OBITUARY
LEWIS, John C. of Wabash Township died August 29, of brain fever.* He was born in Crawford County on October 20, 1832, and moved with his father in 1854 to Big Creek, his father died in 1854. In 1859 he married Mary Ann Thompson, and in 1863 fought in the war. The funeral was Friday and was buried in Thompson Cemetery. ("Clark County Herald," September 10, 1878, Tuesday, pages 4 and 8.)
*The cause of death was listed as "Typho Malarial fever" in the "Register of Deaths," Clark County, Illinois, Death Index (1877-1911), page 13. The "Date of Report" was recorded as Sept. 1878.
OBITUARY
LEWIS, John C. of Wabash Township died August 29, of brain fever.* He was born in Crawford County on October 20, 1832, and moved with his father in 1854 to Big Creek, his father died in 1854. In 1859 he married Mary Ann Thompson, and in 1863 fought in the war. The funeral was Friday and was buried in Thompson Cemetery. ("Clark County Herald," September 10, 1878, Tuesday, pages 4 and 8.)
*The cause of death was listed as "Typho Malarial fever" in the "Register of Deaths," Clark County, Illinois, Death Index (1877-1911), page 13. The "Date of Report" was recorded as Sept. 1878.
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John C. Lewis
DIED
Aug. 29, 1878
AGED
45Y 10M 9D
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