In about 1829, Catherine married Dr. John Wesley Lewis of "Mount Prospect" plantation in Leggett, Edgecombe Co. The couple would have 6 known children: Dr. Joel Battle Lewis (1830-1870), William Gaston Lewis (1835-1901), Exum Lewis (1837-1888), Christopher Columbus "Lum" Lewis (1840-1914), Anna Harrison Lewis (1851-1920), and Dr. Richard Henry Lewis (1832-1917).
John died in 1842, at the young age of 38. His 33-year old widow then moved to Chapel Hill, NC where she operated a boarding house. In 1845 she moved to Raleigh, where became a member of the First Baptist Church and was actively involved in relief for the poor. Catherine passed in 1879 at age 69.
Of their children, Joel became a doctor with a practice in Wake and Richard Lewis was a doctor in Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC. William Gaston Lewis was an engineer and Confederate veteran.
NOTE: ANOTHER GRAVESTONE FOR CATHERINE BATTLE LEWIS IS IN OLD CITY CEMETERY IN RALEIGH, THAT IS AN EXACT DUPLICATE OF THIS GRAVESTONE. I HAVE NO EXPLANATION HOW OR WHY SHE HAS A GRAVESTONE IN TWO CEMETERIES. HER HUSBAND ALSO HAS A STONE IN OAKWOOD AND OLD CITY CEMETERY.
In about 1829, Catherine married Dr. John Wesley Lewis of "Mount Prospect" plantation in Leggett, Edgecombe Co. The couple would have 6 known children: Dr. Joel Battle Lewis (1830-1870), William Gaston Lewis (1835-1901), Exum Lewis (1837-1888), Christopher Columbus "Lum" Lewis (1840-1914), Anna Harrison Lewis (1851-1920), and Dr. Richard Henry Lewis (1832-1917).
John died in 1842, at the young age of 38. His 33-year old widow then moved to Chapel Hill, NC where she operated a boarding house. In 1845 she moved to Raleigh, where became a member of the First Baptist Church and was actively involved in relief for the poor. Catherine passed in 1879 at age 69.
Of their children, Joel became a doctor with a practice in Wake and Richard Lewis was a doctor in Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC. William Gaston Lewis was an engineer and Confederate veteran.
NOTE: ANOTHER GRAVESTONE FOR CATHERINE BATTLE LEWIS IS IN OLD CITY CEMETERY IN RALEIGH, THAT IS AN EXACT DUPLICATE OF THIS GRAVESTONE. I HAVE NO EXPLANATION HOW OR WHY SHE HAS A GRAVESTONE IN TWO CEMETERIES. HER HUSBAND ALSO HAS A STONE IN OAKWOOD AND OLD CITY CEMETERY.
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