Lewis Spencer Camburn Jr (1868 - 1939)

Born 1868 in Macon Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Oct 1939 at about age 71 in Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States

Biography

The son of Lewis Camburn and Martha (Ganoung) Camburn, Lewis Camburn was born in Macon Township, Michigan in 1868.^{[citation needed]} He lived there with his family.^[1][2] He married Carrie L. Jordan (1872-1945), the daughter of Levi David Jordan and Elizabeth Lucretia Shank, marrying in Leroy Township, Michigan, in Osceola County, on May 28, 1892.^[3] Carrie Jordan had been married previously to Burton E. Biggs. Lewis and Carrie had two children together:

1. Constance M. (Camburn) Sherry (1895-1987)
2. Mildred Camburn (1900-1997)

They made their home in 1910 in York Township, Michigan, in Washtenaw County, where Lewis worked as a postal clerk for the New York City Railroad.^[4] By 1920, they lived in Adrian, Michigan, where he held the same job.^[5][6]

Lewis Camburn and his wife retired to Orlando, Florida, where he passed away around the age of 71.^[7] He is buried with his wife at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCS-D3J : 29 May 2021), Lewis Camburn in entry for Lewis I Camburn, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSG-11Q : 14 January 2022), Lewis S. Camburn in household of Spencer Camburn, Macon, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3XD-55Z : 18 February 2021), Lewis S. Camburn and Carrie L. Biggs, 28 May 1892; citing Marriage, Leroy, Osceola, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208244.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTZ-M5W : accessed 1 June 2022), Lewis Camburn, York, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 145, sheet 6A, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 678; FHL microfilm 1,374,691.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQ3-TYN : 2 February 2021), Lewis S Camburn, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQBT-F3D : accessed 1 June 2022), Lewis S Camburn, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 10A, line 33, family 274, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1007; FHL microfilm 2,340,742.
7. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV92-FHP : 25 December 2014), Lewis S. Camburn, 1939; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 866, certificate number 17826, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVJ-Y9R4 : 13 September 2020), Lewis S Camburn, Burial, Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #23951979