The 1850 Census shows a Nancy Summers (age 24, born in Kentucky) living in
District 97, Rush County, Indiana with parents Chas. W. (age 51) and Amelia (age 54) Summers and brother Adn. J. (age 16).
An Ancestry public family tree shows a Nancy Summers as the second wife of Joseph Power Lewis. A listing of the burials in the Vieley Cemetery gives the below inscription which is evidence for Joseph Power Lewis having three wives. A Joseph P. Lewis married a Nancy Summers on March 6, 1856 in Rush County, Indiana.
This marriage is possible from a timeline standpoint as Joseph's first wife died in 1856 and his marriage to Elizabeth Mahan occurred in April 1858. Nancy died in between these years in 1857 so a marriage to Joseph Lewis would have been possible.
District 97, Rush County, Indiana with parents Chas. W. (age 51) and Amelia (age 54) Summers and brother Adn. J. (age 16).
An Ancestry public family tree shows a Nancy Summers as the second wife of Joseph Power Lewis. A listing of the burials in the Vieley Cemetery gives the below inscription which is evidence for Joseph Power Lewis having three wives. A Joseph P. Lewis married a Nancy Summers on March 6, 1856 in Rush County, Indiana.
This marriage is possible from a timeline standpoint as Joseph's first wife died in 1856 and his marriage to Elizabeth Mahan occurred in April 1858. Nancy died in between these years in 1857 so a marriage to Joseph Lewis would have been possible.
The 1850 Census shows a Nancy Summers (age 24, born in Kentucky) living in
District 97, Rush County, Indiana with parents Chas. W. (age 51) and Amelia (age 54) Summers and brother Adn. J. (age 16).
An Ancestry public family tree shows a Nancy Summers as the second wife of Joseph Power Lewis. A listing of the burials in the Vieley Cemetery gives the below inscription which is evidence for Joseph Power Lewis having three wives. A Joseph P. Lewis married a Nancy Summers on March 6, 1856 in Rush County, Indiana.
This marriage is possible from a timeline standpoint as Joseph's first wife died in 1856 and his marriage to Elizabeth Mahan occurred in April 1858. Nancy died in between these years in 1857 so a marriage to Joseph Lewis would have been possible.
District 97, Rush County, Indiana with parents Chas. W. (age 51) and Amelia (age 54) Summers and brother Adn. J. (age 16).
An Ancestry public family tree shows a Nancy Summers as the second wife of Joseph Power Lewis. A listing of the burials in the Vieley Cemetery gives the below inscription which is evidence for Joseph Power Lewis having three wives. A Joseph P. Lewis married a Nancy Summers on March 6, 1856 in Rush County, Indiana.
This marriage is possible from a timeline standpoint as Joseph's first wife died in 1856 and his marriage to Elizabeth Mahan occurred in April 1858. Nancy died in between these years in 1857 so a marriage to Joseph Lewis would have been possible.
Inscription
Nancy, wife of Joseph P. Lewis
d. Dec. 21, 1857
aged 36 yr, 28 da
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