Dixon Hillman Lewis (abt. 1841 - 1879)

Born about 1841 in AL

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Matilda Stough — married 29 Aug 1865 in Lowndes Co, AL

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1879 at about age 38 in Marshall Co, MS

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Biography

Dixon Hillman Lewis. ^[1]

Born ABT 1841. AL^[2]

Died 26 SEP 1879. Marshall Co, MS. Note: He was murdered in MS by Reid Summerlin. The Comet of Jackson, MS, October 11, 1879 [repeating an article from the Holly Springs South, Marshall Co]. "Another horrible and cold-blooded murder was committed in this county at Cawthon's Stream Mill, on September 26th, by one Sumling [Summerlin], on the person of D. H. Lewis. They were brothers-in-law [sic] and at work together, when Sumling struck Lewis on the posterior portion of the cranium with a handspike. One blow was sufficient to fell the victim to the ground and prove fatal in five or six hours. When he struck the fatal blow he exclaimed to Lewis, 'You called my little girl a liar.'" Reid Summerlin apparently spent little or no time in jail for the murder because 15 months later, he married "his little girl," Dixon's step-daughter, Polly Jordan, in Crenshaw Co, AL.^[3][4]

Ancestors of Interest: @SUB1@.

Event: Military 09 SEP 1861. Camp Johnston, AL. Note: A muster roll dated at Camp Johnston, [D], for Company B, 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment, shows D. H. Lewis, private; enlisted in Lowndes Co and he was 20 years old at the time of his enlistment. 3 A History of the Fourteenth Regiment, by M. D. Hurst, 1863, shows D. H. Lewis, private, Co. B, Moore's Guards, 14th AL Regiment, wounded 15 April. No year is shown, nor is the battle in which he was wounded given.^[5]

Census: 1870 Township 11, Rutledge P.O., Crenshaw Co, AL. Note: His family consisted of himself, listed as "Richard" Lewis (26), Martha (29, AL), Malachi (4, AL), Frances (2, AL), Thomas Jordan (14, AL), Mary Jordan (12, AL), Georgia Jordan (10, AL).^[6]

Marriage Husband Dixon Hillman Lewis. Wife Martha Matilda Stough. Child: Malichi C. Lewis. Child: Frances Priscilla Lewis. Child: Alice Irene Lewis. Child: Robert Simeon Lewis. Child: Lenora Elizabeth Lewis. Child: James Michael Lewis. Marriage 29 AUG 1865. Lowndes Co, AL. ^[7][8]

Husband Ira Hillman Lewis. Wife Elizabeth C. Castellaw. Child: Margaret A. Lewis. Child: Dixon Hillman Lewis. Child: Amanda Priscilla Lewis. Child: Alfred King Lewis. Child: Asa L. (or S.) Lewis. Child: Donald Thomason Lewis. Child: Robert H. Lewis. Marriage 10 FEB 1833. Newton Co, GA. Note: The marriage record names Ira H. Lewis as "Tyre H. Lewis.". ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S58
2. ↑ Source: #S58
3. ↑ Source: #S58
4. ↑ Source: #S208 Page 146: The Comet of Jackson, MS, October 11, 1879
5. ↑ Source: #S359
6. ↑ Source: #S128 Township 11, Household #205
7. ↑ Source: #S58
8. ↑ Source: #S203
9. ↑ Source: #S376

• Source: S128 Census of Crenshaw Co, AL, 1870
• Source: S208 Obituaries in Mississippi Newspapers, 1775-1783.
• Source: S359 Letter Concerning Dixon H. Lewis, Recipient: Sallie C. Athey0, Author Address: Alabama Dept of Archives and History Peter Brannon Publication: 17 July 1964
• Source: S58 Personal knowledge of Sallie Cook Athey Note: Personal notes based on interview, plus written notes provided by Sallie Cook Athey. The dates provided were probably based on her personal knowledge of her own generation and that of her parents, with the remainder obtained from cemetery records.