William Lewellen (1803 - abt. 1856)

Born 5 Jan 1803 in Anson, North Carolina, USA

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Died about 1856 at about age 52 in Tippah Co., MS

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Biography

William was born in 1803. He was the son of Jesse Lewellen (1775-1840) and Dorces Shepherd (Deason) Lewellen (1775-1842)

In the 1830 census, William was in Henderson, Tennessee.^[1] He was recorded with three enslaved people.

In the 1840 census, W was in Tippah, Mississippi.^[2] He was recorded with two enslaved people.

In the 1850 census, William (age 56), Farmer, was in District 2, Tippah, Mississippi, United States.^[3]

William was mentioned on a memorial in Wiers Chapel Cemetery, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi, United States with a death date of 3 October 1856.^[4]

His memorial includes the following obituary:

William C. Lewellen was born in Anson County, North Carolina on January 5th 1803 to Jesse and Dorcas Sheppard Lewellen. Around the age of 25 he married Sarah Fryar in Henderson County, Tennessee.

William was a school teacher in Tennessee but when the Chickasaw Indian Territory in north Mississippi opened for settlement, William took his wife and four young sons along with two brothers of sarah's John and Thomas Jefferson Fryer and moved to the area.

In December of 1843 William was awarded a land grant of 160 acres in the area of what is now called Ripley, Ms. where he spent most of his life as a gentleman farmer.

Tragedy struck the family on October 3, 1856, when William was killed by a falling log at a house raising near Ripley. He was buried at Wiers Chapel Cemetery which is also known as Lewellen Cemetery.

One and a half acres of land was donated by the Lewellen family for the Cemetery which is now Wiers Chapel cemetery, where William and many other lewellen family are buried.

Williams wife Sarah would go on to live another twenty years before being buried beside him.

William and Sarah had seven sons and three daughters, two of the sons became doctors and three other sons fought in the Civil War.

Information provided by Michael W. Lewellen Inscription Inscription reads: To My Husband The flowers we most highly prize, Are the first to meet decay. So those that we most dearly love, By death are snatched away.

Sources

1. ↑ 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: Henderson, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 177; Page: 98; Family History Library Film: 0024535
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #713198 (accessed 10 May 2024)
   William C Lauiblin in Henderson, Tennessee.
2. ↑ 1840 Census: "1840 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1840; Census Place: Tippah, Mississippi; Roll: 219; Page: 177; Family History Library Film: 0014842
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8057 #1451666 (accessed 10 May 2024)
   W C Lievallen in Tippah, Mississippi.
3. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 2, Tippah, Mississippi; Roll: 381; Page: 419a; Line Number: 28
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #3553966 (accessed 10 May 2024)
   William C Lewellen (56), Farmer, in District 2, Tippah, Mississippi, USA. Born in South Carolina.
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #5972242 (accessed 10 May 2024)
   Memorial page for William C. Lewellen (5 Jan 1803-3 Oct 1856), citing Wiers Chapel Cemetery, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Michael W. Lewellen (contributor 48812102).

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