Son of American Indian Artist James Otto Lewis & Sophia Plicher, both from NY.
William Wallace Lewis married Abagail Alford 2 Apr 1851 Texas Corners, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan
d/o William Alford and Martha McCullough-(McCall), Alford, later Stuart-Stewart.
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Google (Civil War Pension Papers of Luther D. Follett Sr.)
William Lewis supposedly was traveling with a circus early in their marriage and Abbie traveled with him for a while. While still traveling, with the circus or heading West to prospect, depending on which story you hear, William W. Lewis "disappeared"---sometime around 1856-1857. He was supposed to have taken a ferry across the Mississippi or Missouri River, and that ferry sank and all passengers lost. The family was immediately worried that William had been on the ferry and when they never heard from him, it was "assumed" that he was dead.
Abbie waited a couple of years, never heard anything from him, and then in 1858, she married Luther Follett. She and Luther had two boys. Luther signed up to serve in the Civil War and died of Typhoid Fever at Jefferson Barracks on June 6, 1862. Both the Follett boys were born in Kalamazoo area where all of Abbie's family lived.
Curiously, by October of 1863, Abbie had made her way back to the Detroit area of Michigan where she files for a widow's pension against Luther Follett's Civil War service. In the pension application she gives all the pertinent facts, but interestingly, William Wallace Lewis "of Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI: was one of two witnesses to her application!
In his declaration William states, "that he did know the deceased intimately for three years previous to his death"...and that he had never heard the fact of there being "any question" of or "any dispute" of the marriage of Abigail and Luther D. L. Follett. Abigail was approved to receive a pension on 11 August 1864, retroactive to the date of Follett's death.
Thirteen days later, Abigail Follett, age 28, and William W. Lewis, age 32, both of Wyandotte, Michigan, ere married in Wyandotte. A month and half later William W. Lewis was named legal guardian for the two Follett boys.
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William Wallace Lewis and Abigail separated and believed William died. Abigail Lewis then married 14 Sep. 1858 Lawton, Van Buren Co., MI., to Luther Delos Follett (Sr.) and had two boys: Carlton Bartlett Follett and Luther Delos Follett (Jr.) Luther Delos Follett(Sr.)died of Typhoid Fever in 1862 during Civil War. Abagail Alford, Lewis, Follett then remarried to William Wallace Lewis 24 Aug. 1864 Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI.
From later pension records, William applied for increases in the boys' minor pensions, and in 1876 he applied to have the pension records transferred from Detroit to Antrim County, Michigan. This most probably when the family first moved northward in the direction of Fife Lake where they lived the rest of their lives, till they were in their last months of life and moved back to Kalamazoo to live with their oldest son, William A. Lewis.
Federal Census
1850 William Wallace Lewis probably living with
his parents.
1860 William W. Lewis ? Not confirmed if this was him
William W. Lewis, Philander, Twp. No. 64 Gentry Co., MO
with Jane 22, George 3, Wm.Jr. 1 years old.
(another family?)
1860 Abagail Alford Lewis Follett living with step-father
John Stuart-Stewart and mother Martha McCullough-McCall Alford
Stuart-Stewart, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI. Listed
as Abagail Tollet instead of Abagail Follett.
1870 Dallas, Clinton Co., MI.
William W. Lewis-Flour and Feed Store
family with step-sons Luther and
Carlton Follett in family.
1880 Rapid River, Kalkaska Co., MI
William Lewis and family
1900 Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, MI
William W. Lewis and family 9 children-8living
1910 Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, MI
William W. Lewis and family-Retail Merchant-Grocer
"Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
Will W. Lewis (William Wallace Lewis) died 8 May 1918 Texas Twp., Kalamazoo Co., MI
age 86 b. 1832 Detroit, MI, Storekeeper, White, Married,
Father: J.O.Lewis-NY, Mother Sophia Plicher-NY.
OBITUARY
"Kalamazoo Gazette" May 11, 1918
Katamazoo, MI.
W. W. Lewis
W. W. Lewis of Fife Lake died at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning at the home of his son, W. A. Lewis of Texas township.
Funeral will be held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning from Oshtemo, M. E. church. Burial Genesee Prairie cemetery.
(not buried in West Oshtemo Cemetery as per Death certificate but buried in Genessee Prairie Cemetery where son William Alford Lewis and wife living when he died with this son and family)
William Wallace Lewis married Abagail Alford 2 Apr 1851 Texas Corners, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan
d/o William Alford and Martha McCullough-(McCall), Alford, later Stuart-Stewart.
**********
Google (Civil War Pension Papers of Luther D. Follett Sr.)
William Lewis supposedly was traveling with a circus early in their marriage and Abbie traveled with him for a while. While still traveling, with the circus or heading West to prospect, depending on which story you hear, William W. Lewis "disappeared"---sometime around 1856-1857. He was supposed to have taken a ferry across the Mississippi or Missouri River, and that ferry sank and all passengers lost. The family was immediately worried that William had been on the ferry and when they never heard from him, it was "assumed" that he was dead.
Abbie waited a couple of years, never heard anything from him, and then in 1858, she married Luther Follett. She and Luther had two boys. Luther signed up to serve in the Civil War and died of Typhoid Fever at Jefferson Barracks on June 6, 1862. Both the Follett boys were born in Kalamazoo area where all of Abbie's family lived.
Curiously, by October of 1863, Abbie had made her way back to the Detroit area of Michigan where she files for a widow's pension against Luther Follett's Civil War service. In the pension application she gives all the pertinent facts, but interestingly, William Wallace Lewis "of Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI: was one of two witnesses to her application!
In his declaration William states, "that he did know the deceased intimately for three years previous to his death"...and that he had never heard the fact of there being "any question" of or "any dispute" of the marriage of Abigail and Luther D. L. Follett. Abigail was approved to receive a pension on 11 August 1864, retroactive to the date of Follett's death.
Thirteen days later, Abigail Follett, age 28, and William W. Lewis, age 32, both of Wyandotte, Michigan, ere married in Wyandotte. A month and half later William W. Lewis was named legal guardian for the two Follett boys.
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William Wallace Lewis and Abigail separated and believed William died. Abigail Lewis then married 14 Sep. 1858 Lawton, Van Buren Co., MI., to Luther Delos Follett (Sr.) and had two boys: Carlton Bartlett Follett and Luther Delos Follett (Jr.) Luther Delos Follett(Sr.)died of Typhoid Fever in 1862 during Civil War. Abagail Alford, Lewis, Follett then remarried to William Wallace Lewis 24 Aug. 1864 Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI.
From later pension records, William applied for increases in the boys' minor pensions, and in 1876 he applied to have the pension records transferred from Detroit to Antrim County, Michigan. This most probably when the family first moved northward in the direction of Fife Lake where they lived the rest of their lives, till they were in their last months of life and moved back to Kalamazoo to live with their oldest son, William A. Lewis.
Federal Census
1850 William Wallace Lewis probably living with
his parents.
1860 William W. Lewis ? Not confirmed if this was him
William W. Lewis, Philander, Twp. No. 64 Gentry Co., MO
with Jane 22, George 3, Wm.Jr. 1 years old.
(another family?)
1860 Abagail Alford Lewis Follett living with step-father
John Stuart-Stewart and mother Martha McCullough-McCall Alford
Stuart-Stewart, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI. Listed
as Abagail Tollet instead of Abagail Follett.
1870 Dallas, Clinton Co., MI.
William W. Lewis-Flour and Feed Store
family with step-sons Luther and
Carlton Follett in family.
1880 Rapid River, Kalkaska Co., MI
William Lewis and family
1900 Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, MI
William W. Lewis and family 9 children-8living
1910 Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, MI
William W. Lewis and family-Retail Merchant-Grocer
"Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
Will W. Lewis (William Wallace Lewis) died 8 May 1918 Texas Twp., Kalamazoo Co., MI
age 86 b. 1832 Detroit, MI, Storekeeper, White, Married,
Father: J.O.Lewis-NY, Mother Sophia Plicher-NY.
OBITUARY
"Kalamazoo Gazette" May 11, 1918
Katamazoo, MI.
W. W. Lewis
W. W. Lewis of Fife Lake died at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning at the home of his son, W. A. Lewis of Texas township.
Funeral will be held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning from Oshtemo, M. E. church. Burial Genesee Prairie cemetery.
(not buried in West Oshtemo Cemetery as per Death certificate but buried in Genessee Prairie Cemetery where son William Alford Lewis and wife living when he died with this son and family)
Son of American Indian Artist James Otto Lewis & Sophia Plicher, both from NY.
William Wallace Lewis married Abagail Alford 2 Apr 1851 Texas Corners, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan
d/o William Alford and Martha McCullough-(McCall), Alford, later Stuart-Stewart.
**********
Google (Civil War Pension Papers of Luther D. Follett Sr.)
William Lewis supposedly was traveling with a circus early in their marriage and Abbie traveled with him for a while. While still traveling, with the circus or heading West to prospect, depending on which story you hear, William W. Lewis "disappeared"---sometime around 1856-1857. He was supposed to have taken a ferry across the Mississippi or Missouri River, and that ferry sank and all passengers lost. The family was immediately worried that William had been on the ferry and when they never heard from him, it was "assumed" that he was dead.
Abbie waited a couple of years, never heard anything from him, and then in 1858, she married Luther Follett. She and Luther had two boys. Luther signed up to serve in the Civil War and died of Typhoid Fever at Jefferson Barracks on June 6, 1862. Both the Follett boys were born in Kalamazoo area where all of Abbie's family lived.
Curiously, by October of 1863, Abbie had made her way back to the Detroit area of Michigan where she files for a widow's pension against Luther Follett's Civil War service. In the pension application she gives all the pertinent facts, but interestingly, William Wallace Lewis "of Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI: was one of two witnesses to her application!
In his declaration William states, "that he did know the deceased intimately for three years previous to his death"...and that he had never heard the fact of there being "any question" of or "any dispute" of the marriage of Abigail and Luther D. L. Follett. Abigail was approved to receive a pension on 11 August 1864, retroactive to the date of Follett's death.
Thirteen days later, Abigail Follett, age 28, and William W. Lewis, age 32, both of Wyandotte, Michigan, ere married in Wyandotte. A month and half later William W. Lewis was named legal guardian for the two Follett boys.
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William Wallace Lewis and Abigail separated and believed William died. Abigail Lewis then married 14 Sep. 1858 Lawton, Van Buren Co., MI., to Luther Delos Follett (Sr.) and had two boys: Carlton Bartlett Follett and Luther Delos Follett (Jr.) Luther Delos Follett(Sr.)died of Typhoid Fever in 1862 during Civil War. Abagail Alford, Lewis, Follett then remarried to William Wallace Lewis 24 Aug. 1864 Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI.
From later pension records, William applied for increases in the boys' minor pensions, and in 1876 he applied to have the pension records transferred from Detroit to Antrim County, Michigan. This most probably when the family first moved northward in the direction of Fife Lake where they lived the rest of their lives, till they were in their last months of life and moved back to Kalamazoo to live with their oldest son, William A. Lewis.
Federal Census
1850 William Wallace Lewis probably living with
his parents.
1860 William W. Lewis ? Not confirmed if this was him
William W. Lewis, Philander, Twp. No. 64 Gentry Co., MO
with Jane 22, George 3, Wm.Jr. 1 years old.
(another family?)
1860 Abagail Alford Lewis Follett living with step-father
John Stuart-Stewart and mother Martha McCullough-McCall Alford
Stuart-Stewart, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI. Listed
as Abagail Tollet instead of Abagail Follett.
1870 Dallas, Clinton Co., MI.
William W. Lewis-Flour and Feed Store
family with step-sons Luther and
Carlton Follett in family.
1880 Rapid River, Kalkaska Co., MI
William Lewis and family
1900 Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, MI
William W. Lewis and family 9 children-8living
1910 Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, MI
William W. Lewis and family-Retail Merchant-Grocer
"Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
Will W. Lewis (William Wallace Lewis) died 8 May 1918 Texas Twp., Kalamazoo Co., MI
age 86 b. 1832 Detroit, MI, Storekeeper, White, Married,
Father: J.O.Lewis-NY, Mother Sophia Plicher-NY.
OBITUARY
"Kalamazoo Gazette" May 11, 1918
Katamazoo, MI.
W. W. Lewis
W. W. Lewis of Fife Lake died at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning at the home of his son, W. A. Lewis of Texas township.
Funeral will be held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning from Oshtemo, M. E. church. Burial Genesee Prairie cemetery.
(not buried in West Oshtemo Cemetery as per Death certificate but buried in Genessee Prairie Cemetery where son William Alford Lewis and wife living when he died with this son and family)
William Wallace Lewis married Abagail Alford 2 Apr 1851 Texas Corners, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan
d/o William Alford and Martha McCullough-(McCall), Alford, later Stuart-Stewart.
**********
Google (Civil War Pension Papers of Luther D. Follett Sr.)
William Lewis supposedly was traveling with a circus early in their marriage and Abbie traveled with him for a while. While still traveling, with the circus or heading West to prospect, depending on which story you hear, William W. Lewis "disappeared"---sometime around 1856-1857. He was supposed to have taken a ferry across the Mississippi or Missouri River, and that ferry sank and all passengers lost. The family was immediately worried that William had been on the ferry and when they never heard from him, it was "assumed" that he was dead.
Abbie waited a couple of years, never heard anything from him, and then in 1858, she married Luther Follett. She and Luther had two boys. Luther signed up to serve in the Civil War and died of Typhoid Fever at Jefferson Barracks on June 6, 1862. Both the Follett boys were born in Kalamazoo area where all of Abbie's family lived.
Curiously, by October of 1863, Abbie had made her way back to the Detroit area of Michigan where she files for a widow's pension against Luther Follett's Civil War service. In the pension application she gives all the pertinent facts, but interestingly, William Wallace Lewis "of Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI: was one of two witnesses to her application!
In his declaration William states, "that he did know the deceased intimately for three years previous to his death"...and that he had never heard the fact of there being "any question" of or "any dispute" of the marriage of Abigail and Luther D. L. Follett. Abigail was approved to receive a pension on 11 August 1864, retroactive to the date of Follett's death.
Thirteen days later, Abigail Follett, age 28, and William W. Lewis, age 32, both of Wyandotte, Michigan, ere married in Wyandotte. A month and half later William W. Lewis was named legal guardian for the two Follett boys.
*********
William Wallace Lewis and Abigail separated and believed William died. Abigail Lewis then married 14 Sep. 1858 Lawton, Van Buren Co., MI., to Luther Delos Follett (Sr.) and had two boys: Carlton Bartlett Follett and Luther Delos Follett (Jr.) Luther Delos Follett(Sr.)died of Typhoid Fever in 1862 during Civil War. Abagail Alford, Lewis, Follett then remarried to William Wallace Lewis 24 Aug. 1864 Wyandotte, Wayne Co., MI.
From later pension records, William applied for increases in the boys' minor pensions, and in 1876 he applied to have the pension records transferred from Detroit to Antrim County, Michigan. This most probably when the family first moved northward in the direction of Fife Lake where they lived the rest of their lives, till they were in their last months of life and moved back to Kalamazoo to live with their oldest son, William A. Lewis.
Federal Census
1850 William Wallace Lewis probably living with
his parents.
1860 William W. Lewis ? Not confirmed if this was him
William W. Lewis, Philander, Twp. No. 64 Gentry Co., MO
with Jane 22, George 3, Wm.Jr. 1 years old.
(another family?)
1860 Abagail Alford Lewis Follett living with step-father
John Stuart-Stewart and mother Martha McCullough-McCall Alford
Stuart-Stewart, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI. Listed
as Abagail Tollet instead of Abagail Follett.
1870 Dallas, Clinton Co., MI.
William W. Lewis-Flour and Feed Store
family with step-sons Luther and
Carlton Follett in family.
1880 Rapid River, Kalkaska Co., MI
William Lewis and family
1900 Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, MI
William W. Lewis and family 9 children-8living
1910 Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, MI
William W. Lewis and family-Retail Merchant-Grocer
"Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
Will W. Lewis (William Wallace Lewis) died 8 May 1918 Texas Twp., Kalamazoo Co., MI
age 86 b. 1832 Detroit, MI, Storekeeper, White, Married,
Father: J.O.Lewis-NY, Mother Sophia Plicher-NY.
OBITUARY
"Kalamazoo Gazette" May 11, 1918
Katamazoo, MI.
W. W. Lewis
W. W. Lewis of Fife Lake died at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning at the home of his son, W. A. Lewis of Texas township.
Funeral will be held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning from Oshtemo, M. E. church. Burial Genesee Prairie cemetery.
(not buried in West Oshtemo Cemetery as per Death certificate but buried in Genessee Prairie Cemetery where son William Alford Lewis and wife living when he died with this son and family)
Gravesite Details
No tombstone found for him and wife Abigail Alford Lewis in any cemetery in Kalamazoo County
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William Alford Lewis
1853–1947
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Martha J. "Mattie" Lewis Babcock
1856–1946
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1864–1955
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Wallace Otto Lewis
1866–1914
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Rev George Edward Lewis
1867–1942
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Minnie Maydel Lewis
1871–1888
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Anna Lewis Steele
1872 – unknown
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1877–1960
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James Conrad Lewis
1879–1961
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