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Abigail Hannah “Abbie” <I>Alford</I> Lewis

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Abigail Hannah “Abbie” Alford Lewis

Birth
Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
Death
18 May 1918 (aged 82)
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of William Alford and Martha Ann McCullough. Says McCall on Abbie Lewis Death certificate, yet siblings in Family Search.org say mother's maiden name McCullough.
1st husband William Wallace Lewis
2/h Luther Delos Follett (Sr.)
remarried 3rd time to William Wallace Lewis. See explanation under husband William Wallace Lewis biography. Information in Civil War Pension papers of Luther Delos Follett (Sr.).

Abbie Lewis "Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995
Death Date: 18 May 1918
Death Place Kalamazoo City, Kalamazoo, MI.
age: 82
Birth Date: 1836
Place: Canada
Race White
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Name: Wm. Alford
Bather's Birthplace Vt.
Mother's Name: Martha McCall
Mother's Birthplace Ireland

Abigail Alford married 2 April 1851 Texas Corners, Kalamazoo Co., MI., to William Wallace Lewis and had children Mary, William Alford, Martha Jane., and Isabelle "Belle" Lewis. William Wallace Lewis left wife and family prior to 1858 for the West. She married Luther Delos Follett Sr. 15 Sep 1858 Van Buren Co., MI., thinking 1st husband William Wallace Lewis died in Ferry accident and drowned. Luther Delos Follett (Sr.) and she had two sons: Carlton Bartlett Follett and Luther Delos Follett Jr. before he died in June 6, 1862 in Civil War from Typhoid fever at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO. After his death she remarried 1st husband William Wallace Lewis 24 Aug. 1864 Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI. He legally adopted the two Follett boys.

L.D. Follett, "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995
Name L. D. Follett
Birthplace New York State
Spouse's Name: Abagail Lewis
spouse's Birthplace N.Y. State
Event date: 15 Sep. 1858
Event Place: Van Buren Co., MI.

William W. Lewis Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995
William W. Lewis
b. 1832
age 32
Spouse Abagail Follett
b. 1836
age: 28
Event: 24 Aug. 1864
Event Place Wyandotte, Wayne Co., Michigan

Abigail Follett received Civil War Pension in 1863. Luther D. Follett, United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.
She also received Pension for Carlton Bartlet Follett as a minor from the Pension office.

1860 Federal Census (my comments in parenthesis)
Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI. Abigail and children
living with her step-father and her mother.
John W. Stuart 2nd husband of Martha McCullough Alford
Martha Stuart (Martha McCall Alford, Stuart)
Abagail Tollet (Abagail Alford Follett)
William H. Alford ( son of Martha McCall Alford Stuart)
Esther L. Alford (d.of Martha McCall Alford Stuart)
Helen C. Alford (d. of Martha McCall Alford Stuart)
William A. Lewis (son of Abagail
Alford and William Wallace Lewis
age 6 yrs)
Martha Lewis (Martha Jane Lewis daughter of Abagail Alford Lewis and William Wallace Lewis.)
Martha Lewis, Higgins, Pierce, married 3/h Cyrus Elial Babcock my great uncle. See FAG)
Cyrus Elial Babcock)

1860 Federal Census- Luther Delos Follett
Michigan, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1827-1860
Name: Luther Follett
State: Michigan
Twp: Alamo
Year: 1860
Report Type: Federal Population Schedule
Page 622
Database MI 1860 Federal Census Index

OBITUARY
"Kalamazoo Gazette" May 19, 1918
Kalamazoo, MI.
Mrs. Abbie Lewis
Mrs. Abbie Lewis, aged 82, a pioneer resident of Oshtemo township, died at 5 o'clock Saturday afiernoon at the home of her son, W. A. Lewis, 1043 Pitcher street.
Following the death of her husband only a week ago. Mrs Lewis came to the city to live, but she could not survive the shock caused by the loss of her beloved companion. Announcement of her funeral later.

"Kalamazoo Gazette" 20 May 1918
Funeral of Mrs. Abbie Lewis will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from Truesdale's chapel, 425 West Main street. Burial in Genesee Prairie Cemetery.



Daughter of William Alford and Martha Ann McCullough. Says McCall on Abbie Lewis Death certificate, yet siblings in Family Search.org say mother's maiden name McCullough.
1st husband William Wallace Lewis
2/h Luther Delos Follett (Sr.)
remarried 3rd time to William Wallace Lewis. See explanation under husband William Wallace Lewis biography. Information in Civil War Pension papers of Luther Delos Follett (Sr.).

Abbie Lewis "Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995
Death Date: 18 May 1918
Death Place Kalamazoo City, Kalamazoo, MI.
age: 82
Birth Date: 1836
Place: Canada
Race White
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Name: Wm. Alford
Bather's Birthplace Vt.
Mother's Name: Martha McCall
Mother's Birthplace Ireland

Abigail Alford married 2 April 1851 Texas Corners, Kalamazoo Co., MI., to William Wallace Lewis and had children Mary, William Alford, Martha Jane., and Isabelle "Belle" Lewis. William Wallace Lewis left wife and family prior to 1858 for the West. She married Luther Delos Follett Sr. 15 Sep 1858 Van Buren Co., MI., thinking 1st husband William Wallace Lewis died in Ferry accident and drowned. Luther Delos Follett (Sr.) and she had two sons: Carlton Bartlett Follett and Luther Delos Follett Jr. before he died in June 6, 1862 in Civil War from Typhoid fever at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO. After his death she remarried 1st husband William Wallace Lewis 24 Aug. 1864 Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI. He legally adopted the two Follett boys.

L.D. Follett, "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995
Name L. D. Follett
Birthplace New York State
Spouse's Name: Abagail Lewis
spouse's Birthplace N.Y. State
Event date: 15 Sep. 1858
Event Place: Van Buren Co., MI.

William W. Lewis Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995
William W. Lewis
b. 1832
age 32
Spouse Abagail Follett
b. 1836
age: 28
Event: 24 Aug. 1864
Event Place Wyandotte, Wayne Co., Michigan

Abigail Follett received Civil War Pension in 1863. Luther D. Follett, United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.
She also received Pension for Carlton Bartlet Follett as a minor from the Pension office.

1860 Federal Census (my comments in parenthesis)
Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI. Abigail and children
living with her step-father and her mother.
John W. Stuart 2nd husband of Martha McCullough Alford
Martha Stuart (Martha McCall Alford, Stuart)
Abagail Tollet (Abagail Alford Follett)
William H. Alford ( son of Martha McCall Alford Stuart)
Esther L. Alford (d.of Martha McCall Alford Stuart)
Helen C. Alford (d. of Martha McCall Alford Stuart)
William A. Lewis (son of Abagail
Alford and William Wallace Lewis
age 6 yrs)
Martha Lewis (Martha Jane Lewis daughter of Abagail Alford Lewis and William Wallace Lewis.)
Martha Lewis, Higgins, Pierce, married 3/h Cyrus Elial Babcock my great uncle. See FAG)
Cyrus Elial Babcock)

1860 Federal Census- Luther Delos Follett
Michigan, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1827-1860
Name: Luther Follett
State: Michigan
Twp: Alamo
Year: 1860
Report Type: Federal Population Schedule
Page 622
Database MI 1860 Federal Census Index

OBITUARY
"Kalamazoo Gazette" May 19, 1918
Kalamazoo, MI.
Mrs. Abbie Lewis
Mrs. Abbie Lewis, aged 82, a pioneer resident of Oshtemo township, died at 5 o'clock Saturday afiernoon at the home of her son, W. A. Lewis, 1043 Pitcher street.
Following the death of her husband only a week ago. Mrs Lewis came to the city to live, but she could not survive the shock caused by the loss of her beloved companion. Announcement of her funeral later.

"Kalamazoo Gazette" 20 May 1918
Funeral of Mrs. Abbie Lewis will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from Truesdale's chapel, 425 West Main street. Burial in Genesee Prairie Cemetery.





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