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Emma <I>Otto</I> Lewis

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Emma Otto Lewis

Birth
Ischua, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA
Death
13 Sep 1936 (aged 92)
Burton, Keya Paha County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Burton, Keya Paha County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Emma Otto was a daughter of Silas P. Otto and his first wife, Hannah (Stickland) Otto. Her mother died when Emma was not yet four years old and her father remarried, to Hannah Swift.

Although she did not have a middle name, after the death of her sister, she took on the middle name Amelia.

Emma married Ralph Lewis on 3 Apr 1866 in Cuba, New York. They lived in Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, New York, where most of their children were born. For a brief time, the family moved to Eldred, McKean County, Pennsylvania, while Ralph was working in the oil fields there.

Then in 1883, Ralph and Emma Lewis and their family homesteaded in Keya Paha County, Nebraska. They were the parents of seven children:

Stillman Otto Lewis, married 1) Belle Spencer 2) Jessie Lockwood.
Frank Albert Lewis, married Josephine N. Ballard.
Harry DeAlton Lewis, married Adella Oralie Fitzpatrick.
Orra L. Lewis, died young.
Mary Loretta "Molly" Lewis, married Frank J. Rhodes.
Guy Weaver Lewis, married Anna Heiden.
Ernestine Elizabeth Lewis, married James L. Runyan.
Emma Otto was a daughter of Silas P. Otto and his first wife, Hannah (Stickland) Otto. Her mother died when Emma was not yet four years old and her father remarried, to Hannah Swift.

Although she did not have a middle name, after the death of her sister, she took on the middle name Amelia.

Emma married Ralph Lewis on 3 Apr 1866 in Cuba, New York. They lived in Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, New York, where most of their children were born. For a brief time, the family moved to Eldred, McKean County, Pennsylvania, while Ralph was working in the oil fields there.

Then in 1883, Ralph and Emma Lewis and their family homesteaded in Keya Paha County, Nebraska. They were the parents of seven children:

Stillman Otto Lewis, married 1) Belle Spencer 2) Jessie Lockwood.
Frank Albert Lewis, married Josephine N. Ballard.
Harry DeAlton Lewis, married Adella Oralie Fitzpatrick.
Orra L. Lewis, died young.
Mary Loretta "Molly" Lewis, married Frank J. Rhodes.
Guy Weaver Lewis, married Anna Heiden.
Ernestine Elizabeth Lewis, married James L. Runyan.


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  • Maintained by: Leslie Lewis
  • Originally Created by: Jon Rice
  • Added: Mar 14, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34805064/emma-lewis: accessed ), memorial page for Emma Otto Lewis (25 Jul 1844–13 Sep 1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34805064, citing Burton Cemetery, Burton, Keya Paha County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Leslie Lewis (contributor 47394663).