He was the son of Francis Marion Lewis and Elizabeth Cubbage. He married Luella Wallace on 19 August 1891 in Knox County, Illinois. The 1900 census cites his birth as January 1868, rather than the 1867 on his grave marker.
BRICK MASON, OUT OF WORK, INHALES GAS
C.E. Lewis, Ill, Despondent Over Unemployment Found Dead in Bed, Gas Jets Open.
C.E. Lewis, a brick mason, residing at 236 W. Brooks streets, was found dead in bed at his home about 10 o'clock this morning. The gas jet was turned open and the room was full of the fumes according to a statement by Mrs. Lewis, his wife, who discovered the body upon going upstairs to arouse her daughter, Flora, who was due to report for work at the Little Statler Sandwich shop at the corner of Cedar and Brooks street, at 11 o'clock.
Mrs. Lewis stated that in passing the door of her husband's room she smelled gas and upon investigation discovered the body of Mr. Lewis in bed and the gas light jet open. Unable to rouse her husband she immediately called Dr. Will Maley, who, upon investigation pronounced him dead from asphyxiation.
ILL, OUT OF WORK
Mrs. Lewis states that her husband motored to Kewanee Tuesday in search of employment as he had been unable to find work in Galesburg for some time. She stated that he was suffering with a lung ailment for the past two years.
Upon returning from Kewanee Tuesday evening she declared that he was not feeling well, but showed no signs of melancholia or depression. She said that he went to bed at his usual hour and as she knew he was not well, she decided to let him rest at his leisure this morning as he had often done before when ailing. Mr. Lewis, she stated, slept in a room by himself.
TRIED SUICIDE BEFORE
Mr. Lewis, it is said, attempted to end his life last fall when he lived on W. Tompkins street. At that time he attached a rubber hose to the gas jet on the kitchen stove and extended it to the bathroom. He then turned on the gas and confined himself to the room after having closed the door in order to prevent any of the gas escaping. Harley Leitch, who lived in the same house, smelled the gas which had spread throughout the home and upon investigation discovered the unconscious body of Lewis lying on the floor of the bathroom. A doctor was called and the man was revived.
He had never mentioned, it is said, anything which would indicate that he intended to repeat the performance.
C.E. Lewis was born in Galesburg January 1, 1867, and had lived in this city during his entire life. He was united in marriage August 19, 1891, to Miss Ella Wallace and to this union three children were born, all surviving. They are, Mrs. Raymond O'Connell of Chicago, Mrs. Mabel Grim, St. Louis, and Flora at home.
An inquest was held at the Foley Mortuary this afternoon.
Galesburg Register-Mail: Apr. 6, 1927
(Obituary courtesy of Talbot Fisher (46876960)
BRICK MASON, OUT OF WORK, INHALES GAS
C.E. Lewis, Ill, Despondent Over Unemployment Found Dead in Bed, Gas Jets Open.
C.E. Lewis, a brick mason, residing at 236 W. Brooks streets, was found dead in bed at his home about 10 o'clock this morning. The gas jet was turned open and the room was full of the fumes according to a statement by Mrs. Lewis, his wife, who discovered the body upon going upstairs to arouse her daughter, Flora, who was due to report for work at the Little Statler Sandwich shop at the corner of Cedar and Brooks street, at 11 o'clock.
Mrs. Lewis stated that in passing the door of her husband's room she smelled gas and upon investigation discovered the body of Mr. Lewis in bed and the gas light jet open. Unable to rouse her husband she immediately called Dr. Will Maley, who, upon investigation pronounced him dead from asphyxiation.
ILL, OUT OF WORK
Mrs. Lewis states that her husband motored to Kewanee Tuesday in search of employment as he had been unable to find work in Galesburg for some time. She stated that he was suffering with a lung ailment for the past two years.
Upon returning from Kewanee Tuesday evening she declared that he was not feeling well, but showed no signs of melancholia or depression. She said that he went to bed at his usual hour and as she knew he was not well, she decided to let him rest at his leisure this morning as he had often done before when ailing. Mr. Lewis, she stated, slept in a room by himself.
TRIED SUICIDE BEFORE
Mr. Lewis, it is said, attempted to end his life last fall when he lived on W. Tompkins street. At that time he attached a rubber hose to the gas jet on the kitchen stove and extended it to the bathroom. He then turned on the gas and confined himself to the room after having closed the door in order to prevent any of the gas escaping. Harley Leitch, who lived in the same house, smelled the gas which had spread throughout the home and upon investigation discovered the unconscious body of Lewis lying on the floor of the bathroom. A doctor was called and the man was revived.
He had never mentioned, it is said, anything which would indicate that he intended to repeat the performance.
C.E. Lewis was born in Galesburg January 1, 1867, and had lived in this city during his entire life. He was united in marriage August 19, 1891, to Miss Ella Wallace and to this union three children were born, all surviving. They are, Mrs. Raymond O'Connell of Chicago, Mrs. Mabel Grim, St. Louis, and Flora at home.
An inquest was held at the Foley Mortuary this afternoon.
Galesburg Register-Mail: Apr. 6, 1927
(Obituary courtesy of Talbot Fisher (46876960)
He was the son of Francis Marion Lewis and Elizabeth Cubbage. He married Luella Wallace on 19 August 1891 in Knox County, Illinois. The 1900 census cites his birth as January 1868, rather than the 1867 on his grave marker.
BRICK MASON, OUT OF WORK, INHALES GAS
C.E. Lewis, Ill, Despondent Over Unemployment Found Dead in Bed, Gas Jets Open.
C.E. Lewis, a brick mason, residing at 236 W. Brooks streets, was found dead in bed at his home about 10 o'clock this morning. The gas jet was turned open and the room was full of the fumes according to a statement by Mrs. Lewis, his wife, who discovered the body upon going upstairs to arouse her daughter, Flora, who was due to report for work at the Little Statler Sandwich shop at the corner of Cedar and Brooks street, at 11 o'clock.
Mrs. Lewis stated that in passing the door of her husband's room she smelled gas and upon investigation discovered the body of Mr. Lewis in bed and the gas light jet open. Unable to rouse her husband she immediately called Dr. Will Maley, who, upon investigation pronounced him dead from asphyxiation.
ILL, OUT OF WORK
Mrs. Lewis states that her husband motored to Kewanee Tuesday in search of employment as he had been unable to find work in Galesburg for some time. She stated that he was suffering with a lung ailment for the past two years.
Upon returning from Kewanee Tuesday evening she declared that he was not feeling well, but showed no signs of melancholia or depression. She said that he went to bed at his usual hour and as she knew he was not well, she decided to let him rest at his leisure this morning as he had often done before when ailing. Mr. Lewis, she stated, slept in a room by himself.
TRIED SUICIDE BEFORE
Mr. Lewis, it is said, attempted to end his life last fall when he lived on W. Tompkins street. At that time he attached a rubber hose to the gas jet on the kitchen stove and extended it to the bathroom. He then turned on the gas and confined himself to the room after having closed the door in order to prevent any of the gas escaping. Harley Leitch, who lived in the same house, smelled the gas which had spread throughout the home and upon investigation discovered the unconscious body of Lewis lying on the floor of the bathroom. A doctor was called and the man was revived.
He had never mentioned, it is said, anything which would indicate that he intended to repeat the performance.
C.E. Lewis was born in Galesburg January 1, 1867, and had lived in this city during his entire life. He was united in marriage August 19, 1891, to Miss Ella Wallace and to this union three children were born, all surviving. They are, Mrs. Raymond O'Connell of Chicago, Mrs. Mabel Grim, St. Louis, and Flora at home.
An inquest was held at the Foley Mortuary this afternoon.
Galesburg Register-Mail: Apr. 6, 1927
(Obituary courtesy of Talbot Fisher (46876960)
BRICK MASON, OUT OF WORK, INHALES GAS
C.E. Lewis, Ill, Despondent Over Unemployment Found Dead in Bed, Gas Jets Open.
C.E. Lewis, a brick mason, residing at 236 W. Brooks streets, was found dead in bed at his home about 10 o'clock this morning. The gas jet was turned open and the room was full of the fumes according to a statement by Mrs. Lewis, his wife, who discovered the body upon going upstairs to arouse her daughter, Flora, who was due to report for work at the Little Statler Sandwich shop at the corner of Cedar and Brooks street, at 11 o'clock.
Mrs. Lewis stated that in passing the door of her husband's room she smelled gas and upon investigation discovered the body of Mr. Lewis in bed and the gas light jet open. Unable to rouse her husband she immediately called Dr. Will Maley, who, upon investigation pronounced him dead from asphyxiation.
ILL, OUT OF WORK
Mrs. Lewis states that her husband motored to Kewanee Tuesday in search of employment as he had been unable to find work in Galesburg for some time. She stated that he was suffering with a lung ailment for the past two years.
Upon returning from Kewanee Tuesday evening she declared that he was not feeling well, but showed no signs of melancholia or depression. She said that he went to bed at his usual hour and as she knew he was not well, she decided to let him rest at his leisure this morning as he had often done before when ailing. Mr. Lewis, she stated, slept in a room by himself.
TRIED SUICIDE BEFORE
Mr. Lewis, it is said, attempted to end his life last fall when he lived on W. Tompkins street. At that time he attached a rubber hose to the gas jet on the kitchen stove and extended it to the bathroom. He then turned on the gas and confined himself to the room after having closed the door in order to prevent any of the gas escaping. Harley Leitch, who lived in the same house, smelled the gas which had spread throughout the home and upon investigation discovered the unconscious body of Lewis lying on the floor of the bathroom. A doctor was called and the man was revived.
He had never mentioned, it is said, anything which would indicate that he intended to repeat the performance.
C.E. Lewis was born in Galesburg January 1, 1867, and had lived in this city during his entire life. He was united in marriage August 19, 1891, to Miss Ella Wallace and to this union three children were born, all surviving. They are, Mrs. Raymond O'Connell of Chicago, Mrs. Mabel Grim, St. Louis, and Flora at home.
An inquest was held at the Foley Mortuary this afternoon.
Galesburg Register-Mail: Apr. 6, 1927
(Obituary courtesy of Talbot Fisher (46876960)
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