Chedister Ball Lewis (1811 - 1860)

Ancestors

Died 3 Mar 1860 at age 48 in Pike County, Illinois,

Biography

Chedister Ball Lewis Was born 1 Dec 1811. He was the son of Samuel Lewis and Mary Walker.

He married Elizabeth J. Clare (unknown–1849) on December 6, 1832 in Lincoln County, Missouri^[1] and Mary Capps (1831–1858) on March 17, 1853 in Pike County, Illinois^[2].

He was a Black Hawk War Veteran. He served as a Private in Captain Benjamin Barney's Pike County, Illinois, Company of the 3rd Regiment, commanded by Col. Abram B. DeWitt, of the Brigade of Mounted Volunteers commanded by Brig-General Whitesides. Mustered out of the service, at the mouth of Fox River, on May 27, 1832. Distant 250 miles from the place of enrollment.

He died 3 Mar 1860 and was buried in Burbridge Cemetery, Martinsburg, Pike County, Illinois, United States.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V285-42J : 6 December 2014), Chester Lewis and Elizabeth Clair, 06 Dec 1832; citing Lincoln,Missouri; FHL microfilm 973,688.
2. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-96RZ : 14 October 2017), Chitister B Lewis and Mary Capp, 17 Mar 1853; citing Pike, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,314,769.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG3-4M8P : 13 December 2015), Chedister Ball Lewis, 1860; Burial, Martinsburg, Pike, Illinois, United States of America, Burbridge Cemetery; citing record ID 110299005, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.