mary (S or J or I) Lewis

5.4 Selena Ann (Lena) Lewis
Born 6 Aug 1849 in Jennings Co, Indiana.
Died 1927
in Wamego, KS.
Buried in Wamego, KS
Marriage: William Bovard I Bonstein
Son of John (#2) Bonstein - 17 & Mary Jane Bovard - 18. Born 1851 in West Pittston, Pa. Died 19 Mar 1896 in Stockdale, Pottawatomie Co., KA. Buried in Mill Creek Cemetery. Died of pnemonia/he and his children are buried in same lot.

They had the following children:

2 i. William Bovard II Bonstein

3 ii. Evelyn Gladys (Eva) Bonstein

4 iii. George Torrence (I) Bonstein

5 iv. infant child (2) Bonstein

6 v. Iva Bonstein

7 vi. infant child (1) Bonstein -

All the children were born in Stockdon, Riley KS.

5.5 Daniel Thomas Lewis

5.6 Robert E Lewis

5.7 Esther Lewis

5.8 Marion (twin) Lewis

5.9 Melvin (twin) Lewis

5.10 William Lincoln Lewis6. Eliza LewisThis from Mary Lewis Osterman:
"I tell you Grandfather (John M. Lewis) took so many people in. He had a sister next to him (Ed. - Eliza Lewis) who was born in 1820 before they left New York and she married Richard Hues Keith a brother of Harry Keith. I've never been able to find anything out about them because she had 3 little girls and she died. He (Ed. – Richard Hues Keith) married again, soon, and he died that year and grandfather took one of the little girls, Elizabeth (Keith) into his home and Aunt Becky…"

Children: #9;

6.1 #9; SARAH A. KEITH b. 1844 in Indiana
6.2 #9; LEVISTA M. KEITH b. 1848

6.3 #9; JANE KEITH b. 1848
6.4 #9; MARY A. KEITH b. 1850 in Jennings County, Indiana

Second Wife of Richard Hues Keith: CATERINE WATSON (Wife)

Marriage: 17 MAY 1856 in Cana P.O., Jennings County, Indiana

Children: #9;

JULIAN C. KEITH b. 1858 7. John Miller Lewis

Married 2: Mrs. Rebecca Pierson Cook
Marriage Date: April 29, 1872

He married Mary Jane Coryell, daughter of Francis Coryell & Maria Gibson, 19 Jan 1843.

They had the following children:

7.1 Maria Lewis

7.2 Gilbert Lewis

7.3 Oscar Lewis

7.4 Harriet Lewis

7.5 Sarah Jane Lewis

7.6 George Lewis

7.7 Louisa Belle Lewis

7.8 Ralph Applewhite Lewis

bur.: Seymour,Jackson Co.,Indiana, at Riverview Cemetery

spouse: Ralph Applewhite LEWIS

marr: Minnie May Deputy 26 apr 1896, Jackson Co.,Indiana

born: 5 Sep 1865

died: 26 Apr 1950

bur.: Seymour,Jackson Co.,Indiana, at Riverview Cemetery

occu: Rural Mail Carrier

Children:

Mary Hawthorne Lewis m. Louis Osterman

2^nd Marriage: Rebecca Pierson

Rebecca was Minnie Deputy’s aunt (a sister of Minnie's mother). Also, Minnie and her half-sister Arabelle married two Lewis brothers, Ralph and George. A sister in that Lewis family, Louisa Lewis, married a cousin of Minnie's, James Clarence Morgan.

John M. Lewis, II

END OF CHILDREN OF WILLIAM BARBER LEWIS AND SARAH MILLER BUTLER LEWIS

Born: April 15, 1822, on flatboat while docked after trip by river to Indiana, near Madison, Indiana
Died: June 24, 1915, Uniontown Cemetery, Uniontown, Indiana
Married: Mary Jane Coryell
Marriage Date: January 19, 1843
Born: 1820
Died: 1854/1855
Married: Richard Hues Keith (was his first wife) Son of Samuel Adkins Keith & Isabel (Ibby) Parks, 23 Nov 1842. Born 30 Dec 1823 in Jennings Co., IN. Died About 1859.
Marriage Date: November 23, 1842, Jennings County, Book 4, Page 238
Born: April 16, 1868
Died: 25 Mar 1955 in Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois

Leo Lewis

Margaret Lewis m. Lloyd E. Waltz

Helen Elsie Lewis (1904-1994)

DETAILS OF CHILDREN OF DANIEL DAVID LEWIS AND HARRIET RICE KEITH, FRANCE KEITH

2.1.4 Daniel Francis Lawrence

Children:
2.1.4.1 Arthur born ca 1877

2.1.4.2 Alfred born July 1879

2.1.5 Martha Alice Lawrence

Source Jennings County Book 9 Page 50

Thomas J. Burtch
Born: 1850
Died: 1918

Children:2.1.5.1 Cella Blanche Burtch born Feb 27, 1882 at Shelby IN.
Married John F. Wilkerson on April 18, 1900. Believe they had a daughter named Alice.

2.1.5.2 Burtie Leroy Burtch born July 17, 1884 Jennings Co IN, died August 5, 1884 Jennings Co IN.

2.1.5.3 Gurney Orville Burtch born Feb 12, 1886 Jennings Co IN

2.1.5.4 William Homer Burtch born Aug 22, 1889 Jennings Co IN, died Jan 1963 in IL

2.1.5.5 Son Burtch born Oct 25, 1891 died Nov 2, 1891 Jennings Co IN

2.1.5.6 Arthur V. Burtch born Aug 1, 1893 died August 7, 1898 Jennings Co IN

2.1.5.7 Harriet Burtch Born April 5, 1895 and died April 15, 1895 Jenning Co IN.

Born: . 8 Mar 1859 in Paris Crossing, Jennings County, Indiana
Died: July 9, 1913 age 54
Marriage: Thomas J. Burtch, July 28, 1880, Book 9, page 50, Jennings County, IN

Notes on Judilee Stewart:
Judilee Stewart Lewis applied for marriage license March 17, 1884 in Clay Co, KS and remarried at Clyde, Cloud Co on Sept 20, 1885 to an Ambrose pierce

Judilee remaried March 1884 to an Ambrose pierce as listed in Clay County Times, Clay County, KS

Parents: Preston Stewart and ________
Judilee’s daughter Florence Lewis Guillion remarried to Ulysses Grant Stewart. Ulysses was the nephew to Judilee. He was the son of John M. Stewart and Nancy Ann Scott. John M. Stewart was brother to Judilee. So, Florence’s second marriage was to her cousin Ulysses.

1880 census shows she is there with her daughter Blane C.:
Judilee on the Kansas/Clay Co. census, E.D. 26, page 2B (written) /

49B (stamped), line 25. Mulberry is the township.

Indilee E. LEWIS Self D Female W 40 IN KY KY Blane C. LEWIS Dau S Female W 14 IN IN IN John MACKEY Other D Male W 55 IL CAN NY Hevin T. MACKEY Other S Male W 22 IA IL PA E Sander LYR Other D Male W 47 CAN CAN CAN

familysearch.org - no source was listed:

Judith STEWART Sex: F Birth: 1839, Jennings County Indiana

Father: Samuel Preston STEWART

Mother: Emily
Samuel Preston STEWART Spouse: Emily Marriage: Abt. 1830 Of, Kentucky

Marriage 2: Mrs. Rachel Brown Carpenter, Carpenter October 19, 1848-June 20, 1920, widow of William Carpenter
Marriage 2 Date: December 18, 1879, Book B, Page 21, Barnes, Lincoln Twp, Washington County, Kansas

Rachel Brown Carpenter Lewis

Died November 20, 1920,

Buried at Chepstow cemetary, 16 miles SE of Washington KS, in the Coon Creek Valley, likely no stone.
Residences:
Jennings County, Indiana Eli moved from Indiana to Kansas in 1866.

Waterville, Kansas - Lived in Waterville, Marshall County, Kansas until late 1880
Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas
Brownington, Henry County, Missouri

Note: wife Rachel had debilitating strokes, was moved into home of son James Carpenter, Eli was likely sent to Florence Lewis Guillion Stewart to care for; unknown why Nora did not care for him possibly because of the large number of children she had.

His sister, Serelda Lewis Owens, was with her husband, William Jackson Owens, in nearby Republic County in 1870. Serelda likely went to her brother's house in Washington County to give birth to my daughter Ida May Owens, as Ida is listed as being born in Greenleaf but they maintained their residence in Republic County.

Military Record:

Army:

Private

Company K 9th Indiana Legion

National Archives Number 966879

Can No. 1076 Bundle No. 47

Enlisted: July 16, 1862

Discharged: August 26, 1862

Pension App filed: August 9, 1890 and November 27, 1899

First wife: Judilee Stewart

Married: March 8, 1855

Eli states in pension application: Divorced: Sept-Oct 1879

Judilee applied for license on March 17, 1884 in Clay County, KS and actually married Sept 20, 1885 to Ambrose Pierce.

Second wife: Mrs. Rachel Brown Carpenter (believe Carpenters from Jennings Co. IN) on December 18, 1879 in Barnes, KS by Henry Ober, JP (note: she had a son, James Carpenter who was 12 in 1880, he live near them and they sold land to him; she went to live with him when widowed.)

Children:

Florence S. (S. is from marriage license to Gullion and Eli's pension application) born ca 1860 (Eli says she was 40 in 1900 but that can't be right)

Lilly Viola: B. July 22, 1862, lived 11 days, buried Keith Cemetery, Jennings County

Emily E. born Jan. 18, 1864, died May 1864, buried Keith Cemetery, Jennings County

Cora Lewis, born ca 1866 (not listed by Eli in his pension app as living in 1895) She was gone from census in 1880 but a B.C. Lewis was with him in 1885 census

Nora May, born June 1, 1885 (daughter of Eli and Second Wife) (age 14 in 1900 census) (source: census and Eli pension application)

Land:

Anyway, Eli and Rachel sold their land to Nora and her half brother

as a "life estate". To show that she owned the land free and clear

Nora wrote:

"Eli Lewis died intestate on or about the 20th day of November, 1915,

a resident of Brownington County MO (SIC - should be Brownington,

Henry County MO)...

"Rachel B. Lewis died intestate on or about the 20th day of June

1920, a resident of Washington County"

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1870 Kansas Census, 7-9-1870, p. 259

Dwelling 407, Family 412

Lincoln Township, Washington County, PO Washington

Eli Lewis, 35, farmer

J. wife, 31, keeping house

Florence 11, attending school

Cora 5 born IN

1875 Kansas Census, PO Waterville

Eli Lewis, 40, farmer

Judilee Lewis, 35

Florence 15

Cora 9

1900 Kansas, Washington, Greenleaf, Vol 54, ED 135, Sheet 10, Line 69

Eli Born March 1835, age 65, born IN

Rachel, Born October 1849, age 50, born Ohio

Norah M., Born June 1885

1910, Washington Co, Greenleaf KS, (April 15, 1910) Vol 078, Dist 0151, Family 0191, under "supplement" beyond sheet 93

Eli, 76 (present marriage 30 years), born IN Father NY, Mother KY, survivor of Union Army

Rachel, 61, born Ohio, parents Ohio, had 2 children both living in 1910 (James Carpenter from first marriage and Nora May Lewis from 2^nd)

Notes on Eli’s Death:
Died November 20, 1915 in Brownington, Henry County MO

Body shipped to Topeka KS for burial

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, unmarked grave

His granddaughter Mrs. Perry Law lived in Topeka at that time.

Topeka State Journal

November 22, 1915

Page 7, Column 4

Microfilm, Topeka Library

"The funeral of Eli Lewis who died at Brownington MO will be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of his granddaughter Mrs. Carrie Laws (sic - *should be Mrs. Perry Law), 1243 Lincoln St. Interment in Topeka Cemetery." (Actually was Mt. Auburn)

Barnes Chief

Dec 2, 1915

Voll 22 #36

Pg 4 Col 3 under "RFD #2"

"Eli Lewis, father of Mrs. Earl Rose, died at the home of his daughter in Missouri about two weeks ago. He was buried at Topeka. He was an old settler of Washington Co., south of Greenleaf."

Penwell Gable Funeral Home Record

Book 1913-1917 page 235

J.S. Spose Undertaker

U.G. Stewart, R.R. 39, Brownington MO

Mrs. Perry Laws, 1243 Lincoln St

Ind 1835-30-4 (born)

Shipped from Brownington Mo

The funeral was held at his granddaughter’s house Mrs. Perry Law, 1243 Lincoln

Deceased Eli Lewis

Date of death, Nov. 20, 1915

Burial Nov. 23, 1915

Mt. Auburn Cem.

Disease Mitrial Incompetency

Age 80-9-16

Ordered by U.G. Stewart

Misc. meeting train and box to cemetery

Physician: Ed. C. Peelor, Clinton MO

Mt. Auburn Cemetery is run by Brennan Methena Funeral Home 354-7706 (Larry)

800 SW 6th 66603

Burial Plot: Block 15-10-7

Eli is buried near Ella Law, a 2 month old daughter of Perry Law and Myrtle Stewart Law (Eli's granddaughter). Ella is in plot 15-10-16.

Misc. Note Eli’s Casket: Nov 21 1915 - Sold to Florence STEWART one black broadcloth casket size 6'0", No 0802 FP and embalming - $90

Source: Henry County Missouri MOGenWeb

The Charles A. Rickett Ledger

Undertaker, Brownington and Maplewood Cemeteries

Brownington, Henry County, Missouri

1904 to 1946

The following records, sorted by date, were extracted from his business ledger by Linda M. Everhart, April 1999.

2.2.3 Florence S. Lewis

Born: ca 1859-1860 (Eli states she was 40 in 1899) in Indiana
Death Date: Unknown, alive in 1930 Census
Marriage 1: Edward Guillion
Marriage 2: Ulysses Grant Stewart, her cousin

Residences:
Jennings County, Indiana

Waterville, Marshall County, Kansas

Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas
Clay County, Kansas
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Brownington, Henry County, Missouri

Harrison County, Mississippi

Marriage 1: Edward Gullian

Married: Sept 25, 1876 (have copy of license from relative) at Greenleaf KS

Divorced

Children:

Myrtle Gullion, born 1878

Gertrude Gullion, born 1880

Full name of bride: Florence Gulleins (should be

Gullian)

Maiden name (of widow) Florence Lewis

(She was not a widow)

Residence: Clay Center, 30, white, born Indiana

Father: Eli Lewis

Mother: Judith (should be Judilee) StewartChildren:

Gertrude Guillion
Unknown dead by 1900
"Gertie and Myrtie" as they were called

Marriage 2: Ulysses Grant Stewart (her cousin, Judilee was his aunt.)

Married: January 22, 1890 or March 10, 1890, Clay County, Kansas

Source: Familysearch.org

Ulysses Grant Stewart – son of John M. Stewart and Nancy Ann Scott
Source: 1880 Census in Jackson Co., Indiana, in Vernon township. ED is 115, written p#39C, line 4; with his parents John M. Stewart and Nancy A., his brother Milford, and his sister Mary E. Stewart.

Samuel Preston Stewart, grandfather to Ulysses Grant Stewart is also Judilee's father.

License details:
Full name of bride: Florence Gulleins (should be Gullian)

Maiden name (of widow) Florence Lewis - (She was not a widow)

Residence: Clay Center, 30, white, born Indiana

Father: Eli Lewis

Mother: Judith (should be Judilee) Stewart

Marriage: 2nd

Married Clay Center, Clay County,Kansas

Jan 22, 1890

Returned March 18, 1890

Registered March 27, 1890

2.2.3.1 Myrtle Guillion

Judge John T. Woods, Probate Judge

_________________________________1880

Eddy GULLION Self M Male W 23 IL Farmer IN IN

Florance GULLION Wife M Female W 20 IN Keeping House IN IN

Mirtie GULLION Dau S Female W 2 KS At Home IL IN

Source Information:

Census Place Waterville, Marshall, Kansas

Family History Library Film 1254388

NA Film Number T9-0388

Page Number 193D

Census

18901900

In household of Patrick E. Higgins

Florence Stewart, says born March 1860, housekeeper, married 15 years

Mother of 3 children, only 2 living

Both parents born in Indiana

Census, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Vol 50 ED 166 Sheet 2, taken June 1-2, 1900

_________________________________

On December 19, 1904 stated she lived at:

411 East 4th St Topeka KS in pension app of her father Eli

_________________________________1905

Ward 2 or 3

Home 762

U.G. (Ulysses Grant) Stewart, age 39, born IN from IN, Carpenter

Florence, age 48, born IN from IN

Gertrude Stewart, age 24, born Kansas1910

Florence and Ulysses Stewart lived for a time in Topeka, Shawnee County, KS.

Were in the 1910 census in Kansas City KS South Fifth Street. U.G. Stewart and Florence.

They then moved to Brownington, Henry Co. MO by 1915.1915

Census, page 11, volume 410 - Shawnee County KS

Brownington, Henry County, Missouri, per funeral records of Eli Lewis

1915-1930?

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section belongs to family of Ida May Owens Rogers and George Newton Rogers

married Robert L. Combs

2.9.3.7 Effie Helen ROGERS

Born December 15, 1902 Paris, Texas

Died November 24, 1981 Paris Texas

married C.L. Frazier and Garst Cullum "Doc" Maneely

2.9.3.8 Doris ROGERS

Born January 16, 1906 Paris, Texas

Died March 17, 1988

married H.G. Shedlebar -lived LV Nevada (he drowned in Lake Mead) and Albert Harris Aug. 21, 1929 - lived Shreveport and Lycurgus "Curgie" Fabian - lived Amarillo.

2.9.3.9 Isabel ROGERS

Born July 19, 1912 Paris, Texas

Died April 19, 1956

never married, Downs Syndrome child. Cared for by Mae Rogers Smith after death of Ida May. Eventually placed in Terrel County Mental Hosptial where she died.

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BACK TO CHILDREN OF WILLIAM JACKSON OWENS AND SERELDA LEWIS OWENS:

2.9.4) Allen Clifford OWENS

Born April 5, 1874 Marion Township, Cana PO, Jennings County Indiana

Died ca 9 May 1961

Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Paris Texas

Unmarked grave next to Serelda Lewis Owens and William Jackson Owens.

Married Idella Catherine ______________ ca 1901

Children:

Ivan Eskew Owens TX

Lewis Clifford Owens TX

Relda T. Owens ? likely child death

Lorine TX married a _ Hill.

Katherine TX married John Lockhart, lived Texico, NM

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2.9.5) Effie Helen OWENS

Born 22 Jul 1878 Texas

married Lemuel K. Peters on April 26, 1989, New Boston, Bowie County, Texas

lived Paris TX, Shreveport LA, then Kilgore TX -

descendents live in San Antonio, have a guest ranch "Roddy". Have SereldaLewis Bible.

Children:

2.9.5.1 Lemuel Peters, Jr

Born March 6, 1905 Paris, Texas

Died June16, 1944 at Camp Swift, LA

Married Opal Gibbs Broadnax on Aug. 6, 1929, Shreveport LA

2.9.5.2 James J. Peters

Born August 19, 1915 Paris, Texas

2.9.5.3 William McMillan Peters

Born June 10, 1917 Shreveport LA

2.9.5.4 Alice Lurline Peters * Alice inherited the Serelda Lewis Owens family bible that had been given to Serelda by her father Daniel Lewis. Images of this are online at:

married Rhea G. Roddy

Online Note: Roddy Tree B&B Ranch PO Box 820 Hunt, TX 78024

"The Hill Country has been part of my life for many years. Starting in the 1930's, my grandparents Allie (Alice Lurline Peters) and Rhea Roddy and my mother Helen (Helen Peters Gambrell) spent summers, holidays and weekends here. As I was growing up, my own family came here summers and every chance we got. Later on, Rhea and Allie had a place down the road everybody called the Roddy Tree where they welcomed family and friends. Today in honor of two wonderful people who first introduced us to a tradition of hospitality and love for the Texas Hill Country, my parents and Keith and I continue this love affair at Roddy Tree Ranch. "

Source: http://www.roddytree4sale.com/html/history.html

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2.9.6) Silas OWENS infant death

BIRTH: 14 Jan 1880 Texas

DEATH: 14 Jan 1880 Texas

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2.9.7) John H. Boyet OWENS infant death

BIRTH: 16 Jun 1882 Texas

DEATH: 17 Oct 1882 Texas

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BACK TO CHILDREN OF DANIEL DAVID LEWIS AND HARRIET RICE LEWIS
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Born: May 17, 1852
Died: March 31, 1853

Florence Lewis Guillion Stewart and Ulysses Grant Stewart eventually ended up in Harrison County, Mississippi near Florence’s daughter Gertrude:

1930 Census. Harrison County, Mississippi

It lists a "Ulysses G. Stewart", age 64, first married at age 30, born IN, a carpenter; with wife "Jane", age 70, born IN, first married at age 17. The following household has "Harry C. Beattie", age 50, age at first marriage 31, born IL, a carpenter; with wife" Gertrude L.", age 49, age at first marriage 30; born KS.

"Jane" here is actually Florence. Her age, age at first marriage, and birthplace are almost what I have for her. Also, Gertrude L. Beattie is the right age to have been Florence's second

daughter.

All of this was in the Harrison Co., MS, census, E.D. 24-23, sheet 4B,

near the bottom.

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2.2.3.1 Myrtle Guillion Law

Born: February 8, 1878, Kansas
Died: April 14, 1951, San Diego, CA

Marriage:
1. Perry Law
2. Jim Garber

In 1900, Myrtie and Perry Law lived in Wa Keeney, Trego Co., Kansas, near his parents, Joseph A. Law and Mary (Stewart) Law. p. 67 or 68a. Supposedly son of Perry and Myrtie Law was born in Topeka in 1915. Perry and Myrtie divorced at some point, and most of their children ended up in California. Myrtie moved to California around 1949, likely shortly after her 2nd husband, Jim Garber, died.

LAW ELLIS MALE 16 Mar 1915 2 Oct 1947 KANSAS SAN DIEGO 513059824 GULLIN LAW 2.2.5 Nora May Lewis

Nora May Lewis married Earl J. Rose December 21, 1905, Washington Co.

Source: Sworn statement by Nora May Rose

Deed Record, Washington Co, KS, book 90 p 671

Children had Earl declared insane April 16, 1951 and Nora incapable April 21, 1964 .

Nora and Earl had many children, per 1930 census:

Earl J. Rose 49

Nora 41

Russell E. 23?

Marvel L. 22 (daughter)

Lee 20 SS 511-16-5438 May 8, 1909-April 26, 1996 Washington Co. KS

Howard 19

Opel M. 16

Allen E. 15

Myrl (son) 13

Alice C. 12

Rozell M. 9

Owen L. 7

Donna J. 2 4/12

Are these her sons?:

RUSSELL ROSE Request Information (SS-5)

SSN 514-38-5950 Residence: 66086 Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, KS

Born 21 Dec 1906 Last Benefit:

Died Aug 1982 Issued: KS (1956)

Lee Rose (born ca 1910)

LEE ROSE Request Information (SS-5)

SSN 511-16-5438 Residence: 66968 Washington, Washington, KS

Born 8 May 1909 Last Benefit:

Died 26 Apr 1996 Issued: KS (Before 1951)

HOWARD E ROSE Request Information (SS-5)

SSN 512-10-8977 Residence: 67501 Hutchinson, Reno, KS

Born 30 Sep 1910 Last Benefit:

Died 23 Jul 1988 Issued: KS (Before 1951)END OF NOTES ON ELI LEWS AND HIS CHILDREN

2.3 Francis Marion Lewis (went by Marion Lewis)

Born: May 3, 1837
Died: April 27, 1908
Resided at Barnes, Indiana ca 1880
Marriage 1: Eliza Ellen Monroe - February 14, 1840-January 22, 1882
Marriage Date 1: September 3, 1857, in Jefferson County, Indiana
Burial of Eliza E. Monroe Lewis: First Marion Baptist, near Commiskey, Indiana
Marriage 2: Margaret Elizabeth Spencer - August 31, 1844 – July 1, 1900
Marriage Date 2: July 7, 1882
Most of family buried: Marion Baptist Church Cemetery, near Crothersville, Indiana

They had the following children:

2.3.1 Alice Jane (Alley) Lewis
Born: December 26, 1858
Died:
Marriage: Benjamin F. Foster

2.3.2 William Fletcher Lewis
Born: June 6, 1862
Died: March 16, 1897
Burial: First Marion Baptist, near Commiskey, Indiana
"Fletcher, son of Marion Lewis, who for a good while has been an inmate of the insane hospital at Indianapolis, was found dead in his bed Tuesday morning, March 16, The remains were taken to Marion church, Jennings County, for burial"
Source: 1897 Obituaries in Jennings County library files, Code: March 18—R)

2.3.3 Ellsworth Freighley Lewis

Born: September 16, 1865
Died:

2.3.4 Oliver Grant Lewis
Born: August 15, 1868
Died: 1939
Marriage: Iona F. Barnes
Marriage Date: February 8, 1903

Children:
2.3.4.1 Vera Odessa
Born: December 9, 1903

2.3.4.1 Oliver Kenneth
Born: June 22, 1905

2.3.4.1 Violet Frances
Born: June 20, 1907

2.3.4.1 Dola May
Born: November November 15, 1909

2.3.4.1 Beulah or "Eula" Fern
Born: October 4, 1911

2.3.4.1 Manville Leonidas
Born: April 22, 1915

2.3.4.1 Leland Argus
Born: March 3, 1916
Died: July 12, 1916
Buried: Marion Baptist Church Cemetery, near Commiskey, Indiana

2.3.4.1 Marion Leon
Born: May 11, 1918
Marriage: Evelyn Kinnett

2.3.4.1 Eva Elizabeth

Born: September 22, 1920

2.3.4.1 Alta Cleoda

Born: August 16, 1923

2.3.4.1 Herschel Wayne

Born: May 3, 1926

Marriage: Virginia A. Alexander

Source: Richard Lewis, Bartow, Florida

2.3.5 Daniel Newton Lewis2.3.6 James M. Lewis

Born: July 11, 1874
Died: November 22, 1875
Born: September 18, 1871

Burial: First Marion Baptist, near Commiskey, Indiana

2.3.7 Uzetta May Lewis2.3.8 Benjamin Harvey Lewis

Grace 12 in 1920 ca 1908
Thelma 10 ca 1910
Grant 8 ca 1912
Ronald 5 ca 1915
Irene 1 6/12 ca 19192.3.9 Bertha Lewis

Born: November 6, 1881
Died: September 14, 1882
Born: January 20, 1879
Died:
Marriage: Maud _______ 40 in 1920, 5b, ed 125, Marion twp, Jennings County, 1920
Children:
Born: December 15, 1876
Died: November 30, 1877
Burial: First Marion Baptist, near Commiskey, Indiana

Second Marriage: 2.3.10 Son Lewis b. 24 Jan 1884

2.3.11 Son Lewis b. 10 Sep 1886

Ethel May Lewis
Born: August 2, 1889
Died:
Marriage: John Preston Kysar, February 5, 1906
Book 10, #120:
John Preston Kysar, b. October 13, 1888, son of James Allen Kysar and Mary Florence Shelleday
Lived Montgomery Township, Jennings County, 1920 no children with them

2.4 Charles Newton Lewis

Born: September 7, 1839
Died: April 3, 1918
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Oregon
Marriage 1: Kezziah J. Mayfield, daughter of John and Clarinda Monroe Mayfield

Kezziah Mayfield Lewis died February 18, 1899
Marriage Date 1: September 17, 1858, Book 5, Page 595, Jennings County, Indiana
Marriage 2: Louisa C. White (?)
Marriage Date 2: February 28, 1900
Marriage 3: Jennie Fry – Jennie Fry died 1911
Marriage Date: 1902
Residences:

Jennings County, Indiana
Riley County, Kansas by wagon train - September 1866

Washington County, Kansas in Fall of 1868

Sherman Township, Clay County, Fall of 1882

Oregon City, Oregon ca 1902
Source of moves: Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Kansas Chapman Bros. Chicago, 1890

They had the following children:

2.4.1 Harriet R. Lewis

2.4.2 Clarinda Alice Lewis

2.4.3 Elverilla Lewis

2.4.4 Matilda Elizabeth Lewis

2.4.5 Martha Effie Lewis

2.4.6 Theodore Ernest Lewis

2.4.7 Emma Lewis

2.4.8 Carrie Amanda Oneta Lewis

2.4.9 Daniel H. Lewis

2.4.10 Ana M. Lewis

2.4.11 Marion Harvey Lewis

2.4.12 John Oliver Essex Lewis

2.4.13 James Lorenzo Lewis

HARRIET R. LEWIS b. 7 Sep 1859 in Slate, Jennings County, Indiana

CLARINDA ALICE LEWIS b. 1 Sep 1861 in Jennings County, Indiana

ELVEDRILLA LEWIS b. 26 Oct 1863 in Jennings County, Indiana

MATILDA ELIZABETH LEWIS b. 8 Dec 1865 in Jennings County, Indiana

MARTHA EFFIE LEWIS b. 3 Mar 1868 in Mill Creek, Riley County, Kansas

THEODORE ERNEST LEWIS b. 23 May 1871 in Marshall, Kansas

EMMA LEWIS b. 25 May 1872 in Parallel, Washington County, Kansas

CARRIE AMANDA LEWIS b. 19 Feb 1875 in Parallel, Washington County, Kansas

ANA M. LEWIS b. 10 Apr 1877 in Kansas

DANIEL H. LEWIS b. 11 May 1877 in Parallel, Washington County, Kansas

MARION HARVEY LEWIS b. 17 Apr 1881 in Parallel, Washington County, Kansas

JOHN OLIVER LEWIS b. 24 Jan 1885 in Sherman TWP., Clay County, Kansas

JAMES LORENZO LEWIS b. 22 May 1887 in Sherman TWP., Clay County, Kansas2.5 July Ann Lewis2.6 Timothy Martin Lewis

Born: October 17, 1843
Died: May 9, 1914

Death Location: Kendrick, Polk County, Florida

Residences:
Jennings County, Indiana

Riley County, Kansas – likely on wagon train with Charles Newton Lewis, Sept. 1866

Home of brother Eli, Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas, immediately after Civil War discharge and lived with him for five years. Apparently got his own place later.

Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas 1882

Kimeo Township, Washington County Kansas October 23, 1888
Kendrick, Florida by at least April, 1913
Note: Brother Alonzo O. Lewis lived in Bartow, Florida, had Daniel Lewis family bible.
Marriage 1: Nancy D. Williams
Marriage 1 Date: February 18, 1869 – Manhattan, Kansas
Marriage 2: Sarah Ellen Watson, daughter of Daniel Boone Watson and Hannah Tunstal Mayfield Watson. Sarah Ellen Watson born 8 Feb 1855 in Scott Co., IN. Died 27 Mar 1927.
Marriage Date: May 10, 1874, Manhattan Kansas by Rev. Timothy B. Lewis, Uncle of Timothy M. Lewis
Marriage 2 Divorce: May 3, 1886
Marriage 3: Mrs. Rachel Salena Smith Bent, she died at Kendrick, FL, Sept. 17, 1912
Marriage 3 Date: October 6, 1888 – Washington Co. KS likely Greenleaf

Marriage 4: Mrs. Rose W. Win(?) illegible

Marriage 4 Date: December 3, 1913, Ocala Florida

Marriage 1 Children:

2.6.1 Harriet Loretta Lewis

Marriage 2 Children:

Clara Olive Lewis

Daughter of Timothy Martin Lewis & Sarah Ellen Watson
Born 28 Feb 1875 in KS. She married George Pepper , 12 May 1890 in Garrison, KS.

Anna May Barn Lewis

Born 12 Nov 1878 in KS.

Parentage of Sarah Ellen Watson , second wife of Timothy M. Lewis
1^st husband of Sarah’s mother Hannah Mayfield: John Conrad Miller - 12003 Marriage: 1837 Place: Cincinnati, OH

John Conrad MILLER Sr. (Husband) b. About 1817 in Germany

Marriage: 1837 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Children:

Matilda Ann MILLER b. 17 Sep 1839 in Jefferson County, Indiana

Thomas Benton MILLER b. 10 Jun 1841 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Isaac Mayfield MILLER b. 1 Jun 1843 in Warren County, Ohio

John Conrad MILLER Jr. b. May 1846 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Mother: Hannah Tunstal Mayfield - 11933 Birth: 8 Feb 1815 Place: Baltimore, MD Death: 27 Sep 1909 Place: Clay Center, Riley Co., KS Burial: Place: Mill Creek Cem., Mill Creek, Riley Co., KS

Father of Hannah Mayfield: Thomas Mayfield - 12523 (1787-) Mother: Ellen Tunsal - 12525 (1791-)

Second Spouse of Hannah Mayfield:
Daniel Boone Watson - 11927 First Generation 1. Daniel Boone Watson - 11927. Son of John Watson - 12473 & Sarah Boone - 12520. Born 6 Dec 1816 in KY or OH. Died 2 Apr 1890 in Stockdale, Riley Co., KS. Buried in Stockdale, Riley KS. He married Hannah Tunstal Mayfield - 11933, daughter of Thomas Mayfield - 12523 & Ellen Tunsal - 12525, 6 Apr 1854 in Madison, Jefferson Co., IN. Born 8 Feb 1815 in Baltimore, MD. Died 27 Sep 1909 in Clay Center, Riley Co., KS. Buried in Mill Creek Cem., Mill Creek, Riley Co., KS. They had the following children: 2 i. Sarah Ellen Watson - 392 Second Generation 2. Sarah Ellen Watson - 392. Daughter of Daniel Boone Watson - 11927 & Hannah Tunstal Mayfield - 11933. Born 8 Feb 1855 in Scott Co., IN. Died 27 Mar 1927. She married Timothy Martin Lewis - 390, son of Daniel Lewis - 381 & Harriet Rice Keith - 382, 10 May 1874. Born 17 Oct 1843 in Cana, Jennings Co, In. Died 9 May 1914 in Kendrick, Polk Co, FL. 2.7. Rachel Lewis

Born: March 5 or 6, 1846
Died: November 11, 18492.8 Samantha Lewis (Twin)

Born: November 19, 1848
Died: January 29, 1888
Death Location: Home of Daniel Lewis her father, per obituary
Marriage: Marshall Meek (died January 19, 1908, age 60)
Marriage Date: April 15, 1869 – Book 7, page 259 Jennings County
Burial: Tea Creek Cemetery, near Lovett, Jennings County, Indiana
Row 6
Note: Lost 4 yr old child before she died – ca November 1887

They had the following children:

2.8.1 Cora M. Meek
Born: May 1, 1872
Died: November 1, 1957
Burial: Tea Creek Baptist Cemetery, Lovett, Jennings County, Indiana
Marriage: Frank Malcomb

Malcomb Frank 1869 - 19 June 1950 – Coffee Creek Baptist Cemetery, new section

Note: Married second on 11/22/1906 - Cora Meek Malcomb, daughter of Samantha Lewis Meek who was daughter to Daniel Lewis and granddaughter to William Lewis. She is buried in the Tea Creek Cemetery.

Cora M. Meek Malcomb had five sons and 3 daughters.

Children:

ESTEL MALCOMB

HAROLD MALCOMB

WALTER MALCOMB

ELSIE MALCOMB

MYRA MALCOMB

2.8.2 Sarah C. Meek

Born: August 8, 1883
Died: November 3, 1887
Burial: : Tea Creek Baptist Cemetery, Lovett, Jennings County, Indiana
2.9 Serelda Lewis (Twin)

Children:

2.9.1 Harriet Rice OWENS

Born: 27 Mar 1868 Jackson County, Indiana
Death: 27 Sep 1871, Republic County, Kansas

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2.9.2) Sarah Alice Owens

BIRTH: 29 Jun 1870 Kansas

DEATH: 20 Apr 1900 - Ladonia, Texas, Oddfellows Cemetery

Married J. H. Wilder December 19, 1893

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2.9.3) Ida May OWENS

Born: 19 Feb 1872, Greenleaf, Washingotn County, Kansas
Died: 1942

Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas.

Married George Newton Rogers on March 15, 1889.

Children:

2.9.3.1 William Carl ROGERS

Born January 2, 1890 Ladonia Texas

Died April 4, 1957 El Dorado, Kansas

married Mary Little and Evangel Meade

2.9.3.2 Alice Ione ROGERS

Born August 30, 1891 Blossom, Texas

Died January 21, 1967 New Boston, Texas

married Homer Russell, June 22, 1916 in home of Ida May and George Newton.

2.9.3.3 George Owens (known as either Owens or "Bo") ROGERS

Born June 5, 1894 McKinney, Texas

Died April 2, 1972 Denver, Colorado

married Clara Campbell

2.9.3.4 Avery Wesley ROGERS

Born April 1895 Honey Gorve, Texas

Died August 27, 1974 Manilla, Arkansas

married Marie Jacqueline DeGraffenried and Maudie Drye

2.9.3.5 Mae ROGERS

Born May 28, 1898 Paris, Texas

Died December 3, 1987

married a Dr. Rogers and Bruce Horton Smith

2.9.3.6 Hazel Ruth ROGERS

Born April 1, 1900 Paris, Texas

Died July 1990 Amarillo, Texas

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Serelda Lewis

Born: November 19, 1848
Died: June 16, 1919
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Marriage: William Jackson Owens, son of Willis Calloway Owens and Sarah M. ____ Owens
Husband: William Jackson Owens born March 25, 1848 – February 2, 1905
Marriage Date: April 10, 1867 – Jennings County, Indiana, Book 7, Page 91
Residences:
Jennings County, Indiana
Republic County, Kansas
Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Born: March 10, 1842
Died: November 13, 1842

2.10 Manurvy Lewis2.11 Infant son2.12 Infant son

Note: Harriet Rice Keith Lewis died the next day, July 24, 1855
Born: July 23, 1855
Died: July 23, 1855
Born: August 23, 1854
Died: August 23, 1854http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jlopp/Lewis.htm (see left side of screen there for bible records link)

Second Marriage:

2.15 Albert May Lewis ALBERT MAY LEWIS b. 16 Aug 1899 in Jefferson County, Indiana

2.15. Jonas Waters Lewis

2.15 Mary Elvira Lewis

2.15 Sarah Catherine Lewis

2.15 James William (Jr.) Lewis

2.15 Harriet Ruth Lewis

2.15 Evan Hughes Lewis

Infant daughter
Born: May 28, 1861
Died: May 28, 1861

2.17 Permitta LewisBorn: April 19, 1862
Died: 1927
Buried: Coffee Creek Christian Church Cemetery

Married: Mahlon Carlock, son of Tunis H. Carlock - Born 1853 – Died 1937
Marriage Date: November 30, 1881 - Book 9, p 154, Jennings County Indiana

Mahlon was born July 24, 1853 in Indiana. Son of Tunis House Carlock and Samatha Elizabeth Randall.

Mahlon married Parmitta/e Lews, daughter of Daniel Lewis of Jennings County, on November 30, 1881 (Book 9, p 154, Jennings County Indiana). Parmitta was born in 1862 in Jennings County. Her family home still stands a few miles west of Paris Crossing.

They can be found on the 1910 census in Center Twp, North Vernon, Jenning County Indiana, ED 114 sheet 9b, Ward 3.

They are also there in 1920.

Mahlon and Parmitte are both buried in the Coffee Creek Christian Church, which is near Paris Crossing. As are Tunis and Samantha and Mahlon's brother Willis who married Parmitte's niece Luwaitte Lawrence.

Children:
Malvern Orville, b. Nov 25, 1882, d. 27 May 1885
Jerry Allen says that the baby died of 'brain fever', which Jack Carlock confirmed.

Thessaley Boydell Carlock Oct. 22, 1884

Married Lula Florence Blain on June 29, 1910
The family of Thessaley Boydell CARLOCK (s/o Mahlon Randall, Tunis House, Shedrick, William, Johannes, Juriaen, Coenraad/Conrad GERLACH/CARLOCK) appears on page 428 of the book "History of the Carlock Family", by Marion Pomeroy CARLOCK, 1929. The book lists Thessaley's birthdate as Oct. 22, 1884. It lists his children as Robert R., Vernon, Lewis M., and Cleon. The family of Thessaley's parents, Mahlon Randall CARLOCK and Permitta LEWIS, appears on page 427. A photograph of the Mahlon Randall CARLOCK family of Mt. Vernon, IN, including Thessaley, appears on page 426. The "Aunt Iva" you refer to is probably Thessaley's sister Iva Iona CARLOCK, b. Jan. 7, 1894, who m. Harold O. HAMILTON. Mahlon Randall CARLOCK's parents, brother, and nephews are also pictured on page 426.

Thorstein Clifford Carlock Sept 23, 1886
Marriage: Sarah Esther Hazen on June 30, 1909
Children:

Mahlon W ("Jack") Carlock is one of 4 children to Thorsteine C Carlock

(he was married several times I think (!) and had quite a reputation with the ladies as being very dashing and quite the charmer (according to my grandmother!), but you will have to ask Jack yourself. Thorsteine was one of Permitta's sons.

Lives in Indianapolis
source: Leslie Kenny lallen@netvigator.com

James Roscoe Carlock March 5, 1891

Marriage: Emma Schieling on April 12, 1913

Iva Iona Carlock Jan. 7, 1894

Iva Iona Carlock
Born:
Died:

Marriage 1: Ferd Miller (or Mueller, originally from the area of Munich in Germany but changed to Miller later because of WWI)
Child: Dorothy May Loretta Miller
Divorced: when their only child Dorothy May Loretta Miller was little
Note: After the divorce Iva at home in 1920 with her parents. She had her Dorothy M. Miller, age 2 (I think, couldn't read it).
Marriage: Russell Hamilton

Child: Harold Hamilton
Note: Dorothy May Loretta Miller’s last name changed to Hamilton

source: Leslie Kenny

Dorothy May Loretta Miller
Marriage: Allen

Children:

1 _____________

2 _____________

3 Jerry Allen, of Indianapolis, is the 3rd son of Dorothy May Loretta Carlock, who was Daughter to Iva Iona Carlock, who was daughter to Permitta Lewis. Uncle to

Dorothy was raised by Permitta and Mahlon and was very close to them.
Leslie Allen Kenny was raised by Dorothy and was very close to her.
Leslie heard quite a bit about Permitta Lewis from the time she was very little, and has 2 of the quilts Permitta sewed.2.18 Infant Daughter2.19 Alonzo Orville Lewis

Born: November 22, 1864
Died: ca 1950
Burial: Florida?
Marriage: Rachel Florence Houghland
Residences:
Jennings County, Indiana

Bartow, Polk County, Florida by at least May 1913
Bradenton City, Manatee County, Florida, 1930 Census, p. 150

175. Alonzo Orville Lewis. Son of Daniel Lewis & Frances Keith. Born 27 Nov 1864 in Jennings Co., In. Died 1950 in Florida.

He married Rachel Florence Houghland.

They had the following children:

Francis Orville Lewis

2.20 Artemus Ward Lewis

Born: February 2, 1867
Death: 1932
Burial: Cana Methodist Church Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana
Marriage 1: Gerty Morrison

Marriage 2: Marietta M. Owens, February 2, 1886
Marietta Owens Born December 1867, Died 1912

Children:

Census, Jennings County, Marion Township: ED 109 6A in 1910, 1900 ED 107 8A, page 262

"Gertie" March 1887

Charles W. December 1888

Marietta had 2 children born 2 living 9n 1910

Note: Artemus alone in 1930 census and dies by 1932
2.21 Loretta Lewis

Married: Fernando "Bud" Wilson

Residences:

Jennings County, Indiana
1930 – Forrest Township, Livingston County, Illinois (see 1930 census)
Fernando Wilson: BIRTH: 8 Oct 1864, Jennings Co., IN DEATH: 16 Sep 1945, Decatur, IL

Marriage Date: Born 6 Oct 1864 in Jennings Co., IN.

They had the following children:

290 i. Clyde Wilson Oct 1889

291 ii. Cloyd Wilson June 1890

292 iii. May Wilson June 1892

293 iv. Mary Wilson September 1896

294 v. Ella Wilson February 1899

295 vi. Ruth Faye Wilson BIRTH: 14 Mar 1902, Jennings Co., IN DEATH: 13 Apr 1973, Fairbury, IL

2.22 Waity/Waty Ellen Lewis

Born: September 12, 1870
Died:
Married: Frederick Curtis Winkler – He was born July 12, 1868 – died September 17, 1941 – son of Godfrey Winkler and Maria Winkler (1870 Census)
Marriage Date: September 14, 1887, Book 9, page 572, Jennings County, Indiana
Residence:

Jennings County, Indiana

Dallas, Dallas County, Texas – found in 1920 and 1930 census there, first names changed but same people.

They moved to Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.

Found in 1920 and 1930 census there.

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MISC.

180. Erasmus Lewis. Son of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Died 1844 in died young.

181. Andrew Lewis. Son of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Died 1836 in died in infancy.

182. Clarissa Lewis. Daughter of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Born 1838. Died 1852.

183. Emma (#1) Lewis. Daughter of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Born 1842. Died in died a young woman.

184. Effa Lewis. Daughter of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Born 1845.

She married Noah Marling.

185. Sarah Lewis. Daughter of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Born 1849.

She married Jose Polk.

186. Seth Lewis. Son of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Born 1851.

He married Sarah Francis Bridges.

187. Abigail Lewis. Daughter of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Born 1853.

She married Zack Marling.

188. Noah W. Lewis. Son of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Born 1855. Died 1867.

He married C. C. Chandler.

189. Lodema Lewis. Daughter of William Baker Lewis & Malinda Beltz. Born 1859. Died 15 Oct 1942.

She married Christopher Chandler.

190. Jane Lewis. Daughter of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born in ??. Occupation Listed on a note as a child of TB and M Lewis.

191. Thomas M. Lewis. Son of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born 1845.

192. Mary (S orJ or I) Lewis. Daughter of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born 1847/1848 in IN.

193. Selena Ann (Lena) Lewis. Daughter of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born 6 Aug 1849 in Jennings Co, Indiana. Died 1927 in Wamego, KS. Buried in Wamego, KS cemetery name unk. Religion ®717 ®743.

She first married John James Robbins, son of Josiah Robbins & First name unk Robbins, maiden name unk, 27 Jul 1865 in Riley Co., Kansas; by Jesse Graham JP. Born 14 Feb 1840 in Ohio. Died 9 Apr 1920 in Harper, Harper Co., KS. Buried 11 Apr 1920 in Attica Cem. Attica, KS Plot # 432. Occupation Farmer. For Robbins info contact: Thomas B. Jones at toad@syix.com

They had the following children:

296 i. Thomas (Tom) Robbins

297 ii. Carrie Robbins

298 iii. Ella Robbins

299 iv. Melvin Robbins

She second married William Bovard I Bonstein, son of John (#2) Bonstein & Mary Jane Bovard. Born 1851 in West Pittston, Pa. Died 19 Mar 1896 in Stockdale, Pottawatomie Co., KA. Buried in Mill Creek Cemetery. Occupation died of pnemonia he and his children are buried in same lot/area of the cemetery.

They had the following children:

300 i. William Bovard II Bonstein

301 ii. Evelyn Gladys (Eva) Bonstein

302 iii. George Torrence (I) Bonstein

303 iv. infant child (2) Bonstein

304 v. Iva Bonstein

305 vi. infant child (1) Bonstein

She third married Rick Beck

She fourth married First name unk Kimble

Reference Note 717

Lewis, Selena Ann (Lena): When her husband William Bovard died she wrote a letter to her sister in law, telling her about his death. Tanya Johnson nee Bonstein has a photocopy of the original ..nlp

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Reference Note 743

Lewis, Selena Ann: is buried at The Wamego City Cemetery under the name of Kimble. Her home was at 503 Spruce Street where her daughter Evelyn Gladys (Eva) Edwards nee Bonstein lived after their return from Colorado. Selena lived there until her death on Mar 12 1927.

194. Daniel Thomas Lewis. Son of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born 1851 in IN.

He married Kate I. Mayfield. Died 7 Aug 1875.

They had the following children:

306 i. Nellie Capitola Lewis

307 ii. Charles Walter Lewis

195. Robert E Lewis. Son of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born 1858 in IN.

196. Esther Lewis. Daughter of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born 1859 in IN.

She married First name unk. Doyle.

They had the following children:

308 i. Kenneth D. Doyle

197. Marion (twin) Lewis. Son of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born 1861 in IN. Occupation Baptist minister missionary in Washington Territory(State). Religion Orginal lewis homestead in WA was in middle of Seattle, WA.

graduated from what has become KS State 1886

Children:

309 i. Zilla Lewis

198. Melvin (twin) Lewis. Son of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born 1861 in IN.

199. William Lincoln Lewis, Kress Minister. Son of Timothy B. (Baker?) Lewis & Mahala Mahalia (III) Lett. Born Jun 1863 in Jennings Co., IN. Died in WA. Religion Baptist. adopted natural name Kress

He married Addie Orr, 1890 in WA.

200. Sarah A. Keith. Daughter of Richard Hues Keith & Eliza Lewis. Born 1844 in IN.

201. Levista M. Keith. Daughter of Richard Hues Keith & Eliza Lewis. Born 1848.

202. Jane Keith. Daughter of Richard Hues Keith & Eliza Lewis. Born 1848.

203. Mary A. Keith. Daughter of Richard Hues Keith & Eliza Lewis. Born 1850 in Jennings Co., IN.

204. Maria Lewis. Daughter of John M. Lewis & Mary Jane Coryell. Born 29 Oct 1843. Died 29 Sep 1851.

205. Gilbert Lewis. Son of John M. Lewis & Mary Jane Coryell. Born 1 Nov 1845. Died 27 Jul 1863.

206. Oscar Lewis. Son of John M. Lewis & Mary Jane Coryell. Born 9 Jan 1848. Died 1929.

He married Mary Jane Hoagland.

207. Harriet Lewis. Daughter of John M. Lewis & Mary Jane Coryell. Born 27 May 1850. Died 8 Oct 1851.

208. Sarah Jane Lewis. Daughter of John M. Lewis & Mary Jane Coryell. Born 17 Sep 1854. Died 3 Oct 1875.

She married William Hoagland.

209. George Lewis. Son of John M. Lewis & Mary Jane Coryell. Born 5 Feb 1857. Died 1929.

He married Arabelle Pierson.

210. Louisa Belle Lewis. Daughter of John M. Lewis & Mary Jane Coryell. Born 27 Mar 1860. Died May 1945 in Denver Co.,.

She married James Clarence Morgan.

211. Ralph Applewhite Lewis. Son of John M. Lewis & Mary Jane Coryell. Born 5 Sep 1864/1865. Died 30 Jul 1950.

He married Minnie Deputy.

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142. Samuel A. Lewis. Son of Daniel Rowland Lewis & Sarah Jane (#1) Keith. Born 1841.

143. Harriet R. Lewis. Daughter of Daniel Rowland Lewis & Sarah Jane (#1) Keith. Born 1845.

144. John P. Lewis. Son of Daniel Rowland Lewis & Sarah Jane (#1) Keith. Born 1848 in Jennings Co., IN. Died 20 Nov 1912 in Jennings Co., IN. Buried in New Coffee Creek Baptist Church Cem. Jennings Co., IN.

He married Sarah Emaline Lawrence, daughter of William Henry Lawrence Reverand & Lavinia Lewis. Born 1852 in Jennings Co., IN. Died 19 Feb 1895 in Jennings Co., IN. Buried in Coffee Creek Cem. Paris Crossing, Jennings Co., IN. Religion cousins.

145. Elizabeth Ann (Betsy) Lewis. Daughter of Daniel Rowland Lewis & Sarah Jane (#1) Keith. Born 8 Apr 1848 in Jennings Co., IN. Died 15 Aug 1854.

ANNING SMITH GROUND

Anning Smith ground, Milton, N. Y. Many unmarked field stones. Copied by Hasbrouck Innis and Clarence J. Elting.

1. Adams, Dorcas, w. of David S., Dec. 10, 1843, 54-9-18.

2. Bradbury, Amirhuhama, Mar. 11, 1762, Mar. 5, 1830. A Revolutionary Soldier.

3.
4. Bradbury, Olive, Feb. 16, 1799, 5-10-8.
5. Bradbury, Sarah Lewis, w. of A. M., Dec. 27, 1852, 77-11-29.
6. Coffin, Mary, w. of Uriah, Oct. 15, 1795, 39-3-17.
7. Craft, Henry H., Nov. 19, 1842, 7-1-0;
8. James A., June 26, 1830, 0-8-18:
Children of Isaac L. and Mertellia.
9. Craft, Katie C., dau. of I. L. and Mertellia, Mar. 26, 1872, 21-7-14.
10. Craft, Lewis C., s. of Isaac L. and Mertellia, Aug. 18, 1857, 20-1-10.
11. Curtis, John D., Aug. 12, 1854, 40-1-21.
12. Davis, Charles L., April 7,1800, Dec. 30, 1851.
13. Davis, Charles W., s. of John and Caroline, Mar. 28,1854, 0-8-28.
14. Davis, Edward C., s. of Charles L. and Susan, April 5,1849, Dec. 26, 1859.
15. Davis, Eleanor, w. of John, May 4, 1842, 79 yrs.
16. Davis, Hannah, Dec. 7, 1797, 104-1-17.
17. Davis, Henrietta, dau. of Charles L. and Laura, Mar. 22, 1846, 1-0-22.
18. Davis, John, Dec. 13, 1841, 81 yrs.
19. F-, I., 1756. (Slatestone).
20. H-, H., (Field stone).
21. H-, I., 176-.-. (Field stone).
22. Haviland, LeGrand, s. of Norris and Mary, July 12, 1855, 25-6-12.
23. Lawson, Abraham, Jr., Mar. 16, 1832, 42 yrs.
24. Lewis, Alfred, s. of Valentine and Ruth, July 24, 1839, 34-4-18.
25. Lewis, Cornelius, s. of Valentine and Ruth, Oct. 2,1841, 41-3-8.
26. Lewis, George W., s. of Allen and Mary, Sept. 9, 1831, 6-10-9.
27. Lewis, Hiram, 1827, 32 yrs.
28. Lewis, Micajah, Mar. 27, 1844, 75 yrs.
29. Lewis, Ruth Woolsey, w. of Valentine, July 18, 1855, 76 yrs.
30. Lewis, Valentine, May 20, 1832, 60 yrs.
31. Lockwood, Samuel S., Jan. 2,1855, 36 yrs.
32. More, John, Jan. 2,1845, 52-5-15.
33. More, Sarah, w. of John, Jan. 11, 1829, 42-9-18.
34. Norton, James, July 7, 1809, 42nd year.
35. Norton, Olly, w. of James. Aug. 18, 1843, 74th year.
36. P-E., (Evidently a footstone).
37. Perkins, Temperance, June 12, 1789, 74-4-0.
38. Quick, Sarah, w. of Luke C., April 23, 1814, 72 yrs.
39. Quimby, Abigal, w. of Moses, dau. of Solomon and Elizabeth Fowler, Nov. 10, 1796, Feb. 29, 1856.
40. Quimby, Amos, s. of Moses, April 18, 1788, April 18, 1838
41. Quimby, William, s. of Moses and Abigal, April 9,1813, May 25, 1835.
42. R , J., 1756; Joseph Ransom, father of Captain Peleg.
43. R-, M., 1776; Mercy (Pyncheon) Ransom, mother of Captain Peleg.
44. R-, P., 1776. (Field stone). (Said to be infant son of Captain Peleg Ransom).
45. Ransom. Unmarked field stone said by trustworthy tradition to mark the grave of Captain Peleg Ransom.
46. Ransom. Unmarked field stone said by trustworthy tradition to mark the grave of Susannah Griffin, wife of Captain Peleg Ransom.
47. Rhoads, Archibald, Oct. 23, 1766, Oct. 29, 1836, 69-0-6.
48. Rhoads, Catharine, w. of Archibald, Sept. 7, 1844, 77-3-23.
49. Rhoads, John, Dec. 1, 1828, 69-5-27.
50. Rhodes, John, Jr., Oct. 20, 1864, 80 yrs.
51. Smith, Anning, Oct. 30, 1802, 59-10-5.
52. Smith, Clark, July 31, 1802, 35-9-4.
53. Smith, Deborah, July 25, 1838, 86-0-20.
54. Smith, Eleanor, Sept., 1835, 89-2-0.
55. Smith, Eleanor, Oct. 12, 1806, 17-1-15.
56. Smith, Jamima, w. of Clark, July 7, 1802, 35-6-18.
57. Smith, Luff, Aug. 24, 1801, 56-1-5.
58. Smith, Leonard, July 18, 1787, 69-6-0.
59. Smith, Lewis, May, 1815, 33-2-0.
60. Smith, Mary, w. of Eliphalet, June 13, 1805, 34-4-0.
61. Smith, L. Nathan, Aug. 28,1831, 24-10-24.
62. Smith, Nathan, Sept. 30, 1798, 33-9-14.
63. Smith, Nellie, Mar. 11, 1790, 1-11-22.
64. Smith, Patty, dau. of Anning, Aug. 12, 1791, 0-14-5.
65. Smith, Ruth, w. of Leonard, Mar. 19, 1799, 81-0-8.
66. Smith, Ruth, w. of Ludlom, Aug. 11, 1886, 25-6-11.
67. Stratton, Charity, w. of David, May 29, 1799, 25-0-22.
68. Stratton, David, Feb. 17, 1803, 34-11-0.
69. Talcot, David, May 24, 1752.
70. Tompkins, Isaac L., April 5, 1784, Sept. 26, 1864.
71. Tompkins, Nancy, w. of Thomas, Feb. 15, 1835, 76-10-0; Also nine children of Thomas and Nancy.
72.
73. Van Siclen, Ellen E., dau. of Matthew and Ellen C., Sept. 12, 1847, July 28, 1848.
74. Van Siclen, Henry, Sept. 5, 1781, Sept 10, 1853.
75. Van Siclen, Leonard E., s. of Enos and Harriet, Oct. 13, 1839, 1-7-20.
76. Westlake, Eliza, dau. of George and Mary, July 3, 1800, 0-5-11.
77. Westlake, Mary, w. of George, Mar. 2, 1800, 33-10-24.
78. Wilson, Charlotte, w. of John C., Jan. 1,1842, 47-2-29.
79. Wood, Martha, w. of Johnathan, May 15, 1822, 29-0-5.
80. Wyms, Sarah M., Dec. 20, 1874, 61 yrs.

Lewis Butler

Tompkins, Thomas, Mar. 9,1824, 68-8-0.Bradbury, Cornelius, Aug. 31, 1835, 6-5-5.
Born: April 16, 1868
Died: Mar 25 Mar 1955 in Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois
Born: November 2, 1863
Died: November 2, 1863

Locke Township

From History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan
By Samuel W. Durant
Published 1880 by D.W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia

EARLY SETTLEMENT

Land was purchased in the township of Locke in 1834, but no attempt at settlement was made until 1838. The following account of the first settlement of the township is from the records of the Pioneer Society.

David PHELPS and Watson L. BOARDMAN
"In February, 1838, David PHELPS, a resident of New York City, located land on section 26. Mr. PHELPS, without a road or trail, guided only by the marked trees of the surveyor, was enabled to find his land, but many were the misgivings as he stood alone in that deep forest, twenty miles from a post office, thirty-four miles from a mill, and neighbors quite remote;* but he had a stout heart and a strong will, and finally overcame his doubts. Procuring the assistance of six men from Livingston County, soon the ringing of axes and the crash of falling trees broke the stillness of the forest, and Mr. PHELPS in a few days erected the first white man's shelter in the township. Several months later, Watson L. BOARDMAN, brother-in-law of Mr. PHELPS, with his family, occupied the house lately erected by Mr. PHELPS, he having no family save one son, who lived with the BOARDMAN family. The first female settler was a widow named PITTS, who, with one son, dared to face the hardships of pioneer life. With the help of her small boy she cleared a patch for corn and potatoes, working bare-handed and bare-armed, piling up the black and smoking brands of the newly-cut fallow. For the first year she had hard work to drive the wolf from the door, but the wants of her little one nerved her to overcome all obstacles.

First Birth, Marriage, Death, and Postmaster in Township
The first birth of a white child in the township, Emeline CARLTON, occurred in 1839, in the family of William CARLTON, and four years later one of the family died.* The first marriage was that of Dean PHILLIPS and Harriet CARR, in 1839, the ceremony occurring at the house of Caleb CARR, on section 32. Mr. CARR was the first postmaster, his office being on the route from Howell to Grand Rapids, and the mail was carried over this route once a week, on horseback, on the "Grand River trail."

The first religious services were held at the school-house known as the Brown Eagle, by the Christians, most of the inhabitants for miles around attending. Many carried their rifles along, and left them standing against a tree during service, guarded by a dog. These services were conducted by Seneca H. PETTUS and Elder WINANS. The first sermon was preached by a clergyman named George ALEXANDER, in a log cabin. Harvey GRATTON and Lewis BUTLER were among the early exhorters.

At a general election, held in the township in the fall of 1840, there was no ballot-box. The inspectors of the election procured a stand-drawer of David J. TOWER, at whose house the election was held, pinned a newspaper over the top, and deposited the ballots in the drawer by lifting the corner of the paper. The next spring (1841) Mr. TOWER was authorized by the town board to make a ballot-box. He accordingly split some boards from a basswood log, and with axe and plane completed his ballot-box; it had six compartments, and the lid was fastened with a hasp and padlock.

In the fall of 1840, David PHELPS and a man named JOHNSON started with a yoke of oxen and a sled to spend a week or two hunting bees and camping out in the woods. After some time they returned with three barrels of honey, just as it came from the trees. Their own appearance was ludicrous in the extreme. Their buckskin breeches were so shrunken and shriveled with dews and rains from fording streams that they scarcely reached below the knee. The men were smeared and their clothing saturated with honey; smoke and soot had aided in making up the picture; their boots were bound together with strips of bark, and their hats had the appearance of having been through a hard siege, and when they came home, following the team with its load of honey, they created a sensation, and those who saw them are not likely to forget the occasion.

Orson CHAMBERLAIN
was a former of Genesee County, who removed to the township in 1839 and located upon section 26, where he purchased 164 acres of Edmund H. HALL. Upon this land stood a log house, but no other indication of improvement. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN began at once, after establishing his family in their limited quarters, the labor of chopping and clearing. He had at the end of the year rendered six acres productive, the larger share of which was sown with wheat. Other improvements followed as time passed, until a well-cultivated farm had superseded the wilderness found on his arrival. In 1870 a substantial frame residence took the place of the primitive abode formerly occupied, in which the family now resides.

Leonard COLE
arrived in the same year, having purchased and settled upon land on section 14 which was entirely unimproved. He began the clearing of this land, and eventually rendered it very productive. Neighbors were neither numerous nor easily reached at this early day, and the settlers were obliged to depend upon their own exertions. Only on occasions of raisings did the community appear in full force to offer assistance, more frequently lured by the social pleasures of the occasion and the good cheer which inevitably accompanied such a gathering. Mr. COLE occupied the farm until his death, when his sons, the present occupants, inherited the land. His widow survived until the year 1878.

David J. TOWER
settled in the township soon after the advent of Mr. COLE, and was one of the inspectors of election at the first township-meeting held in Locke. He was a public-spirited citizen, and did much to advance the interests of the community.

On one occasion the settlers at an early day were totally destitute of flour. Mr. TOWER took $100 and purchased the necessary article, which he distributed among the inhabitants, allowing them to work out their indebtedness on the public highways.

Stephen AVERY
Among the early pioneers who manifested much enterprise on their arrival was Stephen AVERY, who removed from Ontario, Canada, in 1837, and settled in Livingston County. In 1840 he sought a home in the present township of Locke, - then Phelpstown, - and located on section 17, where he purchased 120 acres of unimproved land. The log house he built is still standing, though mr. AVERY survived his advent but a short time, having died in September, 1844. Two sons and a daughter are still residents of the township.

Nicholas F. DUNCKEL
was born in the beautiful Mohawk Valley, in New York State, and removed to Canada, where he resided for nine years. In 1834 he emigrated to Wayne County, and in 1842 removed to Locke. Here he purchased of Rufus STARKWEATHER 160 acres on section 27, which he found unimproved, and upon which he immediately began the erection of a log house. After removing his family here, Mr. DUNCKEL turned his attention to the clearing of a portion of the land, which, as early as practicable, was sown with wheat. He was assisted in his labors by his sons, four of whom accompanied him to the township. Plymouth, Wayne Co., afforded a point for marketing, while brighton was the milling centre. The nearest sawmill was at Williamston. Indians were still numerous, but not hostile. They were constant and untiring beggars, and rapacious in their appetite for bread, pork, and other articles of the settlers' cuisine. No school afforded advantages upon Mr. DUNCKEL's arrival, though one opened soon after. Mr. DUNCKEL survived until 1872, and died at the house of his son George, on section 28. Another son, Oliver G., resides at Belle Oak.

Levi ROWLEY
removed from Saratoga Co., N. Y., to Albion, Mich., here he remained but a brief time and removed to Leroy, and in 1842 became a resident in the township of Locke, where he located upon section 32, on a farm embracing eighty acres, for which he effected an exchange of property with Henry RIX, the former owner. It had been partially improved by Caleb CARR. Mr. ROWLEY continued these improvements, and remained upon the place until his death, in 1870, when it came into the possession of his son. Levi ROWLEY was one of the most active and public-spirited of the early pioneers, and did much to promote the growth of the township.

Henry RIX,
the previous occupant of this farm, was a resident of New Jersey. His stay was brief, Leroy township having soon after offered superior attractions.

Walter LEARY,
a gentleman of English extraction, removed from Ann Arbor to the township, and settled upon eighty acres on section 34, which had been entered by R. G. STARKWEATHER, and purchased from him by mr. LEARY. He improved the land and remained upon it until his death.

Arnold PAYNE,
removed at the same period from the county of Livingston, and settled upon eighty acres purchased also of STARKWEATHER, which was unimproved on his advent in Locke. He erected a log house and a frame barn, and remained ten years, during which time sixty acres bore witness to his labor in its improved condition. He later sold to James SULLIVAN, and removed to Maple Rapids, where he died. He had in his family circle eight sons, all of whom departed with him.

Dr. H. A. ATKINS
removed from his former home of Elba, N. Y., to the township in 1842, and settled upon the northwest quarter of section 3, where he became the earliest resident practitioner in the township. He left for a brief period, but retained his land, and on his return resumed his practice. He is now a resident of Belle Oak, where, in addition to his professional labors, he devotes much time to the study of ornithology and the pursuits of literature. He is a man of wide research, and takes much interest in the compilation of facts regarding the early history of the county.

James McCREARY,
A former resident of Herkimer Co., N. Y., located, in 1844, upon eighty acres which he entered in 1839. The township, at the time of his purchase, was almost unpopulated, but on his arrival he found many neighbors, among who were Messrs. LEARY, ROWLEY, and PAYNE, the former of whom offered him a home during the first two years of his residence. With the assistance of Mr. DUNCKEL he erected a frame house, to which his father and mother removed. The first year ten acres were cleared, and steady improvement was made after that time.

Dr. RANDALL, of Livingston County, was among the earliest physicians, and Dr. LEASIA, of Williamston, was frequently called. Mr. McCREARY continued to improve his land, and succeeded in making it one of the most valuable farms in Locke.

Israel LOVEJOY
Came from New York State in 1843, having entered land in December, 1837, and again in January, 1838, on section 2. On this section he settled and remained nearly twenty years, when he chose a residence elsewhere.

Trowbridge HARMON
Removed from Clyde, N. Y., at the same time, and selected eighty acres on section 1, which he improved. He was a bachelor on his arrival, but subsequently married. The land was entirely cleared by himself. He experienced many deprivations, but overcame all obstacles, and was able to add to his possessions until he now has 180 acres, mostly improved.

Hiram LOVEJOY,
another pioneer from the Empire State, settled, in 1845, upon eighty acres on section 3. This land, all uncleared on his arrival, he rendered productive by hard labor, and converted into a valuable estate, upon which he continued improvements until his life was suddenly ended by a stroke of lightning, in 1874. His sons now occupy the farm. F.B. SHELLMANWilliam SHELLMANDexter FULLERRichard CASTLELINEW.T. WALLACEJames SULLIVANIra D. PERRYJohn GRIMESRobert FISHER

Among other early settlers in the township of Locke may be mentioned Truman SPENCER, who came from Wayne County in 1855, and located upon section 13, where he built a saw-mill; D. BURTON, who located on section 15; Dyer COLE, of Lockport, N.Y., who settled on section 27, and later on section 16, where he improved a farm and still resides; William T. JOHNSON, on section 4; Jefferson PEARCE, who had land on sections 10 and 13; Benjamin and Henry PETTENGILL, on sections 11 and 14, respectively; A.T. TenEYCK, on section 21; Stephen SCOFIELD, on section 3; J.C. TOWNSEND, on sections 27 and 28; A.M. OLDS, on section 30; W.W. IRONS, on section 10, and Nicholas FULTON, on section 28.
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*Mr. PHELPS son, David B. PHELPS, states that when his father settled (which was on the 9th of April, 1838), he was six miles from any other house, the only one in that distance being that of Mr. GRANT, in the township of Conway, Livingston Co. Mr. PHELPS was from Deep River, Conn., where the son was born.

*The little one was buried on the farm of Stephen AVERY, and the funeral sermon was preached by George L. BOARDMAN.

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formerly of Wayne Co., N.Y., settled in 1850, upon the northeast quarter of section 24, which was, with the exception of five acres, uncleared. He built a shanty and began the labor of improving. Rapid progress was made, and a well-cultivated farm, upon which he now resides, has superseded the wilderness.
was a pioneer from Broome County, who settled upon eighty acres on section 31, which was uncleared when he became owner of it. He first underbrushed the road adjoining his farm and then erected a shanty, in which he lived while clearing a portion of the land. Mr. GRIMES made rapid progress and added to his possessions until he now has 650 acres. Deer were so abundant on his arrival that a herd of twenty-two were seen feeding with the cattle. They afforded an abundance of fresh meat to the settlers, but were in a few years exterminated.
settled in 1845, on section 10, which was cleared and improved by him. His son now occupies the place, Mr. PERRY having died during the present year.

Lewis BUTLER
settled in 1848, on section 34, which he purchased of Isaac LEARY. He subsequently removed to Indiana, and now resides in Williamston. ,
a pioneer of 1847, from Ohio, and formerly of Orleans Co., N.Y., purchased and settled upon 160 acres in section 33, formerly owned by Arnold PAYNE. Twenty-five acres had been chopped and a log house already built upon it, though much labor remained yet to be done. Mr. SULLIVAN did much to increase the productiveness of the land, and in 1866 erected a new and substantial residence, his present home. Three sons live near him in the township.
came from Steuben Co., N.Y., in 1846, and in June of that year settled upon eighty acres on section 24, to which he later added forty acres. This was entirely unimproved, with the exception of a small tract that had previously been underbrushed. He remained with David PHELPS the first year, and on his marriage removed to a shanty built upon his land. Messrs. PHELPS, BOARDMAN, and BROWN were near neighbors. Mr. WALLACE has greatly improved his land, upon which he still resides. ,
A pioneer of Pennsylvania extraction, also located on section 2, in 1845, where he erected a log house and began the battle of life in the woods.Here he remained laboring upon his land until his death in 1869. ,
formerly of New York State, settled upon eighty acres on section 1, where he had secured the improvement of five acres and the planting of an orchard before his arrival. He still resides upon the land.
came also from the same county and State and located on section 2, where he remained until his death, in 1862. ,
a pioneer from Tioga Co., N.Y., was among the earliest settlers in the northeast portion of the township, having purchased of Archelaus GREEN 100 acres on section 2. He built a shanty of primitive construction, and devoted much of his time at first to labor for others. His progress in clearing and making improvements was therefore slow. Very few settlers had located immediately near. He recalls Isaac COLBURN as the nearest. There were no schools in the vicinity, and a tedious journey was necessary to obtain supplies. Mr. SHELLMAN has since improved his land, built a commodious residence, and rendered his estate valuable.

BELLE OAK

The hamlet of Belle Oak was begun upon land owned by James L. NICHOLS, who entered it May 23, 1842, having paid seventy-five dollars in State scrip for a tract embracing forty acres. He improved a portion, then sold to Albert AVERY, who occupied it for a period of twelve years. The first house in the immediate neighborhood was erected by NICHOLS. Other lands were owned by Oren LAWSON and Andrew KIRK. Mrs. PITTS, afterwards Mrs. Solomon PETTINGILL, was also one of the original proprietors. Truman SPENCER made his advent in 1855, and, in connection with PITTS and FISHER, purchased ten acres of the PITTS estate for a mill site. Upon this a saw-mill was erected in 1855, which was consumed by fire in 1867, and rebuilt by SPENCER & FISHER. The present proprietors are WATERMAN & HOVEY. It has a forty horse-power engine, with a capacity of 1000 feet per hour of hard lumber. The estate of Oren LAWSON sold to Truman SPENCER, and Andrew KIRK disposed of his interest to Clark PIERCE, who conveyed to Delos A. SMITH, by whom the property was divided into lots and sold.

Mr. SPENCER, in 1863, erected a small store, and ROGERS & COLE, in 1872, built a stave-mill, which was sold the following spring to William GOLDEY, who remained for four years a resident of the place, and during that time also opened a store. A wagon-shop was started by Robert FISHER, who subsequently sold to William O. FISHER. There are at present two blacksmith-shops, kept by DUNCKEL & CASTLELINE, and a store owned by HOVEY & WATERMAN. The hamlet boasts two physicians, Drs. Harmon A. ATKINS and George D. SPENCER. There is also a public school, with seventy-five scholars, taught by Alta BENJAMIN. O.G. DUNCKEL is the popular postmaster.

ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES
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1844 TAXPAYER LIST

NAME

SECTION

ACRES

Trowbridge HARMON

Joseph BROOKS

Isaac COLBURN

James DENIO

I.H. LOVEJOY

174

Stephen SCOFIELD

Widow ATKINS

119

William T. JOHNSON

240

D.J. TOWER

508

Moses MELVIN

William M. BARNEY

Jefferson PEARCE

10, 13

Albert AVERY

Stephen AVERY

Charles MARSH

Benjamin PETTINGILL

Henry PETTENGILL

William CARLTON

Leonard COLE

Cornelius COLE

John COUNTRYMAN

160

O.P. WORDEN

A.T. TenEYCK

160

David PHELPS

23,25,27

240

Joshua MARCH

Solomon PETTINGILL

160

W.L. BOARDMAN

160

Arnold PAYNE

27, 28, 33

William SALTER

N.F. DUNCK

Hiram STARKWEATHER

J.C. TOWNSEND

27, 28

160

Nicholas FULTON

Isaac W. FULTON

Henry FREDERICK

A.M. OLDS

Levi ROWLEY

Z. and W. LEARY

160

TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION

The township of Locke was formerly, together with the present township of Williamstown, embraced in the township of Phelpstown. By an act of the State Legislature, passed Feb. 16, 1842, it was erected as an independent township, and its present name bestowed.

TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

At the first annual meeting of the township of Locke, held at the house of John C. TOWNSEND, in 1842, David PHELPS was chosen moderator, A.M. OLDS clerk, and David J. TOWER, Stephen AVERY, and Isaac W. HUTTON inspectors of election. The ballots having been cast in accordance with the law, the following officers were declared elected:

Supervisor, David PHELPS; Township Clerk, A.M. OLDS; Justices of the Peace, D.C. OLDS, D. TOWER, Stephen AVERY, David PHELPS; Assessors, Stephen AVERY, D.J. TOWER; Highway Commissioners, Benjamin BARNEY, Ira COLBURN; Treasurer, A.T. TenEYCK; School Inspectors, Stephen AVERY, E.B. HULL; Constables, Joseph BROCK, J.C. TOWNSEND.YEAR
SUPERVISOR
CLERK
TREASURER
JUSTICE of
the PEACE1843
David PHELPS
A.T. TenEYCK
D.J. TOWER
Levi ROWLEY
1844
David PHELPS
Jefferson PEARCE
A.T. TenEYCK
Josiah NICHOLS
1845
Jefferson PEARCE
Albert M. OLDS
Albert AVERY
David PHELPS
1846
D.J. TOWER
A.M. OLDS
Levi ROWLEY
Trowbridge HARMON
1847
D.J. TOWER
David PHELPS
Levi ROWLEY
J.C. WATKINS
1848
D.J. TOWER
Levi ROWLEY
David PHELPS
J.C. WATKINS
1849
E. HITCHCOCK
A.M. OLDS
Levi ROWLEY
David PHELPS
1850
J.W. FULTON
A.M. OLDS
Levi ROWLEY
N.W. CAPIN
1851
J.H. LOVEJOY
A.M. OLDS
Levi ROWLEY
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1852
J.H. LOVEJOY
David PHELPS
Levi ROWLEY
J.C. WATKINS
1853
Levi ROWLEY
George SHELLMAN
W.T. WALLACE
S. SCOFIELD
1854
Robert FISHER
G.W. SHELLMAN
W.T. WALLACE
I.N. PICKARD
1855
Levi ROWLEY
Lyman HILL
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G.W. SHELLMAN
1856
Levi ROWLEY
Lyman HILL
William T. WALLACE
James W. WALDO
1857
Truman SPENCER
A.M. OLDS
W.T. WALLACE
Dyer COLE
1858
Truman SPENCER
A.M. OLDS
O.H. JONES
J.C. WATKINS
1859
Truman SPENCER
Levi ROWLEY
O.H. JONES
Robt. FISHER
1860
Truman SPENCER
Hiram A. MIXTER
Orville M. JONES
Lyman HILL
1861
J.C. WATKINS
A.M. OLDS
O.H. JONES
Levi ROWLEY
1862
Levi ROWLEY
George FISHER
George DUNCKEL
O.L. BROWN
1863
Levi ROWLEY
George FISHER
William T. WALLACE
George W. SHELLMAN
1864
T. SPENCER
Albert N. OLDS
William T. WALLACE
Thomas T. BROWN
1865
Truman SPENCER
A.M. OLDS
George DUNCKEL
Daniel H. TRUMAN
1866
J.C. MARTIN
Oliver S. SMITH
George DUNCKEL
O.G. DUNCKEL
1867
J.C. MARTIN
D.B. PHELPS
P. PETTENGILL
George C. WOOD
1868
D.B. PHELPS
R.G.C. KNIGHT
George DUNCKEL
John D. BULLOCK
1869
D.B. PHELPS
R.G.C. KNIGHT
George DUNCKEL
Daniel H. TRUMAN
1870
D.B. PHELPS
George C. WOOD
Oliver S. SMITH
O.G. DUNCKEL
1871
O.S. SMITH
George C. WOOD
R.G.C. KNIGHT
H.J. LOVEJOY
1872
Oliver S. SMITH
Charles E. SPENCER
R.G.C. KNIGHT
Jefferson PEARCE
1873
W.T. WALLACE
George D. SPENCER
George HARPER
Moses HILL
1874
W.T. WALLACE
William T. TANNER
George HARPER
Hubert F. MILLER
1875
W.T. WALLACE
Nicholas CRAHAN
George HARPER
Wilbur CHAMBERLAIN
1876
R.G.C. KNIGHT
Daniel L. BOARDMAN
O.S. SMITH
O.G. DUNCKEL
1877
R.G.C. KNIGHT
Daniel L. BOARDMAN
O.S. SMITH
Judson DOWD
1878
W.T. WALLACE
D.L. BOARDMAN
George HARPER
H.F. MILLER
1879
W.T. WALLACE
E. WILLIAMS
George HARPER
H.J. LOVEJOY
1880
R.G.C. KNIGHT
Asa W. SPENCER
George DUNCKEL
Levi PARKER

1880 Misc. Officers:
Superintendent of Schools: O.S. SMITH
School Inspector: Frank LIVERANCE
Highway Commissioner: Frank PRICE
Drain Commissioner: Gerritt A. TUTTLE
Constables: David DUNCKEL, Charles LOVEJOY
Marcine DUNCKEL, Henry ARNOLD

CHURCHES

First Wesleyan Methodist ChurchFree Methodist ChurchMethodist Episcopal ChurchThe Adventists

formerly had a very flourishing organization in the township, but it has recently declined.
Rev. Joseph ENGLAND organized a class under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church about 1872, preaching having occasionally been held on previous occasions in the school-houses of the neighborhood. Elder Edwin DAW, who had a short time previously arrived from England, followed, and after him Revs. GIBERSON and NIXON. Services are held at the school-house in Belle Oak. Peter V. FISHER is the present class-leader, and a Sabbath-school, under his superintendence, holds its regular meetings at the school-house, the attendance being governed by circumstances.
A class of the denomination of Free Methodists was organized in 1872 under Rev. GOLDEN, who conducted religious services in the various school-houses of the township. He was followed by Elder MUDGE, who visited the point during his regular circuit duties. Elders CARRIER and WITHAM succeeded, and at the present writing, the Conference of the Free Methodist Church being in session, the appointment for the succeeding year has been announced. Meetings are still held at the school-houses, no house of worship having been erected. A Sunday-school has been organized, which is now under the superintendence of Tompkins TOWNER.
The First Wesleyan Methodist Church was organized under the auspices of Rev. Harvey HODSKISS, Jan. 18, 1856, with the following as the first officers: Rev. Harvey HODSKISS, pastor; Elijah B. WHEELER, class-leader; Simon G. WRIGHT, steward. The constituent members of the church were Elijah B. WHEELER, Alonzo HILL, Simon G. WRIGHT, Mary WRIGHT, Hannah HILL, Nancy A. SULLIVAN, Martha TRUMAN, H. HODSKISS, Mary LEARY, Nancy PRATT, Abram WRIGHT. The earliest meetings were held at the Rowley school-house, on section 33, and for a succession of years it was the scene of most of the religious convocations of the organization. In 1880 a church edifice was erected at a cost of $1400, which was dedicated with impressive ceremonies Sept. 29, 1880. A commodious parsonage was erected the year previous. The pastors in succession have been: Revs. HHODSKISS, Amaziah CURTIS, Samuel BOYLS, H. HODSKISS, Abram CASSIDY, B.H. BRUNDAGE, Hiram JOHNSON, J.C. MARTIN, Orin H. JOHNSON, Erving W. BRUCE. Since the organization of the church the names of 160 members have been placed upon the roll. Its present membership is 72. A flourishing Sunday-school exists, with an average attendance of forty, of which Gilbert ROWLEY is superintendent. Elmer GEAR is the present class-leader and James SULLIVAN steward.

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From History of Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan
By Samuel W. Durant
Published 1880 by D.W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia

AURELIUS TOWNSHIP

EARLY SETTLEMENT

Reuben R. BULLEN

*It is possible that Elijah WILCOX had settled on section 20 before Mr. BULLEN arrived, as he purchased his land April, 1836. None of his family are now left in the township)
John and Ezekiel NILES were also among the early arrivals, John first stopping on the BUTLER place mentioned above. The families of the Messrs. NILES are all gone from the township.Squire MOON arrived considerably later, settling in the neighborhood about 1850. John WRIGHT, from near Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N.Y., settled in Aurelius in 1841, and is still a resident of the township. Michael MATTESON, still living in town, was an early settler, as was John COOK, whose sons - Matthew and Thomas - are now numbered among its citizens.
The Indians were accustomed to come in considerable numbers to Aurelius to pick huckleberries in a marsh in the northeast part of the town. The berries were sold in Mason or traded for flour, with which they made "pudding" and considered themselves living in the greatest of style. They also had numerous places for making maple sugar, and it is related that in the manufacture of the latter article they were not excessively neat, although occasionally very good sugar was brought in by them. It is even said that they would cook their meat in the sap, and then skim it and boil it down and sell it as though nothing were wrong! The Indian sugar made in portions of the State at much more recent date is probably a fair sample of that manufactured in "auld lang syne," and its quality is certainly not of the first-class. George B. WEBB, Abner POTTER(The Village of Columbia)John BARNESRobert G. HAYWARD
From the records of the
Ingham County Pioneer Society:

Joseph WILSON,
born in Yorkshire, England, came to Michigan, May 20, 1837, and in October, 1840, settled in the township of Aurelius. His wife, who accompanied him, was a native of Rutland Co., Vt. John M. FRENCHJoseph L. HUNTINGTON
After the location of the capital at Lansing, Mr. HUNTINGTON was appointed one of three commissioners to appraise and fix the minimum prices of the lots on section 16, where the city of Lansing had been platted. After removing to Mason, Mr. HUNTINGTON was identified with its business interests for twenty-five years, and was a prominent citizen of the county for thirty-six years. His wife died at Mason in 1862, and he afterwards (1863) married Miss Caroline ROYCE, who died in 1870. Several of his children are at present residing in Mason. George M. HUNTINGTON is the present judge of the Circuit Cort; Charles G. HUNTINGTON is engaged in mercantile business; and Collins D. HUNTINGTON has been for years engaged in various manufacturing enterprises.
*Mr. Huntington's son, Collins D. Huntington, now of Mason, slept in the jail for three weeks, in December, 1848, and kept a fire to dry the walls, in order that the family might sooner move in.Alfred PARKER
,
a native of Wyoming Co., N.Y., located at Leoni, Jackson Co., Mich., in May, 1837, and the same year purchased land near the site of Lansing. In May, 1847, he removed to Ingham County, and settled in the township of Aurelius. Some time in the same year his wife made a trip through the woods with an ox-team, via Lansing, to a place in Clinton County, thirty-five miles away. Mr. PARKER says: "My first labor in this State was holding a plow drawn by seven yokes of oxen, and camping in the woods nights and building smudges to keep off mosquitos. Hunted deer and wild turkeys; also turned out and searched for the lost boy, Ami FILLEY, in 1837, in the town of Leoni, Jackson Co." ,
whose death occurred at Mason, March 19, 1874, was born at Hinesburg, Vt., Nov. 16, 1800. His father, Deacon Jonathan HUNTINGTON, died at St. Albans, Vt., in 1856, aged seventy-eight years. Mr. HUNTINGTON, who was a tanner by trade, removed to Ludlowville, Tompkins Co., N.Y., in 1832, and in the spring of 1838 "he removed to Aurelius, Ingham Co., and engaged in the business of a tanner, in connection with that of shoemaking, which he followed for about five years, when he entered upon the business of clearing up and improving a new farm in the same town. In 1846 he was elected to the office of sheriff of this county, and being re-elected in 1848, he removed to Mason, and became the keeper of the first jail built in the county."* ,
born in Essex Co., N.J., in 1798, settled on section 31, in the township of Aurelius, April 29, 1838. During the first ten years of their residence in the county Mr. and Mrs. FRENCH lost three of their children. ,
with his brother, Franklin HAYWARD, and the former's three sons, Robert, Abner, and Henry, moved to Aurelius in May, 1837, from Monroe Co., Mich., the family having come from Providence, R.I., in May, 1830. Arriving in Aurelius they settled on Montgomery Plains, in the southwest part of the town. Robert G. HAYWARD died in 1866, but his brother, Franklin HAYWARD, still resides in the township. Henry HAYWARD is deceased, and Abner lives at Mount Clemens, where he is engaged in the practice of medicine, which he began before leaving Aurelius. Robert HAYWARD removed to Aurelius Centre in 1856, where he now resides, and where for a few years he was engaged in the boot and shoe business.
The first settler in the southeast part of the township was John BARNES, from Cayuga Co., N.Y., who purchased land in September, 1836, on sections 23 and 26, and settled with his family in June, 1837, half a mile east of what is now Aurelius Centre. He was among the most prominent citizens in the township, and his sons, Orlando M., Zaccheus, and John A., have also become worthy and respected citizens. O.M. BARNES is well known throughout the State, and is now one of the most eminent lawyers of the country, and numbered among its wealthiest men. John BARNES is now deceased. Orlando M. resides in Lansing, and Zaccheus and John A. at Mason.
About 1836-37 the proprietors of the village plat of Mason laid out a town on Grand River at the county-line in Aurelius township, and gave it the name of Columbia. A saw-mill was built at nearly the same time with the one at Mason, and was operated for a time, but had little custom and was finally abandoned. Another was afterwards erected by a man named NORTON, and a blacksmith-shop was also built. This was all the village ever amounted to, notwithstanding its patriotic name and the hopes of its projectors. The village plat was not even recorded, at least in Ingham County. ,
from the State of New York, settled in Ingham township with his family in 1839. His son, Allen POTTER, now living on section 9 in Aurelius, has been a resident of the latter township over twenty years, the farm occupied by him being that formerly owned by William WEBB, Sr. Mr. POTTER's parents are both deceased.
from Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N.Y., came to Ingham County in the fall of 1836, and in February or March, 1837, settled on section 9 in Aurelius, where he now resides. He built his cabin - twelve by fourteen feet - against three trees, which fortunately stood in the right position, setting a post for the fourth corner. The load of household goods was tipped over and somewhat damaged when being brought to the place. When Mr. WEBB first came into the county, (via Dexter) he cut his road for twelve miles. In 1837 he sowed a small piece of wheat at the west line of Aurelius, about where the village of Columbia was platted, and in the same year raised oats in what is now the central part of the city of Mason, which place when he first saw it was of little importance. Mr. WEBB was accompanied to his new home by his wife and one son, John H. WEBB, the latter now living on section 4. He was but three years of age when brought to the township. George WEBB's father, William WEBB, settled on section 9 about 1841, and died finally in the township of Delhi. Mrs. George WEBB died in 1847. Their sons, John H. and William M., both reside near the old home.

Lewis BUTLER
settled east of Mr. BULLEN early in 1837, and lived in the township until the fall of the same year, when he removed to the village of Jefferson, in Alaiedon township. He sold his place to James TURNER, and after a time it became the property of Abram WILSON. James and Richard TURNER and Mr. WILSON were early settlers.
The first actual settler in this township - or the first permanent settler, was probably Reuben R. BULLEN,* from Wayne Co., N.Y., who came to Michigan with his wife, in November, 1837, and stopped at Mason. In January, 1837, having built a house in Aurelius, on the farm where his son, James T. BULLEN, now resides, he moved into it. He had purchased the land from government when he first came (November, 1836). A man named WILSON had moved to the township before Mr. BULLEN had his house ready for occupation, and located east of the latter's place, on the farm now owned by Mrs. HASCALL. He intended to become a permanent resident of the town, but a severe felon on his finger caused him to return, in the spring of 1837, to Ann Arbor, from which place he had come. Mr. BULLEN is yet living in town, as are his four sons, - Richard J., James T., Joseph, and John. The farm originally located by Mr. BULLEN is on section 4.

AURELIUS CENTRE

The first settler at this place was Enoch HOWE, now of Lansing, who lived on the corners which have long bore his name. The locality of HOWE's Corners" is better known to many than "Aurelius Centre," notwithstanding the same place bears both names. Mr. HOWE was the first postmaster at the place, the post-office being known as Aurelius. William ABRAMS also held the position for some time. The present incumbent is B.W. STARK, who came to the place in 1860.

In 1856 a dwelling was built at the Centre by Robert HAYWARD, and was afterwards converted into a store; it is now occupied by B.W. STARK. A second building was erected for the purpose of a store in 1870 by R. and F. HAYWARD, and is now owned by the latter. Robert HAYWARD erected the greater portion of buildings at the place. In 1857-58, the large frame hotel now owned by Nelson ISHAM was built by William ABRAMS.

The Centre now contains two stores, three blacksmith-shops, a wagon-shop, a hotel, a millinery-shop, and two physicians, Drs. G.W. SWARTWOUT and Thomas W. STITTS, the latter formerly of Chicago, having come here from Detroit, in 1878.

Aurelius Lodge, No. 274, I.O.O.F.
, was instituted Feb. 8, 1876. Dr. G.W. SWARTWOUT was the first Noble Grand. The lodge-rooms are situated over F. HAYWARD's store. The present membership of the lodge (September, 1880) is about forty, and the officers are: William GILMORE, Noble Grand; Z. DOLBEE, Vice-Grand; Cohan KING, Rec. Sec; Henry RAHN, Per. Sec.; Theodore STRATTON, Treas.

ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES
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1844 TAXPAYER LIST

John BARNES

J.G. BUMP

L.A. HEATH

Ransom HAZLETON

D.H. WIGHTMAN

B.B. ROBINSON

L. PRATT

O.C. ROBINSON

J. WILLOUGHBY

William POTTER

John COOK

M. MATTESON

J. MATTESON

William ISHAM

A. WAGGONER

Z. BARNES

J.F. FREEMAN

J. ROBINSON

B. HAZLETON, Jr.

E.S. HOWE

J.E. HUNT

L. MILES

William L.P. HAZLETON

H.H. FREEMAN

J.H. HENDEE

S. BOND

D. OAKS

J.S. COVERT

Henry KENNEDY

P. WHITFORD

M. VAUGHAN

William WHITTER

John WRIGHT

Joseph BULLEN

DUNN & HOLLY

William WEBB

George B. WEBB

Winslow TURNER

J. SNYDER

John NILES

A. WILSON

William WEBB, Jr.

R.R. BULLEN

E. RANNEY

R.G. HAYWARD

F. HAYWARD

J.C. STEDMAN

John M. FRENCH

D. SOUTHWORTH

John MONTGOMERY

Joseph L. HUNTINGTON

A.B. AMESBURY

John BUNKER

John BUNKER, Jr.

M. McROBERT

R.B. AMES

D.M. IRONS

T. STRONG

William ARTHUR

George WILCOX

E. WILCOX

L.H. FOWLER

Jonathan FOWLER

RELIGIOUS

Baptist Church, Aurelius Centre.
"Aurelius, May 1, 1847.
"At a regular notified meeting of baptized persons, for the purpose of forming a church, proceeded to business.
"1st. Voted, That Elder GROUT serve as moderator.
"2d. Voted, that E. SMITH serve as clerk, pro tem.
3d. Resolved, That we form ourselves into a society known as the First Baptist Conference of Aurelius.
J. BARNES
William ISHAM
M.A. BARNES
J.H. HENDEE
S. BOND
D. HOWE
C.J. ROLFE
Mrs. C. ROLFE
C. PEEK
E.S. HOWE
E.J. HOWE

"5th. Voted , That J. BARNES serve the Conference as Deacon.
"6th. Voted, That C.J. ROLFE serve as clerk of the Conference.
"7th. Resolved, That the Conference have covenant-meetings in four weeks from the above date, at one o'clock P.M., and at the expiration of each four weeks thereafter.
"8th. Resolved, That we adopt, as the summary of our faith and practice, the articles recommended by the Baptist State Convention.
"9th. Resolved, That all members received hereafter into this Conference shall be by the unanimous vote of the Conference.
"10th. Resolved, That we observe the Institution of the Lord's Supper each Sunday following our covenant meetings.
"11th. Resolved, That the Conference authorize the clerk, in behalf of the Conference, to give Elder GROUT a recommend, setting forth his ministerial character and labors in this vicinity.
"12th. Adjourned four weeks; one o'clock P.M.
Meetings were first held in the school-house. Elders D. HENDEE and ___ FREEMAN preached at different times. A reorganization was effected Jan. 12, 1849, by Elder D. HENDEE, with twelve members, and on the 30th of the same month, at a council convened at the BARNES school-house for the purpose, the church was regularly recognized. Elder HENDEE continued as pastor until early in 1850. Elder B. HILL was secured in April, 1850, and remained until April, 1853. The Baptist Churches of Aurelius and Onondaga united May 20, 1854, under the name of the "Aurelius and Onondaga Church," with a membership, as consolidated, of thirty-two. Rev. S.P. TOWN was then pastor. He was followed by Elder E.K. GROUT, who was in charge from 1855 to early 1859, and in April of the latter year Elder George BRIDGE was secured as pastor, his services continuing until February, 1861. Elder H.B. SHEPHERD became pastor in 1862, and resigned April 18, 1863. In the fall of the same year Elder Samuel P. TOWN was engaged, and was dismissed by letter May 14, 1864. Elder J.B. ALLYN was pastor from Sept. 15, 1867, until January, 1869, and Elder John GUNDERMAN from August, 1869, to August, 1870. Succeeding the latter was Elder A. McLEARN, from October, 1870, to April 14, 1872. Elder H.B. FULLER came in the latter part of 1872, and remained until May, 1874. Elder M.J. DUNBAR had charge from Aug. 29, 1874, to Aug. 4, 1877, when he resigned, but remained until November of that year. He is now pastor of the Baptist Church at Kinneyville (Winfield), in Onondaga township, and preaches also to the Congregationalists at Onondaga. The present pastor of the church at Aurelius is Elder J.R. MONROE, who came in December, 1879. The membership of the church, Sept. 14, 1880, was 204, and the Sunday-school has an attendance of about 100, with William FANSON as superintendent. About 1870 the name of the church was changed to the "First Baptist Church of Aurelius." The frame house of worship owned by the society was built in 1866-67, and dedicated Oct. 3, 1867, by Elder PORTMAN.
In the BULLEN and WEBB neighborhood, in the north part of town, the first meetings were held by Rev. Mr. FINCH, who lived at the DUBOIS settlement in Alaiedon. He was accustomed to come in every morning from his home on foot, preach once or twice and return the same day, saying he must "get home and attend to the chores." He preached in the log house of William WEBB, Sr., soon after 1841, and was a Methodist. The Baptists have also held meetings in the neighborhood for many years, and as early as 1850-55, Elders HENDEE and FULLER, from Mason, preached in the locality. During the present season (1880) a neat frame Union church has been erected on the southeast corner of section 4, by the Methodists and Baptists, at a cost of about $1800, and the two denominations alternate in holding meetings, the pastors coming from Mason.
Meeting-houses have also been erected on the west side of town, one on section 19 and another on section 31, and meetings are now held in them principally by the Methodists. The church on section 31 is maintained by people of various religious beliefs, and meetings have been held in the neighborhood for a considerable number of years by pastors of different denominations. Both buildings are frame, and the societies or classes are small.

from the records of this church is taken the following account of its organization:

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MIGenWeb ⁽⁵⁶⁾^{⁽⁵⁷⁾^{Martha Permelia BUTLER.
ii. Zada Butler⁽⁵⁸⁾ was born in 1841. Zada Butler, a carpenter, built a cherrywood bureau passed to Ethleen Peacock then to Chris Holmes, her grandson.http://users.aol.com/coecase/caseanc/d27.htm#P69}was born about 1806 in NY. Children were:

23 i.}was born about 1808 in NY. Ethleen PEACOCK Case referred to her great grandfather as "Ezra", however, the census lists him as Lewis.

46. Lewis Butler

47. Mrs. Lewis (Lavina) Butler

Thomas WILLIAMS^{⁽³⁴⁾⁽³⁵⁾ was born on 18 Feb 1836 in Jennings Co., IN. He died on 1 Oct 1908 in Polo, OK.⁽³⁴⁾ He served in the military 1863 to 8 Jan 1866 in Co. K, 120th Reg., IN Volunteers Infantry. Thomas Williams was a minor (14) when his father died in 1847. He chose John T. Tobias to act as his guardian, which was granted by court action in 1850. Ref. Jennings Co. Probate Court Records Bk 6 (1849-1852) p. 117. P. 141 shows the final distribution of the estate of John Williams, giving 1/3 to Onor Williams, as wife, and the remainder to Thomas as sole heir. He was married to Martha Permelia BUTLER on 28 Dec 1856 in Jennings Co., IN.⁽³⁶⁾ Martha Permelia BUTLER ⁽³⁷⁾ was born about 1837 in NY. She died on 30 Jan 1879 in Jennings Co., IN. Children were:

i. Delmer Eugene Williams.
ii. Ada Williams.
iii. John Herbert (Burt) Williams⁽³⁸⁾ was born in 1858.
11 iv. Rosa Belle WILLIAMS.}

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Perry Allison PEACOCK was born on 10 Aug 1860 in Scott Co., IN. He died on 14 Jun 1923 in Perry, Noble Co., OK. Died of a heart attack while recovering from the results of Auto Accident near Marland, Oklahoma. Wife Rosa Belle died earlier as a result of the accident. He was married to Rosa Belle WILLIAMS on 13 Sep 1882 in Jennings Co., IN.⁽¹⁰⁾ Rosa Belle WILLIAMS was born on 14 Jul 1861 in Jennings Co., IN. She died on 25 Jan 1923 in Perry, Noble Co., OK. Died of injuries in an automobile accident. Children were:

i. Amy Ray PEACOCK⁽²⁾ was born on 18 Aug 1884 in IN. She died on 21 Mar 1928 in Las Cruces, NM. Died of TB.

ii. Virgil Peacock was born on 13 Feb 1887. He died about 1976 in Hatch, NM.

iii. Clarence Peacock was born before 1891. He died before 1891. Died at birth.

5 iv. Ethleen PEACOCK.

v. Vernie Peacock was born on 23 Jun 1892. She died on 11 Jan 1997 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK.

vi. Beatrice Peacock was born on 22 Nov 1898. She died in Ponca City, Kay Co., OK.Ethleen PEACOCK ⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾ was born on 15 Feb 1891 in Page Co., IA. She died on 15 Feb 1982 in Ponca City, Kay Co., OK. She was buried in IOOF Cemetery Ponca City, Kay Co., OK. She was Marland Christian Church (Desciples of Christ). Summary:
Ethleen Peacock was a school teacher for a few years before marriage to Fred Holmes in 1913. Both her parents and her husband died in 1923 and son Fred Allison Holmes was born April 26, 1923. She married Calvin T. Case in 1925 and they raised 3 Holmes and 3 Case children in Marland, Oklahoma. She belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Christian Church.

Ethleen Peacock finished high school and attended Central State Teachers College at Edmond, OK, receiving her teacher's certificate and teaching school in Northern Oklahoma. During that time, she became engaged to Fred Holmes. In 1913, Fred was asked to manage a lumber yard in Tetonia, Idaho, and he asked Ethleen to follow him when school was out. In August, 1913, she and her brother, Virgil, traveled by train to Eads, CO, where Fred and Ethleen were married. Virgil returned to OK. and the newlyweds went to Idaho.

Ethleen said, as a young bride, she hung Fred's overalls on the clothes line and a winter storm came up and covered them...line and all...and she didn't see them again until the spring thaw. Tetonia was a Mormon community and though the religion was not her choice, she learned to respect her Mormon neighbors. Doris was born in 1915 and Ethleen was assisted by a Mormon neighbor, who remained her lifelong friend. Sometime in 1916, Fred transferred back to Hillsdale, OK., where he took over management of a lumber company. Oct. 16, 1916, Lolabelle, was born. Soon afterward, Fred's work moved them to Marland, OK.

In 1923, when Ethleen was 6 mo. pregnant with their third child, Fred discovered he had cancer. He left immediately for Mayo Clinic to try for a cure, but it was too late. He died Jan. 25, 1923, in Rochester, Minnesota. That same day, Ethleen's parents, Perry Allison and Rosa Belle (Williams) Peacock, started from Perry to Marland to spend the day with Ethleen and the girls. They had a car wreck and Rosa Belle was killed. Perry Allison was taken to the hospital in Perry. Ethleen went to be with him and when she returned to her home, news of Fred's death awaited her.

Fred's body was shipped to Marland and placed in Ethleen's home while she was attending her mother's funeral. In her words: "When I returned home from Mother's funeral, I found my darling, in the living room, dead. I didn't think I could bear it, but I went to my bedroom, gathered my girls in my arms and prayed for strength. I knew I couldn't let this affect my unborn child and keep me from caring for my two little girls, and God helped me do what I had to do. I survived it somehow."

April 1, 1923, Ethleen gave birth to Fred Allison, and named him for his for his father and grandfather. Then, because her father had not recovered from his injuries, Ethleen and children moved to the farm to care for him. One day she went to the barn to tell him supper was ready. When she found him, he had fallen down behind the barn and was dying. She cradled his head in her lap and he died in her arms. It was June 14, 1923. All these traumas...in less than six months.

During Ethleen's ordeal, her eldest sister, Amy, equally affected by the loss of her parents, was battling TB in New Mexico, and was pregnant. She delivered a healthy baby girl in 1923 and named her Ethleen, but because of TB, couldn't nurse her. Since Ethleen was nursing Fred, Amy contacted her to see if she would nurse both babies. They didn't know Ethleen had developed "milk fever" and undergone surgery on one breast, rendering it milkless. However, Ethleen took her family, moved to Las Cruces, lived with Amy and Earl Harvey, nursed both babies, helped with Amy's care, and the babies were fat and healthy. Ethleen commented she never worked harder in her life, and never felt better. She weighed 120 lbs. Her normal weight before and after that was 103.

After she weaned the babies, she returned to Marland, got a job in a drug store, and began a new life. In 1925, she met a bachelor, Calvin Theodore Case, who was night watchman who escorted her to her home after working late at night. She later married him. He had built a nice two story home a few years earlier, and he moved his new wife and family into his home, life and heart. Between 1926 and 1929, Calvin and Ethleen had three boys, effectively filling up the new house. After that, Ethleen led a busy life as a wife and mother.

Amy (Peacock) Harvey died in 1928 of TB. There was no cure.

The "Great Depression" happened just as the Cases were raising their children and times were hard, but Ethleen used her teaching abilities to give her children many educational advantages. Because she was a multi-talented woman, especially adept at public speaking, all her children, even the shy ones, were expected to perform readings at schools, Sunday School and other social meetings. Thankfully, the years following 1923 were much happier for Ethleen and when she died on her birthday at 91 years of age, she left a great heritage. All her family recognizes the unique contribution she made to their lives.

Calvin and Ethleen were members of Marland Christian Church, (Disciples of Christ) throughout their lives. Calvin was a Mason and both he and Ethleen belonged to The Order of the Eastern Star where they served the chapter as Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron, more than once, and Ethleen earned her her 50-year pin. Ethleen served in the position of Chaplain, for as long as the chapter remained in Marland.

The Calvin Cases had been married fifty-four years when Calvin, age 94, fell and broke his hip. He successfully underwent surgery, but he developed a blood clot and quietly went to sleep September 15, 1980.

Ethleen continued to live alone in the house Calvin built for her until about six months before her death with cancer of the kidney. Ethleen Peacock Holmes Case was a fighter, a woman of spiritual strength, courage and will power. She met life head on, solving problems as they arose, and she was an example of rock solid character to all who knew her.

"A DICTIONARY OF SURNAMES", written by Patrick Haynes and Flavia Hodges, published by Oxford Press, lists Peacock as: English: A nickname for a vain strutting person or for a dandy. In some cases it may be a house name from a house distinguished by the sign of a peacock. Vars.: Peacocke, Peecock, Pacock, Pocock(e); Paw, Pay, Powe: Poe, Pea, Pee.

Many times Ethleen showed her vanity as all women do. She was a beautiful young woman, and by the time her hair was white as snow, she had matured into a beautiful old lady. She often described her brother, Virgil Peacock as a "dandy" and it seems he was; in the true sense of the word. When I first read the description in this book, I felt it was harsh, but when examined using literal meanings of the words vain, strutting, dandy, I found they all probably contributed to the rock solid individual Ethleen Peacock became.

Written from memories of: (1993)
Velma Colleen (Ray) Case, daughter-in-law.

Children were:

2 i. Coe William CASE Jr.

ii. Calvin Theodore CASE Jr.

iii. Robert Alan Case. Coe William CASE Jr^{⁽¹⁾. Mary Kathryn WRIGHT. Children were:

1 i. Our Son CASE.}

2.13 Ralph Lewis2.14 Ida May Lewis

Smith Sayers was a jeweler in Crothersville. In 1930 Smith Sayers was in home of niece Lottie Haulk. She had children: Verna and Roscoe.

At time of death of Smith Sayers in 1940: Royd was in Alexandria VA, Clytia Skeel was in Bloomington, IN and son George Sayers was in Weston, IN. Children:

See 1900 Census, Crothersville, Jackson County Sheet 14B ED 80

Smith Sayers parents lived just down the street from him.
Ida was a milliner and he a jeweler

2.14.1 Clytia Sayers Born January 1881 - married Harley Verne Skeel (born May 1884 – died May 27, 1938 - son of John and Ella Skeel Scott County), married ca 1908, had son Sayers Skeel ca 1909. She was a schoolteacher at Crothersville at one time. They later lived Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana in 1930. They are buried in the Crothersville Cemetery by Ida May Lewis Sayers and her husband.

2.14.2 Royd R. Sayers Born October 1882 – He became a doctor. He was the director of public health for the United States. He married Edna Linen. Child: Joan Sayers. She married Raymond Nathan Brown on June 22, 1946. Had two children.

2.14.3 Lewis Jay Sayers
Born: September 1, 1887
Died: March 18, 1904 (Appendicitis)
Burial: Crothersville Cemetery, by parents

2.14.? George Sayers

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--------------------------------------2.15 James William Lewis

Born: January 10, 1860
Died: January 6, 1943, stone says January 8, 1943
Burial: Crothersville Cemetery, Jackson County, Indiana
Married: Malinda Catherine Waters
Marriage Date: August 20, 1889, Shelby County, IN

Children:

2.15 Emily Jane Lewis EMILY JANE LEWIS b. 7 Jun 1890 in Indiana

2.15 David Waters Lewis DAVID WATERS LEWIS b. 16 Apr 1892 in Jennings County, Indiana

2.15 Nora Mae Lewis NORA MAE LEWIS b. 21 Jul 1894 in Jefferson County, Indiana

2.15 Ward Daniel Lewis WARD DANIEL LEWIS b. 23 Jan 1896 in Jefferson County, Indiana

2.15 Francis Elizabeth Lewis FRANCIS ELIZABETH LEWIS b. About 1897 in Jefferson County, Indiana

1930

Born: May 20, 1858
Died: October 28, 1914
Married: Smith Sayers, November 16, 1856-December 12, 1940 (in Alexandria VA at home of son Royd Sayers), son of Robert and Priscilla Sayers
Marriage Date: October 8, 1879, Book 8, Page 477, Jennings County, Indiana
Burial: Crothersville Cemetery, Crothersville, Jackson County, Indiana
Residence: Crothersville, Jackson County, Indiana
Born: February 24, 1857
Died: May 11, 1857 - age 2 months, 16 days. likely in Clay County, Kansas per marriage record there
Born: 1858
Marriage: Mariann J. ____
Living in Montgomery Twp, Jennings County in 1880 Census

2.1 Lavinia Lewis

Born: April 26, 1833
Died: August 11, 1879
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Cana P.O., Marion Township, Jennings County, Indiana
Married: William Henry Lawrence, Rev.
Marriage Date: September 26, 1850 in Jennings County by Jacob Cox MG

She married William Henry Lawrence Reverend
William Henry Lawrence Born 17 May 1817 in Clark Co., IN
Died January 27, 1897 age 75 years, 8 mo. 8 days
Son of John Lawrence & Ruth Merrell
Buried in "New" section Coffee Creek Baptist Church, Paris Crossing, Jennings, IN.

They had the following children:

2.1.1 Mary Ellen Lawrence b. ca 1852

2.1.2 Sarah Emaline "Emma" Lawrence Born: 1853
Died: February 19, 1895
Burial: Coffee Creek Baptist "New" Section, Jennings County, Indiana

Marriage: John P. Lewis, June 24, 1869, Jennings County, Indiana

married her great-uncle’s son, John Peter Lewis. Her great-uncle was Daniel Rowland Lewis, uncle to Daniel Lewis. John Peter Lewis was from Daniel Rowland Lewis’ second marriage to the widow Mrs. Sally Jane Keith Carpenter. Sally Jane Keith was the younger sister to Harriet Keith. Harriet was grandmother to Sarah Emaline Lawrence. Sally Jane Keith would then be Emma’s great aunt twice over, and also her mother-in-law

Born: ca 1852
Marriage: John M. Cox, a widower likely as had children, October 4, 1870.
Note: This marriage could be by a different woman

2.1.3 George Franklin Lawrence

2.1.6 Daughter Lawrence b. 6 Apr 1862

2.1.7 Lu Waty/Louwaitte Lawrence
Born: 11 Mar 1866

Brother to Mahlon Carlock, so her Aunt Permitte also became her sister-in-law
Willis Carlock was born ca 1860 and was likely the son of Tunis Carlock. Tunis was born ca 1834, orig. from New Jersey, and Samantha __________ ca 1838 born IN, her parents from VA.
Burial: Coffee Creek Christian Cemetery.

Died: Sept 18, 1932
Marriage: Willis W. Carlock, on Oct. 16, 1884, Jennings Co IN.

Second Marriage of husband Rev. William Lawrence to Mary Jane Corya, widow of John Corya:
Stepchildren:
George Corya b. 1868
William Corya b.18692.2 Eli Lewis

Born: March 4, 1835
Died: November 20, 1915
Sources: Topeka State Journal 11/22/1915 issue, p. 7, col. 4 (microfilm Topeka library)

Appearance: Description at age 56, 5 feet 5 1/2 inches, weight 132 blue eyes, dark hair, light complexion

Death Location: Brownington, Henry County Missouri, presumably at home of daughter Mrs. Florence Lewis Gullion Stewart, wife of Ulysses Grant Stewart.

Body shipped to Topeka, Kansas by train

Funeral at home of granddaughter Mrs. Law, 1243 Lincoln Street

Burial: Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas, unmarked grave
Marriage 1: Judilee Stewart, daughter of ___ and _______ Stewart
Marriage 1 Date: March 8, 1855, Book 5, p. 323, Jennings County, Indiana

Divorced: Sept-Oct 1879

Children:

2.2.1 Emily E.2.2.2 Lilly Viola2.2.3 Florence S. Lewis2.2.4 Blane/Blanche? Cora2.2.5 Nora May Lewis

Source: census records and military pension application of Eli Lewis

, June 1, 1885 married Earl Rose , Barnes, Washington County, Kansas 1866 – with mother in 1880 in Clay County after divorce, then with Eli in 1885 Census of Washington County, Kansas as "B.C. Lewis" 1860 married Edward Guillion and Ulysses Grant Stewart (cousin) July 22, 1862 lived 11 days - " " " Jan. 18, 1864-May 1864 Jennings Co IN, Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

Born: September 10, 1851
Died: April 18, 1915 at Nashville, Davidson, TN
Burial: Springhill Cemetery, Gallatin Pike, Nashville, TN
Marriage: Sarah Catherine Ayers, September 14, 1873, Jennings County
Sarah Catherine Ayers
Daughter of Joseph Ayers and Harriet ___.

Children:

born June 9th1874
died August 28 1966 at Shelbyville IN.
She married Chester Graham Shepherd on October 20, 1894.
They lived at 203 West Mechanic in Shelbyville. Her obituary says that at the time of her death she had a sister and 2 brothers in Nashville, Tenn. and 2 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. A son, George, preceded her in death.

2.1.3.2 William Henry Lawrence

born March 3, 1876, Jennings County IN

died February 3, 1967, Nashville, TN.

Married Lillie Josephine Davis on Jan 6, 1904 at Indianapolis (Marion Co) Indiana. Buried in Springhill Cem. on Gallatin Pike, Nashville TN.

2.1.3.3 Joseph Ayers Lawrence

Born Jan. 14, 1878, North Vernon, Jennings Co, IN.

Died July 12, 1980 at Nashville TN. Married Alice Coke on Oct 11, 1902 at Indianapolis IN.

2.1.3.4 Margaret Eleanor Lawrence

born Feb 26, 1881 Jennings Co IN.

Married Millard (George) Wyatt on March 20, 1900 Jennings Co IN.

2.1.3.5 Catherine A. Lawrence

born Jan 25, 1884

Died: ca 1980
Marriage: John Aiken, died 1970.

2.1.3.1 Harriet Aurora Lawrence

2.13 Ralph Lewis2.14 Ida May Lewis2.15 James William Lewis

Born: April 19, 1862
Died: 1927
Buried: Coffee Creek Christian Church Cemetery

Married: Mahlon Carlock, son of Tunis H. Carlock - Born 1853 – Died 1937
Marriage Date: November 30, 1881 - Book 9, p 154, Jennings County Indiana2.18 Infant Daughter2.19 Alonzo Orville Lewis

Born: November 22, 1864
Died: ca 1950
Burial: Wildwood Cem., Bartow, Polk County, Florida

Marriage: Rachel Florence Houghland 22 NOV 1885

Residences:
Jennings County, Indiana

Bartow, Polk County, Florida by at least May 1913

Child: FRANCIS ORVILLE LEWIS, SR.

b. 31 May 1892 in Cana, Jennings County, Indiana

Birth: 31 May 1892 in Cana, Jennings County, Indiana

Death: 17 Sep 1946 in Bartow, Polk County, Florida

Burial: Wildwood Cem., Bartow, Polk County, Florida

Wife to F.O. Lewis Sr.: GERTRUDE SHAW ROGERS (Wife) b. 29 Mar 1897 in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Children:

FRANCIS ORVILLE LEWIS, JR.

GERTRUDE ELIZABETH LEWIS

2.20 Artemus Ward Lewis

Born: February 2, 1867
Death: 1932
Marriage: Marietta Owens, February 2, 1886
Marietta Owens Born 1867, Died 1912
Burial: Cana Methodist Church Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

Born: November 2, 1863
Died: November 2, 1863
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana
Born: May 28, 1861
Died: May 28, 1861
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana
Born: May 20, 1858
Died: October 28, 1914
Married: Smith Sayers, November 16, 1856-December 12, 1940, son of Robert and Priscilla Sayers
Marriage Date: October 8, 1879, Book 8, Page 477, Jennings County, Indiana
Burial: Crothersville Cemetery, Crothersville, Jackson County, Indiana
Residence: Crothersville, Jackson County, Indiana
Born: February 24, 1857
Died: May 11, 1857 - age 2 months, 16 days.
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

Born: September 7, 1839
Died: April 3, 1918
Burial: Oregon City, Oregon
Marriage 1: Kezziah J. Mayfield, daughter of John and Clarinda Monroe Mayfield

Jennings County, Indiana
Riley County, Kansas by wagon train - September 1866

Washington County, Kansas in Fall of 1868

Sherman Township, Clay County, Fall of 1882

Oregon City, Oregon ca 1902
Source of moves: Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Ksas Chapman Bros. Chicago, 18902.5 July Ann Lewis

2.6 Timothy Martin Lewis

Born: October 17, 1843 or 1844
Died: May 9, 1914

Death Location: Kendrick, Polk County, Florida

Residences:
Jennings County, Indiana

Riley County, Kansas – likely on wagon train with Charles Newton Lewis, Sept. 1866

Home of brother Eli, Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas, immediately after Civil War discharge and lived with him for five years. Apparently got his own place later.

Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas 1882

Kimeo Township, Washington County Kansas October 23, 1888
Kendrick, Florida by at least April, 1913
Note: Brother Alonzo O. Lewis lived in Bartow, Florida, had Daniel Lewis family bible.
Marriage 1: Nancy D. Williams
Marriage 1 Date: February 18, 1869 – Manhattan, Kansas
Marriage 2: Sarah Ellen Watson, daughter of Daniel Watson and Hannah Mayfield Watson
Marriage Date: May 10, 1874, Manhattan Kansas by Rev. Timothy B. Lewis, Uncle of Timothy M. Lewis
Marriage 2 Divorce: May 3, 1886
Marriage 3: Mrs. Rachel Salena Smith Bent, she died at Kendrick, FL, Sept. 17, 1912
Marriage 3 Date: October 6, 1888 – Washington Co. KS likely Greenleaf

Marriage 4: Mrs. Rose W. Win(?) illegible

Marriage 4 Date: December 3, 1913, Ocala Florida2.7. Rachel Lewis

Born: March 5 or 6, 1846
Died: November 11, 1849
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana2.8 Samantha Lewis (Twin to Serelda)

Born: November 19, 1848
Died: January 29, 1888
Death Location: Home of Daniel Lewis her father, per obituary
Marriage: Marshall Meek
Marriage Date: April 15, 1869 – Book 7, page 259 Jennings County
Burial: Tea Creek Cemetery, near Lovett, Jennings County, Indiana
Note: Lost 4 yr old child before she died – ca November 1887
2.9 Serelda Lewis (Twin)

2.10 Manurvy Lewis2.11 Infant son2.12 Infant son

Note: Harriet Rice Keith Lewis died the next day, July 24, 1855
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana

Born: July 23, 1855
Died: July 23, 1855
Born: August 23, 1854
Died: August 23, 1854
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana
Born: May 17, 1852
Died: March 31, 1853
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana
Born: November 19, 1848
Died: June 16, 1919
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Marriage: William Jackson Owens, son of Willis Calloway Owens and Sarah M. ____ Owens
Husband: William Jackson Owens born March 25, 1848 – February 2, 1905
Marriage Date: April 10, 1867 – Jennings County, Indiana, Book 7, Page 91
Residences:
Jennings County, Indiana
Republic County, Kansas
Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Born: March 10, 1842
Died: November 13, 1842
Burial: Keith Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana:
(Source: letter of John M. Lewis Sr stating that Zadock Lewis was the father of William Lewis (Sr.) – although have not seen original letter only typed copy.)