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James Melvin Lewis (1883 - 1935)

James Melvin Lewis
Born in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USAmap
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Husband of — married 23 Feb 1905 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USAmap
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Died at age 51 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USAmap
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Biography

James was born 22 July 1883 in Key West, Florida.[1] He was the son of George C. Lewis and Jane Elizabeth Griner.

He married Eliza Lillian Sands on 23 February 1905 in Key West in a ceremony performed by Rev. R. J. Wells.[2] The witnesses were Bertha Keller and Mrs. Alice Roberts.

James died on 11 April 1935 in Key West,[3] and he is buried there in the City Cemetery.[4]

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  1. ↑ James's death certificate provides his date and place of birth and the names of his parents. The informant was his son-in-law, Thomas F. Russell. James provided the same date on his World War I draft card. Florida State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 7205 (1935), J. Melvin Lewis, 11 April 1935, Monroe County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYC9-T9B?mode=g&i=235&cat=816256 : accessed November 2016). "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918," James Melvin Lewis, serial no. 1556, order no. A-754, 12 September 1918, Monroe County, Florida, Draft Board; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTD-SGNC?mode=g&i=1401&cc=1968530 : accessed November 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication M1509.
  2. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 6: 53, Melvin Lewis and Lillian Sands, 23 February 1905; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-TX8F?i=76&cc=2397260&cat=341167 : accessed November 2016).
  3. ↑ Florida State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 7205 (1935), J. Melvin Lewis, 11 April 1935, Monroe County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYC9-T9B?mode=g&i=235&cat=816256 : accessed November 2016).
  4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133151150/melvin-j-lewis : accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for Melvin J. Lewis (22 Jul 1885–11 Apr 1935), Find A Grave: Memorial #133151150, citing Key West Cemetery, Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Donna McCurley-Thiel (contributor 47241561) .




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