James Lewis (1814 - 1898)

Born 12 Jan 1814 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emily Jennison (Holman) Lewis — married 9 May 1847 in St. Louis City, Jefferson County, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 28 May 1898 at age 84 in Kanab, Kane County, Utah, United States

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Biography

Born at Gorham, Cumberland, Maine 1814. Sailor for a few years. Worked as a clerk in St. Louis, Missouri, 1840. Sympathetic toward Mormon sufferings in Missouri. Joined Church and ordained elder 1842. Mission to eastern states with George J. Adams to gather funds, 1843-44. Returned to St. Louis and worked for a publisher, 1844. Member of the 29th Quorum of Seventy. Married Emily Jennison Holman. Crossed plains to Utah, 1849. Called to be clerk of all the Seventies, 1849. Mission to southern Utah, 1850-51. Mission to China with Hosea Stout and Chapman Duncan, 1852-1854. Spent time at Hong Kong. Unable to speak language. British soldiers hostile. Representative in legislature, 1856-57. Probate judge of Iron County for ten years. Married Emma Bateman, 1877. Called to Harrisburg to raise cotton. Called to settle tax difficulties in settlements near Nevada border. Kept school at Panacha. Moved to Kanab, 1871. Commissioner. Worked in St. George Temple. Mission to San Juan, 1882. Appointed judge of that county. Hole-in-the-Rock. Moved to Taylor, Apache, Arizona. Returned to Kanab, 1891. Ordained a patriarch 1895, 1895. Counselor in Kanab Stake high priests quorum, 1896. (from: guide to Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies by Davis Bitton, 1930 p.212)

Burial: Kanab, Kane, Utah, USA

James was born in 1814. He passed away in 1898.

Sources

• findagrave.com
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJT-5PS?1=1&spouse=KWJT-5P9
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• google books dot com] - Publishments, Marriages, Births, and Deaths From the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine - Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Library, Main Branch, third floor. p.139-140 Births LEWIS, of James and Hannah [last six children recorded in Book 2] - Samuel Harding Brown, Aug 25, 1794 - Desire Parker, May 12, 1796 - George, July 16, 1798 - Timothy Merritt, July 16, 1800, died May 12, 1802 - James, Oct. 14, 1802 - Elijah P., Dec. 29, 1804, died June 19, 1831 - John, Feb. 24, 1807 - Martha, Mar. 24, 1809 - Josiah, Apr. 26, 1811 - James, Jan 12, 1814, died same year. - Samuel, Apr. 1, 1816 LEWIS, of Lothrop and Tabitha [this entire entry, parents and both children, missing form 1897 edition] - Stephen Longfellow, Mar. 14, 1795 - Mary, Nov. 15, 1796 Marriage Intentions p46 - James , with Hannah Harding, Sept. 7, 1793 - Lothrop, with Tabitha Longfellow, Aug. 17, 1793 Marriages p.86 - James, and Hannah harding, Sept. 24, 1793 - Lothrop, and Tabitha Longfellow, Jan 20, 1794 Deaths p.181 - Tabitha (Longfellow), Apr. 15, 1807, (aged 33), wife of Lothrop Lewis [Gorham VR2] Gorham [VR2] means Gorham records volume 2, from which these were transcribed
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• James Harding Lewis, naming of him, and parentage NAME & BIRTH: Kanab, Kane, Utah, Ward Records: FH Library US/CAN Film #26061 Item 1, p. 30, #1 "James Harding Lewis. Parents - James Lewis and Emily J. H. Lewis. Born - May 21, 1851, Parowan. Ordained and Elder. Removed to Arizona." Modified 26 August 2013 by Vella Young Yates
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• [22] - James Lewis in entry for William S. Lewis, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
• [23] - James Lewis in entry for Ella Lewis Young, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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• Legacy NFS Source: James Lewis Jr - Church record: Passenger or voyage record - Electronic document, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel - 1847 - 1868, http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html, Church, Page number: Search - Lewis - 1849 Silas Richard's Company Church record: Passenger or voyage record Lewis, Annie Elizabeth (1) Lewis, Emily Jennison Holman (17) Lewis, James (36)
• Legacy NFS Source: James Lewis Jr - Government record: Census record Electronic document, 1850 US Census - Utah Territory - Iron County, US Government, Archive, Ancestry.com, Page number: page 6 of 11 Government record: Census record Family 45 of 45 - James Lewis - 38 / Male / School Teacher / $100 / Maine Family with Emily - 20 / F / Born Mass Elizabeth - 3 / F / Des(eret) Emily - 2 / F / Des(eret) James - 1 day / M / Des (eret) enumeration commenced May 12, 1850
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• San Juan County Judge - Author (David Miller), Title-Hole in the Rock Publication Date- 1959, by Utah University of Utah Press Page- 182, Paragraph #4
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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 December 2020), memorial page for James Lewis (12 Jan 1814–28 May 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #13220993, citing Kanab City Cemetery, Kanab, Kane County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Daniel (contributor 46847239) .