David R. Lewis (abt. 1811 - abt. 1894)

Born about 9 Mar 1811 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Descendants

Died about 8 Dec 1894 at about age 83 in Marion, Oregon, United States

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NOTES: Another site on genealogy.com states David R. Lewis was born on March 9, 1814 in Kentucky

Biography

David R. Lewis was the son of John Douglas Lewis & Elizabeth Stout

He married Mary R Redden, Oct 4, 1832 at Anderson, Kentucky.

FOUNDED Lewisville (was located .7miles north of Maple Grove - no longer there), lots of information on him and the family both in the Philomath Museum and the Monmouth Museum located closer to the Dalles.

Owned Lot 18 with John Lewis, South Fork of the Luckiamute River, says John H. Smith owned Lot 17 on the same river. Near Lewisville, Oregon.

Children:

1. Elizabeth Ann LEWIS - b. 1833, Kentucky - d. 1915, Spokane, Washington
2. Martha Jane LEWIS - b. 11 Sep 1835, KY - d. 7 Nov 1913, Polk, Oregon
3. Mary Catherine LEWIS - b. 3 Jan 1841, Lewisville, Kenton, Kentucky - d. 27 May 1920, Philomath, Benton, Oregon
4. John Ermire LEWIS - b. 8 May 1843, Monitor, Missouri - d. 20 Nov 1922, Albany, Linn, Oregon
5. David William LEWIS - b. 8 Jan 1845, Franklin, Missouri - d. 7 Jul 1925, Lewisville, Polk , Oregon
6. Francis Marion LEWIS - b. 5 Feb 1847, Lewisville, Polk, Oregon - d. 28 Aug 1907, Polk, Oregon
7. James Henry LEWIS - b. 24 Jan 1849 Lewisville, Polk, Oregon - d. 8 Oct 1923 Salem, Oregon
8. Nancy Emerine (Emma) LEWIS - b. 1850, Polk, Oregon - d. 1927, Oregon
9. Eliza N. LEWIS - b. 1853, Polk, Oregon - d. Dec 1916, Oregon
10. Orlena Mariah (Mariahr) LEWIS - b. 1855, Polk, Oregon - d. 1933, Oregon

1/18/1856 David R. Lewis and 10 other founders signed the charter creating Monmouth University (NOW Western Oregon University), Plaque honoring them hangs in the lobby at Campbell Hall on campus.

11/8/1894 David R. Lewis committed to Hawthorne Asylum, farmer, Oregon Historical Records State Archive Case #112, 1894 Case #0392 his Estate.

Burial: Buried in Smith Cemetery, Monmouth, Oregon

Sources

• “Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4QV-6WY : 23 February 2021), Mary Redding in entry for David R. Lewis, 1832.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF81-7VZ : 29 May 2021), David R Lewis, 1870, Polk, Oregon, United States.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCP-DNB : 14 January 2022), D.r. Lewis in household of J.h. Lewis, Buena Vista, Polk, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44301455/david-runyan-lewis: accessed 19 October 2022), memorial page for David Runyan Lewis (9 Mar 1811–8 Dec 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44301455, citing Smith Cemetery, Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Patty C (contributor 46926670).

• David Runyan Lewis, FamilySearch profile, person ID LHKP-6S7, at: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHKP-6S7