James D. Lewis, son of Jeremiah T. Lewis and Phoebe Vickers, was born in 1832 in Hamilton County, Illinois. He passed away in 1891 in Hamilton County, Illinois. [1]
James is enumerated as a farmer with land valued at $400 and personal property at $150. In his household are wife, Eliza J., and children Jeremiah, Phoebe E., Nancy, and Philly Ann.
They are living next door to Nancy Cantrell, widow of Isaac Cantrell and her children Catherine and Tilmon. Catherine will become James' second wife.
Catherine has married James D. Lewis as second wife. They left Illinois about 1866, stopped off in Kansas for about three years where daughters Mary and Finetta were born, and were living in Missouri for the 1870 census. In their household are children from James' first marriage: Elizabeth, Philly Ann, Constant, and Lethe. Thomas, Mary and Finetta are children of James and Catherine.
It is unknown when the family left Missouri, but by the 1880 census they had returned to Hamilton County. In the household with James and Catherine are children Lethe, Thomas and Mary. Finetta appears to have died since she was born 1869 and is not on this census.
Neither James nor Catherine have been located in records after 1880 census. James is reported to have died in 1891 and Catherine in 1886 but I have not found death or burial records for them.
Sources
↑ Death date from online family trees; unconfirmed but definitely died after 1880 and not found on 1900 census.
↑ Source: #SIMI Name: Eliza Jane Johnson Gender: Female Spouse Name: James D Lewis Marriage Date: 1 Apr 1853 Marriage County: Hamilton Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at McLeansboro, IL.
↑ Source: #S80 Township 7 Range 5 E (north half), Hamilton, Illinois; Roll: M653_183; Page: 25; Image: 25; Family History Library Film: 803183. Household #183
Lewis, James D 27 M Farmer b IL RE $400 PP $150
Eliza J 25 F b IL
Jeremiah 10 M b IL
Phebe E 7 F b IL
Nancy 2 F b IL
Phileann 1 F b IL
↑ Source: 92]] Shoal Creek, Barry, Missouri; Roll: M593_757; Page: 743A; Image: 197; Family History Library Film: 552256. Household #252
Lewis, James D 38 M W Boarding house b IL PP $300
Catharine 38 F W b IL
Elizabeth 16 F W b IL
Felie A 11 F W b IL
Constant 9 F W b IL
Lethe 8 F W b IL
Thomas 5 F W b IL
Mary 3 F W b KS
Finetta 1 F W b KS
↑ Source: #S81 Flannigan, Hamilton, Illinois; Roll: 210; Family History Film: 1254210; Page: 502D; Enumeration District: 024; Image: 0207. Household #379
Lewis, J D W M 48 Head Md Farmer b IL
Catherine W F 48 Wife Md b IL
Letha A W F 17 Dau S b IL
Thomas A W M 15 Son S b IL
Mary J W F 13 Dau S b IL
Source:SIMI Illinois Marriage Index, 1851-1900, Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Index compiled from county marriage records located at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Repository #R11
Source: S80 1860 United States Federal Census U.S. Bureau of the Census Publication: U. S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Repository #R11
Source: S92 Federal Census 1870 Publication: Effective date 1 Jun 1870 Repository: #R11
Source: S81 Abbreviation: Federal Census 1880 Title: Federal Census 1880 Publication: Effective date 1 Jun 1880. Repository: #R11
Repository: R11 Name: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc. City: Provo State: UT URL: www.ancestry.com
Thank you to Frederick Sheffield for creating WikiTree profile Lewis-8019 through the import of Sarah Leona Dean family 2013-02-25.ged on Feb 26, 2013.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
Lewis-12732 and Lewis-8019 appear to represent the same person because: Birth and death dates and places the same. Child of same parents. Sorry I missed this when I was setting up my profile. I have wives and children to add for James.