Abigail Towne (Allen) Lewis (1820 - 1883)

Born 1 Aug 1820 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Horatio Nelson Lewis — married 24 May 1842 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1883 at age 62 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Name:
Abigail Towne Allen.

Born
1 Aug 1820.
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Aug 1820 Residence
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

1840 Residence
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, United States.
Note:
Name of head of household: C Allen.
Free White persons, including heads of families------.
Males----
20 & under 30 [c1811-1820]: 1 [Amariah Frost ALLEN].
40 & under 50 [c1791-1800]: 1 [Chapin ALLEN].
Females----
10 & under 15 [c1826-1830]: 1 [??].
20 & under 30 [c1811-1820]: 0 [Abigail Towne ALLEN-so was tick in wrong column or is she living somewhere else].
40 & under 50 [c1791-1800]: 1 [Mary ALLEN].

1 Jan 1841 Founding member of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, United States.

24 May 1842 Marriage
to Horatio Nelson Lewis.
in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, United States.

21 Aug 1850 Residence
Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, United States.
Note: effective 1 June 1850:
Horatio LEWIS, age 40, occ. Dentist, real estate value: blank, BP Pennyslvania;.
Abigail " , age 30, occ. blank, BP Massachusetts;.
Mary J/I " , age 7, occ. blank, BP Illinois, attended school: yes;.
George " , age 4, occ. blank, BP Illinois,.
Mary Smith, age 18, F, occ. blank, BP Ireland.

Died
5 Jun 1883.
Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, United States.

Buried
Quincy - Woodland Cemetery, Adams County, Illinois, United States.

7 June 1883 Obituary
OBITUARY
Mrs. Abigail Lewis wife of Dr. H. N. Lewis, died June 5, 1883. Mrs. Lewis has been in faillng [sic] health for some months. She was at first a sufferer from general nervous prostration and at the last from paralysis. She was born at Framingham, Mass., in 1820. In May 1842 she was married to Dr. H. N. Lewis at Jacksonville, Ill., by Prof. Sturevant. About five years after this they moved to Quincy, where they have since lived. Both husband and wife were baptized about 1848, and were members of the Fisst[sic] Baptist church in this city until the organization of the Vermont Street Baptist church in 1857. They were among the consistent members of that church and in her life as a Christian[sic] woman Mrs. Lewis was faithful unto death. Five children have died before their mother and four survive her. A quiet, unassuming woman; a true wife; a faithful, loving mother; a consistent Christian[sic]; such an one passed away when Mrs. Lewis died. The funeral will take place at the residence, 422 York street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock, (city time).

Acknowledgments

This person was created on 27 March 2011 through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged.

Sources

1. David D. Dryer sent John Irving his GEDCOM file [mostly the Dryer side], then John Irving added family.

2. 1820 United States Federal Census, M33, roll 51, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p. 95 from index, stamped 114 & 115, line 17-19

3. 1840 United States Federal Census,

4. 1850 United States Federal Census, 1850 Aug 21, effective 1 June 1850: Illinois, Adams, Cha Middle Ward Quincy, lines 18-22, visitation 50-51

5. Vital Records of Framingham

6. The Quincy Daily Herald, Thursday, 7 Jun 1883, page 2 via [1]