Ancestry of
Sarah M. Lewis
Generation No. 1
SARAH M. LEWIS was born on April 3, 1834, in Burke (then part of
Chateaugay), Franklin County, NY, and died on June 26th, 1908, in Burke,
Franklin County, NY. She was the daughter of MINER LEWIS and EUNICE
ADAMS.
She married THEODOCIUS FENTON April 18, 1855 in Corinth, Saratoga County, NY, son of DARIUS FENTON and SARAH EGGLESTON. He was born December 3, 1834 in Corinth, Saratoga County, NY, and died March 07, 1909 in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, NY.
They were married by John B. Rogers of the Methodist-Episcopalian Church of Corinth.
About Sarah M. Lewis
Click here to view the envelope of the last letter she sent her son George Fenton. Also shown in the view is a list of family members who had deceased which I believe was written by George Fenton.Click here to see a portrait of Sarah and Theodocius.
Both Sarah and Theodocius, as well as their daughters Eva and Effie are buried at the Morningside Cemetery in Malone NY.
Click here to read a transcription of her Obituaries and the actual obituaries as they appeared in the Malone Palladium and Malone Farmer
Children of SARAH M. LEWIS and THEODOCIUS FENTON are:
- EVETTA "EVA" FENTON, born in January 27, 1858, Burke, Franklin County, NY, died on February 23, 1881, Manchester, NH, and buried at the Morningside Cemetery in Malone NY.
- ELLEN L. FENTON, born on March 03, 1860, Burke, Franklin County, NY, married WALLACE W. TOWNE, died in 1945, and buried in Burke Center Cemetery.
- ALBERT D. FENTON, born on February 27, 1862, Burke, Franklin County, NY, married JENNIE R. MCDONALD in 1909 and GRACE GREENO in 1912, died on November 18, 1937 in Burke, and buried at the Morningside Cemetery in Malone, NY.
- SARAH EURETTA FENTON, born on March 03, 1864, Burke, Franklin County, NY, married WALTER T. EVERETT on January 28, 1888, Burke, died January 17, 1940 in Salida, CO, and was buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Salida.
- HENRY L. FENTON, born on October 23, 1866, Burke, Franklin County, NY., living in Concord, MA in 1910.
- GRACIE L. FENTON, born on June 30, 1869, Burke, Franklin County, NY, married WILLARD WILLIAMSON abt. 1891 in Burke. Gracie deceased about 1913.
- GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS FENTON, born in October 1874, Burke, Franklin County, NY, married CORA MCDONALD in April 1900, died on December 3, 1952 in Middletown, CT, and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, MA.
- EFFIE FENTON, b. 1879 and d. in 1890 in Burke, Franklin County, NY, and buried at the Morningside Cemetery in Malone NY.
MINER LEWIS was born approximately September/October 1788 in either Canada or the United States, and died January 19, 1879 in Burke, Franklin County, NY. He is buried in the Barnum Cemetery in Burke, NY.
Miner married EUNICE ADAMS, daughter of ISAAC ADAMS and HANNAH FLETCHER. She was born December 09, 1791 in South Hero, Grand Isle County, VT, and died January 14, 1873 in Burke, Franklin County, NY. She is also buried in the Barnum Cemetery in Burke, NY.
Children of MINER LEWIS and EUNICE ADAMS are:
About Miner Lewis
1822: Lived in South Hero, Vermont
1830 Census: Chateaugay, Franklin County, NY
1840 Census: Chateaugay, Franklin County, NY
March 1848: Appointed Overseer of Highways, Town of Burke, NY
1850 Census: Burke, Franklin County, NY (Burke was part of Chateaugay until 1844)
1860 Census: Burke, Franklin County, NY
1870 Census: Burke, Franklin County, NY
1875 New York State Census: Burke, Franklin County, NY
Read his obituaryAbout Eunice Adams
More to come later about Eunice and her family.
Click here to view her father's headstone in South Hero, Vermont.
- NANCY LEWIS was born Abt. 1820 in South Hero, Grand Isle County, VT. She married JOSIAH S. BARNUM. He was born Abt. 1819 in Chateaugay, Franklin County, NY.
- LAURA ANN LEWIS was born October 01, 1824 in South Hero, Grand Isle County, VT, and died October 03, 1907 in Victory, Saratoga County, New York. She married JOHN M. ELLSWORTH. He was born December 04, 1824 in Northumberland, Saratoga County, New York, and died September 25, 1898 in Victory, Saratoga County, New York.
- JULIETT LEWIS, b. Abt. 1825 in South Hero, Grand Isle County, VT.; m. BENJAMIN HALEY; lived in Constable, NY per 1860 Census transcription; lived in Mason City, Cero Gordo County, Iowa in November 1879 per land record. He was born Abt. 1823 in Canada.
- ELIZABETH M. LEWIS was born Abt. 1828. She married THOMAS SMITH , lived in Malone, NY in 1880 per land and census records.
- CAROLINE E. LEWIS, b. Abt. 1830; m. JOHN W. HAVENS on May 5, 1845, Burke, Franklin County, New York, lived in Ellenburgh, Clinton County, NY. She married JOHN HAVENS May 05, 1845 in Burke, Franklin County, New York.
- OLIVE LEWIS, b. Abt. 1832; not much else is known about Olive; investigating whether she moved to Saratoga County, NY in late 1840s,
Children of NANCY LEWIS and JOSIAH BARNUM are:
i. ALBERT BARNUM, b. 1840, Burke, Franklin County, New York; d. October 08, 1861, Alexandria, Virginia, Military service: May 1861, Served in Civil War in Northern Virginia
ii. MONROE BARNUM, b. 1842.
iii. NORMAN BARNUM, b. 1845.
iv. CHARLOTTE BARNUM, b. 1851.
v. EUNICE BARNUM, b. 1857.
The following biography of Josiah Barnum was found on the Floyd
County US GenWeb site:
- Floyd County, Scott Township, Biographies
Source: History of Floyd County, Iowa, 1882
T. J. Barnum page 1001
T. J. Barnum, one of the prominent citizens of Scott Township, was
born in the State of New York, July 3,
1819. He was reared and educated in his native State, and made it his
home until 1864, when he came
West, and in the fall of 1867 settled in Winneshiek County, Iowa. He
followed farming there four years,
then moved to Floyd County, settling on section 35, Scott Township,
where he owns 80 acres of finely
cultivated land. He was married in 1839, to Nancy Lewis, a native of
the Green Mountain State, born in
1820. They have one child - Menard, born in New York in 1845. In his
political views Mr. Barnum is a
Democrat.
- More About LAURA ANN LEWIS:
Census: 1855, Corinth, Saratoga County, NY
Removed: 1850, Corinth, Saratoga County, NY
Children of LAURA LEWIS and JOHN ELLSWORTH are:
i. JOHN A. ELLSWORTH, b. September 14, 1852, Corinth, Saratoga
County, NY; d. September 1936, Victory, Saratoga County, New York.
ii. CHARLES M. ELLSWORTH, b. June 06, 1854, Corinth, Saratoga
County, NY; d. September 26, 1918, Victory, Saratoga County, New York.
iii. ELLA JANE ELLSWORTH, b. Abt. 1856.
iv. GEORGIA A. ELLSWORTH, b. February 06, 1859, Saratoga County,
NY; d. September 30, 1918, Victory, Saratoga County, New York.
v. EMMA J. ELLSWORTH, b. Abt. 1864, Victory, Saratoga County,
New York; d. February 15, 1879, Victory, Saratoga County, New York.
- Children of JULIETT LEWIS and BENJAMIN HALEY are:
i. CLARK L. HALEY, b. 1847, Burke, Franklin County, New York; d. March 21, 1865, City Point, Virginia, Civil War Veteran.
ii. BENJAMIN F. HALEY, b. Abt. 1851, New York.
iii. CHARLES W. HALEY, b. Abt. 1854, New York.
iv. FLORENCE A. HALEY, b. Abt. 1857, New York.
- Children of ELIZABETH LEWIS and THOMAS SMITH are:
i. AUGUSTA SMITH, b. 1851.
ii. MINER L. SMITH, b. 1853.
More About MINER L. SMITH:
Occupation: 1920, Locomotive Engineer
Residence: January 21, 1920, Railroad Street, Malone, Franklin, NY
iii. EMERY SMITH, b. 1857.
iv. OLIVE SMITH, b. 1859.
- Children of CAROLINE LEWIS and JOHN HAVENS are:
i. FRANCES M. HAVENS, b. 1846, Ellenburgh, Clinton County, NY.
ii. AMELIA M. HAVENS, b. 1848, Ellenburgh, Clinton County, NY.
iii. IMOGENE M. HAVENS, b. 1852, Ellenburgh, Clinton County, NY.
iv. RODNEY L. HAVENS, b. 1854, Ellenburgh, Clinton County, NY.
v. HERBERT E. HAVENS, b. 1859.
vi. WALLACE W. HAVENS, b. 1869.
vii. CARRIE M. HAVENS, b. 1862.
- SARAH M. LEWIS, b. April 3, 1834, Burke (then part of Chateaugay), Franklin County, NY; d. June 26, 1908, Burke, Franklin County, NY.