JAMES C. LEWIS was the son of ANGELINE DIXON (1812-1888) and CHESTER B. LEWIS (1812-1888). His parents came to Michigan from Monroe Co, NY before JAMES' birth.
Siblings: Mary, Lucinda, Nancy & David (twins), and Wellington.
Wife: PAULINE EMILY HORTON
B. 11 Feb 1842 in Conquest, Cayuga Co, NY.
D. 4 Sept 1907 in Albion, Calhoun Co, MI.
Married: 1870.
His wife PAULINE was first married to DAVID KECK, with whom she had a son LOUIS (b. 1861) and a daughter MABLE (b. 1865).
Their known children:
1) Unknown son who died in infancy. He is referenced on their shared headstone.
2) Iton Vee Lewis (1873-1945).
Wife 1: Lulu M. Cain (1870-1909).
Wife 2: Mae F. Stimpson (1868-1951).
JAMES LEWIS worked as a farmer in his teens, then as a painter, later as a grocer, and was last listed on the 1900 census as a farmer. A newspaper article dated June 1902 and reprinted in the Morning Star on 9 June 2002, listed a JAMES LEWIS as having sold cigars and "kept open a pool room" on a Sunday. For this he was hauled "before Justice Lane" where, despite the evidence of witnesses who testified they played pool at his establishment, plus the fact he offered no defense, he was acquitted by a jury.
Military: Civil War service in Company F, Michigan 11th Cavalry Regiment on 12 Apr 1865. Mustered out on 20 Jul 1865. Transferred to Company B, Michigan 8th Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jul 1865. Mustered out on 22 Sep 1865 at Nashville, TN.
He and PAULINE were married 49 years at the time of his death.
Sources from Ancestry.com: U.S. censuses for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910. Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940.
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Obituary in the Morning Star, 9 June 2002, pg. 7. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950.
Siblings: Mary, Lucinda, Nancy & David (twins), and Wellington.
Wife: PAULINE EMILY HORTON
B. 11 Feb 1842 in Conquest, Cayuga Co, NY.
D. 4 Sept 1907 in Albion, Calhoun Co, MI.
Married: 1870.
His wife PAULINE was first married to DAVID KECK, with whom she had a son LOUIS (b. 1861) and a daughter MABLE (b. 1865).
Their known children:
1) Unknown son who died in infancy. He is referenced on their shared headstone.
2) Iton Vee Lewis (1873-1945).
Wife 1: Lulu M. Cain (1870-1909).
Wife 2: Mae F. Stimpson (1868-1951).
JAMES LEWIS worked as a farmer in his teens, then as a painter, later as a grocer, and was last listed on the 1900 census as a farmer. A newspaper article dated June 1902 and reprinted in the Morning Star on 9 June 2002, listed a JAMES LEWIS as having sold cigars and "kept open a pool room" on a Sunday. For this he was hauled "before Justice Lane" where, despite the evidence of witnesses who testified they played pool at his establishment, plus the fact he offered no defense, he was acquitted by a jury.
Military: Civil War service in Company F, Michigan 11th Cavalry Regiment on 12 Apr 1865. Mustered out on 20 Jul 1865. Transferred to Company B, Michigan 8th Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jul 1865. Mustered out on 22 Sep 1865 at Nashville, TN.
He and PAULINE were married 49 years at the time of his death.
Sources from Ancestry.com: U.S. censuses for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910. Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940.
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Obituary in the Morning Star, 9 June 2002, pg. 7. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950.
JAMES C. LEWIS was the son of ANGELINE DIXON (1812-1888) and CHESTER B. LEWIS (1812-1888). His parents came to Michigan from Monroe Co, NY before JAMES' birth.
Siblings: Mary, Lucinda, Nancy & David (twins), and Wellington.
Wife: PAULINE EMILY HORTON
B. 11 Feb 1842 in Conquest, Cayuga Co, NY.
D. 4 Sept 1907 in Albion, Calhoun Co, MI.
Married: 1870.
His wife PAULINE was first married to DAVID KECK, with whom she had a son LOUIS (b. 1861) and a daughter MABLE (b. 1865).
Their known children:
1) Unknown son who died in infancy. He is referenced on their shared headstone.
2) Iton Vee Lewis (1873-1945).
Wife 1: Lulu M. Cain (1870-1909).
Wife 2: Mae F. Stimpson (1868-1951).
JAMES LEWIS worked as a farmer in his teens, then as a painter, later as a grocer, and was last listed on the 1900 census as a farmer. A newspaper article dated June 1902 and reprinted in the Morning Star on 9 June 2002, listed a JAMES LEWIS as having sold cigars and "kept open a pool room" on a Sunday. For this he was hauled "before Justice Lane" where, despite the evidence of witnesses who testified they played pool at his establishment, plus the fact he offered no defense, he was acquitted by a jury.
Military: Civil War service in Company F, Michigan 11th Cavalry Regiment on 12 Apr 1865. Mustered out on 20 Jul 1865. Transferred to Company B, Michigan 8th Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jul 1865. Mustered out on 22 Sep 1865 at Nashville, TN.
He and PAULINE were married 49 years at the time of his death.
Sources from Ancestry.com: U.S. censuses for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910. Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940.
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Obituary in the Morning Star, 9 June 2002, pg. 7. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950.
Siblings: Mary, Lucinda, Nancy & David (twins), and Wellington.
Wife: PAULINE EMILY HORTON
B. 11 Feb 1842 in Conquest, Cayuga Co, NY.
D. 4 Sept 1907 in Albion, Calhoun Co, MI.
Married: 1870.
His wife PAULINE was first married to DAVID KECK, with whom she had a son LOUIS (b. 1861) and a daughter MABLE (b. 1865).
Their known children:
1) Unknown son who died in infancy. He is referenced on their shared headstone.
2) Iton Vee Lewis (1873-1945).
Wife 1: Lulu M. Cain (1870-1909).
Wife 2: Mae F. Stimpson (1868-1951).
JAMES LEWIS worked as a farmer in his teens, then as a painter, later as a grocer, and was last listed on the 1900 census as a farmer. A newspaper article dated June 1902 and reprinted in the Morning Star on 9 June 2002, listed a JAMES LEWIS as having sold cigars and "kept open a pool room" on a Sunday. For this he was hauled "before Justice Lane" where, despite the evidence of witnesses who testified they played pool at his establishment, plus the fact he offered no defense, he was acquitted by a jury.
Military: Civil War service in Company F, Michigan 11th Cavalry Regiment on 12 Apr 1865. Mustered out on 20 Jul 1865. Transferred to Company B, Michigan 8th Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jul 1865. Mustered out on 22 Sep 1865 at Nashville, TN.
He and PAULINE were married 49 years at the time of his death.
Sources from Ancestry.com: U.S. censuses for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910. Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940.
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Obituary in the Morning Star, 9 June 2002, pg. 7. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950.
Gravesite Details
Wife: Paulina Horton m. 76/29/1870, Calh. Co. d. 1907.
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