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Lucy <I>Jefferson</I> Lewis

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Lucy Jefferson Lewis

Birth	10 Oct 1752 Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Death	26 May 1810 (aged 57) Livingston County, Kentucky, USA
Burial	Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial Smithland, Livingston County, Kentucky, USA
Plot	Marker Number: 767 - Location: 3 mi. N. of Smithland, US 60, KY 137
Memorial ID	17409353 View Source

Lucy Jefferson Lewis, only sister of Thomas Jefferson, author of Declaration of Independence and third president of US. She was born in 1752, Albemarle Co., Va. Came to Ky., 1808, with her husband Dr. Charles L. Lewis, who served in Revolution, and their six children. Mrs. Lewis died in 1811, was buried near her home.

Dr. Charles Lilburn Lewis, a grandson of Colonel Robert Lewis, married Lucy Jefferson, sister of Thomas Jefferson. She is buried near Kentucky Lake, a few miles East out of Paducah, on U.S. Highway 60. There the Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial Bridge spans the Cumberland River and on the road side is a granite shaft marking the grave of the only sister of President Jefferson.

Family Members

Parents

Peter Jefferson

1708–1757
Jane Randolph Jefferson

1720–1776

Spouse

Charles Lilburne Lewis

1747–1831 (m. 1769)

Siblings

Jane Jefferson

1740–1765
Mary Jefferson Bolling

1741–1804
Thomas Jefferson

1743–1826
Thomas Jefferson

1743–1826
Elizabeth Jefferson

1744–1774
Martha Jefferson Carr

1746–1811
Peter Field Jefferson

1748–1748
Unnamed Son Jefferson

1750–1750
Lucy Jefferson Lewis

1752–1810
Anna Scott Jefferson Marks

1755–1828
Randolph Jefferson

1755–1815

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Maintained by: Frank Merriman
Originally Created by: Southern Roots ღ
Added: 12 Jan 2007
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 17409353
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17409353/lucy-lewis : accessed ), memorial page for Lucy Jefferson Lewis (10 Oct 1752–26 May 1810), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17409353, citing Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial, Smithland, Livingston County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Frank Merriman (contributor 47476475) .

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