Excerpt from book Llano County Family Album, a History:
page 135
Dr. William L. Lewis
Determined to provide a better life for his family, Dr. William Leggette Lewis, his wife and children left Alabama and the defeated, devastated South. The family came to Texas where there was opportunity and great challenge to overcome the hardships of pioneering a land that was new and untamed.
His parents, Mordica and Leecy Lewis, sent eight sons to Europe for their educations (This is incorrect. Mordica abandoned his family and Lecia remarried. It was her second husband, Joshua Wood, that was responsible for sending the boys to college. Cari Lewis Hager) All the sons became lawyers except William who chose to be a physician. Dr. Lewis was also ordained by the Methodist Church, in 1857 to preach. He married Rebecca Swan in 1842 in Alabama. Their children were boys M.Dee, Taylor and Sidney. Girls Mary (Mug) Lewis (later Farrington) and Leecy Ann (later Henderson).
His first wife died and in 1860 he married Olivia Vaughn. Olivia died and in 1867 he married Mrs. Isabelle D. Palmer. Dr. Lewis fathered twenty one children and has many descendants in Llano County.
Dr. Lewis served the Confederacy in the Civil War, doctoring the wounded and sick in a cellar in Alabama (assisted by his daughter Leecy Ann). He settled in Llano County in 1878, continuing his doctoring and preaching until his death in 1898. Dr. Lewis and some members of his family are buried in the Salem cemetery in grounds that he donated for the Methodist church building and cemetery in the Evergreen community in Llano County.
Descendants of Dr. Lewis mentioned here are only a few from one son. Dr. Lewis was dedicated to the service of his fellow pioneers and rode horseback many miles, enduring Indian attacks, to care for the sick. He was known to be a man of few words, but his eloquence and sincerity gained for him the respect of his family and community (Shirley Lewis Harlow)
In 1850 Blount Co, Alabama the Lewis family shows they had 2 students living with them, a brother and sister; Mary A. Roberts age 22 born in TN and J.A. Gee Roberts age 19 born in GA. William's brother Stephen married Rebecca's sister Elizabeth
Frances Palmer Morrison supplied the following from her Great Grandfather's diary, p3
"1858 - I continued at Somerville till May, when school broke up and I came home and taught three months' school at Hanover, after which I went to school to Lovett at Blountsville to study Greek and Latin preparatory to going to college. I boarded at Dr. Wm. L Lewis'"
Frontier Times:
Vol 5 No. 12 - September, 1928
A Double-Barrel Pioneer Written by A. T. Jackson, Llano, Texas Here is an excellent account of a pioneer Texas doctor and itinerant preacher, Dr. William L. Lewis. It includes an old photo of Mr. Lewis his wife as well as a photo of the Lewis cabin. Dr. Lewis and family remained at their original site on the San Saba River, near the present town of San Saba, for two years, later moving to Bosque county, settling on the Brazos River. Later they moved to Hill county, and then finally settled in the early part of 1878, in Llano county, where Dr. Lewis resided until the time of his death in September, 1898. Mentions: Miss Rebecca Swan * Miss Olivia Vaughn * Mrs. Isabelle D. Palmer * Mrs. J. W. Henderson, Llano, Texas; Taylor Lewis, Fresno, California; Mrs. J. W. Dawson, Houston, Texas; and Mrs. C. S. Underwood Llano, Texas.
page 135
Dr. William L. Lewis
Determined to provide a better life for his family, Dr. William Leggette Lewis, his wife and children left Alabama and the defeated, devastated South. The family came to Texas where there was opportunity and great challenge to overcome the hardships of pioneering a land that was new and untamed.
His parents, Mordica and Leecy Lewis, sent eight sons to Europe for their educations (This is incorrect. Mordica abandoned his family and Lecia remarried. It was her second husband, Joshua Wood, that was responsible for sending the boys to college. Cari Lewis Hager) All the sons became lawyers except William who chose to be a physician. Dr. Lewis was also ordained by the Methodist Church, in 1857 to preach. He married Rebecca Swan in 1842 in Alabama. Their children were boys M.Dee, Taylor and Sidney. Girls Mary (Mug) Lewis (later Farrington) and Leecy Ann (later Henderson).
His first wife died and in 1860 he married Olivia Vaughn. Olivia died and in 1867 he married Mrs. Isabelle D. Palmer. Dr. Lewis fathered twenty one children and has many descendants in Llano County.
Dr. Lewis served the Confederacy in the Civil War, doctoring the wounded and sick in a cellar in Alabama (assisted by his daughter Leecy Ann). He settled in Llano County in 1878, continuing his doctoring and preaching until his death in 1898. Dr. Lewis and some members of his family are buried in the Salem cemetery in grounds that he donated for the Methodist church building and cemetery in the Evergreen community in Llano County.
Descendants of Dr. Lewis mentioned here are only a few from one son. Dr. Lewis was dedicated to the service of his fellow pioneers and rode horseback many miles, enduring Indian attacks, to care for the sick. He was known to be a man of few words, but his eloquence and sincerity gained for him the respect of his family and community (Shirley Lewis Harlow)
In 1850 Blount Co, Alabama the Lewis family shows they had 2 students living with them, a brother and sister; Mary A. Roberts age 22 born in TN and J.A. Gee Roberts age 19 born in GA. William's brother Stephen married Rebecca's sister Elizabeth
Frances Palmer Morrison supplied the following from her Great Grandfather's diary, p3
"1858 - I continued at Somerville till May, when school broke up and I came home and taught three months' school at Hanover, after which I went to school to Lovett at Blountsville to study Greek and Latin preparatory to going to college. I boarded at Dr. Wm. L Lewis'"
Frontier Times:
Vol 5 No. 12 - September, 1928
A Double-Barrel Pioneer Written by A. T. Jackson, Llano, Texas Here is an excellent account of a pioneer Texas doctor and itinerant preacher, Dr. William L. Lewis. It includes an old photo of Mr. Lewis his wife as well as a photo of the Lewis cabin. Dr. Lewis and family remained at their original site on the San Saba River, near the present town of San Saba, for two years, later moving to Bosque county, settling on the Brazos River. Later they moved to Hill county, and then finally settled in the early part of 1878, in Llano county, where Dr. Lewis resided until the time of his death in September, 1898. Mentions: Miss Rebecca Swan * Miss Olivia Vaughn * Mrs. Isabelle D. Palmer * Mrs. J. W. Henderson, Llano, Texas; Taylor Lewis, Fresno, California; Mrs. J. W. Dawson, Houston, Texas; and Mrs. C. S. Underwood Llano, Texas.
Excerpt from book Llano County Family Album, a History:
page 135
Dr. William L. Lewis
Determined to provide a better life for his family, Dr. William Leggette Lewis, his wife and children left Alabama and the defeated, devastated South. The family came to Texas where there was opportunity and great challenge to overcome the hardships of pioneering a land that was new and untamed.
His parents, Mordica and Leecy Lewis, sent eight sons to Europe for their educations (This is incorrect. Mordica abandoned his family and Lecia remarried. It was her second husband, Joshua Wood, that was responsible for sending the boys to college. Cari Lewis Hager) All the sons became lawyers except William who chose to be a physician. Dr. Lewis was also ordained by the Methodist Church, in 1857 to preach. He married Rebecca Swan in 1842 in Alabama. Their children were boys M.Dee, Taylor and Sidney. Girls Mary (Mug) Lewis (later Farrington) and Leecy Ann (later Henderson).
His first wife died and in 1860 he married Olivia Vaughn. Olivia died and in 1867 he married Mrs. Isabelle D. Palmer. Dr. Lewis fathered twenty one children and has many descendants in Llano County.
Dr. Lewis served the Confederacy in the Civil War, doctoring the wounded and sick in a cellar in Alabama (assisted by his daughter Leecy Ann). He settled in Llano County in 1878, continuing his doctoring and preaching until his death in 1898. Dr. Lewis and some members of his family are buried in the Salem cemetery in grounds that he donated for the Methodist church building and cemetery in the Evergreen community in Llano County.
Descendants of Dr. Lewis mentioned here are only a few from one son. Dr. Lewis was dedicated to the service of his fellow pioneers and rode horseback many miles, enduring Indian attacks, to care for the sick. He was known to be a man of few words, but his eloquence and sincerity gained for him the respect of his family and community (Shirley Lewis Harlow)
In 1850 Blount Co, Alabama the Lewis family shows they had 2 students living with them, a brother and sister; Mary A. Roberts age 22 born in TN and J.A. Gee Roberts age 19 born in GA. William's brother Stephen married Rebecca's sister Elizabeth
Frances Palmer Morrison supplied the following from her Great Grandfather's diary, p3
"1858 - I continued at Somerville till May, when school broke up and I came home and taught three months' school at Hanover, after which I went to school to Lovett at Blountsville to study Greek and Latin preparatory to going to college. I boarded at Dr. Wm. L Lewis'"
Frontier Times:
Vol 5 No. 12 - September, 1928
A Double-Barrel Pioneer Written by A. T. Jackson, Llano, Texas Here is an excellent account of a pioneer Texas doctor and itinerant preacher, Dr. William L. Lewis. It includes an old photo of Mr. Lewis his wife as well as a photo of the Lewis cabin. Dr. Lewis and family remained at their original site on the San Saba River, near the present town of San Saba, for two years, later moving to Bosque county, settling on the Brazos River. Later they moved to Hill county, and then finally settled in the early part of 1878, in Llano county, where Dr. Lewis resided until the time of his death in September, 1898. Mentions: Miss Rebecca Swan * Miss Olivia Vaughn * Mrs. Isabelle D. Palmer * Mrs. J. W. Henderson, Llano, Texas; Taylor Lewis, Fresno, California; Mrs. J. W. Dawson, Houston, Texas; and Mrs. C. S. Underwood Llano, Texas.
page 135
Dr. William L. Lewis
Determined to provide a better life for his family, Dr. William Leggette Lewis, his wife and children left Alabama and the defeated, devastated South. The family came to Texas where there was opportunity and great challenge to overcome the hardships of pioneering a land that was new and untamed.
His parents, Mordica and Leecy Lewis, sent eight sons to Europe for their educations (This is incorrect. Mordica abandoned his family and Lecia remarried. It was her second husband, Joshua Wood, that was responsible for sending the boys to college. Cari Lewis Hager) All the sons became lawyers except William who chose to be a physician. Dr. Lewis was also ordained by the Methodist Church, in 1857 to preach. He married Rebecca Swan in 1842 in Alabama. Their children were boys M.Dee, Taylor and Sidney. Girls Mary (Mug) Lewis (later Farrington) and Leecy Ann (later Henderson).
His first wife died and in 1860 he married Olivia Vaughn. Olivia died and in 1867 he married Mrs. Isabelle D. Palmer. Dr. Lewis fathered twenty one children and has many descendants in Llano County.
Dr. Lewis served the Confederacy in the Civil War, doctoring the wounded and sick in a cellar in Alabama (assisted by his daughter Leecy Ann). He settled in Llano County in 1878, continuing his doctoring and preaching until his death in 1898. Dr. Lewis and some members of his family are buried in the Salem cemetery in grounds that he donated for the Methodist church building and cemetery in the Evergreen community in Llano County.
Descendants of Dr. Lewis mentioned here are only a few from one son. Dr. Lewis was dedicated to the service of his fellow pioneers and rode horseback many miles, enduring Indian attacks, to care for the sick. He was known to be a man of few words, but his eloquence and sincerity gained for him the respect of his family and community (Shirley Lewis Harlow)
In 1850 Blount Co, Alabama the Lewis family shows they had 2 students living with them, a brother and sister; Mary A. Roberts age 22 born in TN and J.A. Gee Roberts age 19 born in GA. William's brother Stephen married Rebecca's sister Elizabeth
Frances Palmer Morrison supplied the following from her Great Grandfather's diary, p3
"1858 - I continued at Somerville till May, when school broke up and I came home and taught three months' school at Hanover, after which I went to school to Lovett at Blountsville to study Greek and Latin preparatory to going to college. I boarded at Dr. Wm. L Lewis'"
Frontier Times:
Vol 5 No. 12 - September, 1928
A Double-Barrel Pioneer Written by A. T. Jackson, Llano, Texas Here is an excellent account of a pioneer Texas doctor and itinerant preacher, Dr. William L. Lewis. It includes an old photo of Mr. Lewis his wife as well as a photo of the Lewis cabin. Dr. Lewis and family remained at their original site on the San Saba River, near the present town of San Saba, for two years, later moving to Bosque county, settling on the Brazos River. Later they moved to Hill county, and then finally settled in the early part of 1878, in Llano county, where Dr. Lewis resided until the time of his death in September, 1898. Mentions: Miss Rebecca Swan * Miss Olivia Vaughn * Mrs. Isabelle D. Palmer * Mrs. J. W. Henderson, Llano, Texas; Taylor Lewis, Fresno, California; Mrs. J. W. Dawson, Houston, Texas; and Mrs. C. S. Underwood Llano, Texas.
Family Members
Children
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Mary Mariah Lewis Farrington
1843–1914
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Marshall Dee Lewis
1853–1884
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Leecy Ann Lewis Henderson
1855–1940
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Taylor Blackburn Lewis
1858–1928
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Margaret A Lewis Dawson
1863–1960
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Susan Henrietta "Susie" Lewis Gray
1870–1906
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Lucretia Jane Lewis Underwood
1875–1972
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Isabelle Leggett "Belle" Lewis Coombs
1879–1922
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