Henry Wilmot Lewis (1845 - abt. 1930)

Born 13 Nov 1845 in La Salle County, Illinois, USA

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Died about 1930 at about age 84 in Creston, Ogle County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

LEWIS HENRY W. Farmer; Sec. 26; P. O. Creston; born in La Salle Co., Ill., Nov 13, 1845; came to Ogle Co. in 1854; he married Nov. 22, 1868, Martha Jane McIlvain; she was born in Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 10, 1849; they have four children --- Bernard, 13; Charley, 13; Nanie; Agnes; Mr. L. is a Democrat in politics; served in the U. S. Army, with Co. k, 92d Ill. Volunteer Infantry, for eighteen months, when he was honorably discharged; owns 80 acres of land in cultivation and good homestead.

According to the 1880 US Census for Dement, Ogle County, Illinois, Henry Lewis, Farmer of Dement, Ogle Co., Illinois, was living there with his wife, Martha, who kept house, their five children, Bernard, 11, who was attending school, Charles, 7, Nanette, 5, Agness, 3, and Henry, 4 months. Also living with the family was Margaret McIlvain, his widowed mother-in-law.^[1]

Research Notes

There is a discrepancy in the ages of the two oldest sons of Henry and Martha Lewis. The county history reports them both as being 13-year-olds in 1878. (I chose to go with the Census ages.) The 1880 US Census two years later reports Bernard as being eleven and Charles as being seven. The History does not give ages for the two daughters, Nanette/Nanie and Agnes/Agness. At 4 months old, young Henry, Jr., was not born until 1880.

Sources

1. ↑ [1]: Henry Lewis, Dement, Ogle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 151, sheet 69B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,239. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch.

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 729, 734.
• [2]: Henry W Lewis and Martha J Mcilvaine, 21 Nov 1867; citing Ogle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,420,755. "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #31404071 Henry Wilmot Lewis (1845–1930), citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Creston, Ogle County, Illinois, USA.
• [3]: Henry W Lewis, ; citing Burial, Creston, Ogle, Illinois, United States, Woodlawn Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,193. "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch.