Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1873, OCT. 55? THE LEWIS FAMILY. paying two cows for transportation by wagon. There were only four families their neigldiors in .la-kso11: .I-(llellanl. llam- hright, Sibley, Aytrlnnali. Of the children, named. of James Lewis, we are interested in I. DANIEL 1. LEWIS. Born January :30, 1802; died Oetolu-1 1. 1873. l. 1. Lewis admin istered. Bond, $51,000. He followed the wandel-in;;s of his par- ents, and settled, in 1837. ve miles southeast of Platte (lily, and here he died. He was a social, generous, good-liearted gentleinan. He was elected county judge in Aiigust, 1840, and held office six years. In 1846 he was chosen county clerk, and held the oice twenty-two years. He was beloved for his kindness and cordial- ity, a11d esteemed fo-r his intelligeiice and honor. He married Polly Paine. Children: I. MARTHA LEVIS, n1d a Gordon. II. ELIZABETH J. LEXVIS. md Sept. 24. 1848. Wilburn (Jl1risti~ so-n. He was a xnerchant in Platte City. partner of John Swaney. He served :1 term as county treasurer. The family Went to Kansas in 1857. HI. lllR.ND. B. LEWIS. n1d James Tate. (See) IV. W. WALLACE LEWIS. V. THEO. W. LEWIS. b. in 1836; d. June 26. 1894; n1d an Andrews. Children: 1. Daniel Lew/is (ii). md Dec. 26. 1880. Lizzie May Perkins. b. May 22. 1864; d. June 1, 1893. 2. Ma-ttvie Lewis. md Dec. 17. 1885. Jas. XV. Snow. VI. BART. D. LEWIS, n1d Oct. 12, 1880. Fannie Surrat. VII. ROWENA COLUMBIA LEWIS. 1nd April 1. 1862. B. F. Allison. (See) ll. JESSE LEWIS, Born in Ashe County, N. 0., April 9, 1790; died i11 1884; came with the family to Platte in 1837, and settled six miles southeast of Platte City; sold out to Michael Byrd. 1-e111o~ved to Grand River, and thence to Holt County. He had married Miranda. Sloan. She died in Holt (Tountv. and he lnarried, second, Susan Gibson. He married, third, Polly Payne, who survived him two years. After the war, he returned to Platte. Mr. Jesse Lewis served under Harrison in the War of 1812. and was a.t Tippecanoe. (lhildren by his rst Wife: I. WILLIAM LEWIS. (See.) II. JAMES G. LEWIS (see). md June 4. 1846. Minerva. Sloan. HI. WILSON LEWIS. lived in J2l(.l{S011 (o.. Mo. IV. MARTIN LEWIS, lived in Holt. V. VILENA LEVIS (i). n1d Cliarles Blakley. and was mothver of Jesse J. Blakley. (See) Charles went to Denver. and died, leaving children. Jesse Lewis children by his second wife: