Rowland Lewis (1823 - 1901)

Born Apr 1823 in Towyn, Merionethshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Fagan — married 13 Mar 1850 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 22 Jun 1901 at age 78 in Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States

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Biography

Rowland Lewis was christened 11 Apr 1825 in Towyn Parish, County of Merioneth, Wales (today in Gwynedd County, Wales). He was the son of John Lewis and Elinor, daughter of Lewis Jones of Newtown in the same Parish. He married Anne Fagan 13 Mar 1850 in Liverpool, England, where he was a milk dealer at the time. Arriving in New York, they settled at Utica, New York. In 1858, they moved to Judson, Blue Earth, Minnesota and had a farm there.

On 16 Jul 1863 he submitted a claim for losses during the Sioux Outbreak of August 1862. At the time of the outbreak he had resided 4 years in the town of Judson, Blue Earth, Minnesota. In the deposition, he said 'he had left his property 19 Aug and went to South Bend with his family, was back and forward on his farm during the fall, but did not move back with his family until last Spring, that he used due diligence to save his crops and that he had 3 acres oats, had lost a half acre of sorghum, intended to cut 20 to 25 tons of hay and did not cut any, had to sell some of his cattle to buy feed for the others and had 2 acres of buckwheat all lost.'^[1]

He served in the Civil War at Fort Snelling in Co E, 2nd Reg Cavalry, Minnesota Volunteers. The family moved to Tarrant County and then to Weatherford, Texas, where Rowland and Anne celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Children:

1. Julia Ann Lewis.
2. John R. Lewis.
3. Rowland Ecelon Lewis.
4. William Paul Lewis.
5. Edward A. Lewis.
6. Hugh H. Lewis.
7. Robert B Lewis.
8. Lewis J. Lewis.
9. Ellen Lewis.
10. Jane Kahle Lewis.

Sources

1. ↑ NARA Record Group 217, Records of the Accounting Offices of the Department of the Treasury Entry AI 525, "Settled Indian Accounts and Claims, 1/1794-2/1894" Box 1736, File #1845 (Lewis, Rowland) Stack Location:13W2A, 35/22/6

• Greenwood Cemetery List, Rootsweb
• Lewis Family Kith & Kin by Ellen Williams
• 1825, Register book of Baptisms: , Parish of Towyn, County of Merioneth.
• 1890 Veterans Census, Texas, Tarrant County
• 1900 Texas Census, Parker County
• 1875 Minnesota State Census, Blue Earth County Judson Twp, p 70, Rowland Lewis family, 1 May
• "Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921," Liverpool Registers, Liverpool, England, Liverpool Record Office.