most times spelled LEWIS - also Lewis on death certificate.
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**Lewis appears on the 1850 census, it says b. 1842
1860-1870 census say he was born abt. 1843
1880 census says he was born abt. 1841
**Lewis's son James was the informant on death certificate. He apparently didn't know his father's birth year.
**On the 1897 City Directory, Margaret says she's the widow of Louis. But I believe that was the time they divorced. Maybe she thought he was dead or wanted to be called a widow instead of divorcee.
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ROSSTON.
This seems to be a very sensational time between man and wife in this part of the county. Lewis Abbitt and wife and George Kiser and wife have quit partnership business, and another man is guarding his wife day and night with a shotgun. (The Lebanon Pioneer - Thurs., July 17, 1890, pg. 5)
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**Lewis appears on the 1850 census, it says b. 1842
1860-1870 census say he was born abt. 1843
1880 census says he was born abt. 1841
**Lewis's son James was the informant on death certificate. He apparently didn't know his father's birth year.
**On the 1897 City Directory, Margaret says she's the widow of Louis. But I believe that was the time they divorced. Maybe she thought he was dead or wanted to be called a widow instead of divorcee.
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ROSSTON.
This seems to be a very sensational time between man and wife in this part of the county. Lewis Abbitt and wife and George Kiser and wife have quit partnership business, and another man is guarding his wife day and night with a shotgun. (The Lebanon Pioneer - Thurs., July 17, 1890, pg. 5)
most times spelled LEWIS - also Lewis on death certificate.
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**Lewis appears on the 1850 census, it says b. 1842
1860-1870 census say he was born abt. 1843
1880 census says he was born abt. 1841
**Lewis's son James was the informant on death certificate. He apparently didn't know his father's birth year.
**On the 1897 City Directory, Margaret says she's the widow of Louis. But I believe that was the time they divorced. Maybe she thought he was dead or wanted to be called a widow instead of divorcee.
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ROSSTON.
This seems to be a very sensational time between man and wife in this part of the county. Lewis Abbitt and wife and George Kiser and wife have quit partnership business, and another man is guarding his wife day and night with a shotgun. (The Lebanon Pioneer - Thurs., July 17, 1890, pg. 5)
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**Lewis appears on the 1850 census, it says b. 1842
1860-1870 census say he was born abt. 1843
1880 census says he was born abt. 1841
**Lewis's son James was the informant on death certificate. He apparently didn't know his father's birth year.
**On the 1897 City Directory, Margaret says she's the widow of Louis. But I believe that was the time they divorced. Maybe she thought he was dead or wanted to be called a widow instead of divorcee.
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ROSSTON.
This seems to be a very sensational time between man and wife in this part of the county. Lewis Abbitt and wife and George Kiser and wife have quit partnership business, and another man is guarding his wife day and night with a shotgun. (The Lebanon Pioneer - Thurs., July 17, 1890, pg. 5)
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ABBITT
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Louis H.
1856(Error?)---1906
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Mellvina
1868 --- 1944
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James O.
1870 --- 1954
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