John Henry Vreland Lewis (abt. 1827 - abt. 1900)

Born about 6 Feb 1827 in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Jane (Swan) Lewis — married 26 Feb 1854 in Fulton County, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died about 11 Jun 1900 at about age 73 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

The following notes are taken from a compiled family genealogy (source attached). ^[1] Page 16: John and Nancy (Swan) Lewis separated when their daughter, Edith May, was quite young. John moved to Tennesee where he died. He is buried in Chatanooga. He was a welshman and had a brother named Dalton.

Marriage

On 26 Feb. 1854 John H.V. Lewis married Nancy Swan in Fulton Co., Illinois^[2]. The source states: "This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Lewistown, IL."

Death

John Lewis died 11 June 1900 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee. He is buried in Forest Cemetery in Chattanooga^[3]. The following obituary is at the same source:

John H. Lewis, a prominent resident of the Sequatchee Valley, died at 8 o'clock Monday night in this city of Bright's disease.

Deceased was born in 1828 and was prominent in Sequatchee valley affairs. He has been ill of Bright's disease for years and on last Sunday his relatives and family decided to send him to Erlanger hospital this city for treatment. But the changes was more, it seems, than he could stand and he died en route from the Union Depot to Erlanger hospital, while in the ambulance. Deceased was a brother of Mrs. Dr. Whittaker of this city. The funeral and interment in Forest Hills cemetery occurred yesterday morning.

13 June 1900.

Sources

1. ↑ Reeve, Derral William. Reeve and Lamberton Family History, Part 1. Nevada, IA: Oak Park Academy Press, 1976.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp.. Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900. Index compiled from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059). Specific source information is listed with each entry.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGF-GL82 : 13 December 2015), John H Lewis, 1900; Burial, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States of America, Forest Hills Cemetery; citing record ID 120382616, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Illinois, Fulton County, marriage records for William U. Reeve and Edith May Lewis date 24 May 1895. In files of H. Witt.