Richard
Nelson
Lewis
Born in Fairview, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of George Washington Lewis
and Margaret (Toothman) Lewis
Brother of
William Lewis, Martha Jane Lewis, Ellen Lewis, John Luther Lewis, Barnabas N Lewis, James Elmer Lewis, Theodore Lewis and Benjamin F Lewis
Husband of
Samantha Jane (Wells) Lewis
— married
1866 in West Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 66
in Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska
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Richard Lewis lived in Appalachia, in Virginia.
1880 census shows occupation: farmer. both of his parents born in West Virginia.
Son of George and Margaret Toothman Lewis, married Samantha Jane Wells on 1 Nov 1866 in Tyler, Virginia. Their children included Ida Mae, Okey, Marshall, Nancy, Leota, Mary, Mont, Richard, John and Chester.
Family links: Spouse: Samantha Jane Wells Lewis (1844 - 1916)*
Children: John Lewis (____ - 1888)* Okey J Lewis (1868 - 1879)* Marshall R Lewis (1870 - 1956)*
Burial: Cloverton Cemetery Bladen Webster County Nebraska, USA
Sources
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Timothy Wells for creating WikiTree profile Lewis-7886 through the import of My-Family-6-Feb-2013.ged on Feb 6, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Byron Lewis
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L21, FTDNA kit #314269
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~6.25%
~6.25%
C. (Ruppe) Haugen :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member haugen76
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~6.25%
Jnel Johnson :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Anonymous (A) Anonymous :
23andMe, GEDmatch M836948 [compare]
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~3.12%
Linda (Burks) Jiron :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZH1817241 [compare], Ancestry member linda_jiron
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~1.56%
Dale Lowry :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dalelowry1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B101570
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~0.78%
Don Brookover :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Sherry Duval :
23andMe
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~0.39%
James Hilton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A696747 [compare], Ancestry member captjim71270
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Lewis-27021 and Lewis-7886 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse ID. One profile has no vitals and no sources.
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by Jeff Ikeler
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