George Washington Lewis

1834 - 1902  (67 years)    Has no ancestors but 31 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	George Washington Lewis
  Birth	24 Oct 1834	Quincy, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Mar 1902	Ingram Twp., Mills County, Iowa
  Origins
  Person ID	I37856	FeldmanTree
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2007

  
  

  Family	Mariah Wiatt,   b. 28 Feb 1841, Madison Township, Muskingum County, Ohio d. 14 Jul 1900, Ingraham Twp., Mills County, Iowa (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	30 Nov 1856	Malvern, Mills County, Iowa
  Children	+ 1. Margaret (Maggie) Ellen Lewis,   b. Sep 1857, Mills Co., Iowa ▻ Charles Edison Dalton  m. Abt 1877 + 2. Daniel H. Lewis,   b. 13 May 1859, Malvern, Iowa d. 24 Mar 1942, Callaway, Nebraska (Age 82 years) ▻ Jennie Lowry  m. 16 Dec 1880;   Minnie Myrtle McFall  m. 3 Mar 1890 + 3. Anna Lewis,   b. Sep 1863, Mills County, Iowa ▻ George Marsh  m. 5 Jun 1881;   Daniel Harvey  m. 26 Feb 1896 + 4. George G. Lewis,   b. 28 Sep 1864, Mills Co., Iowa d. 10 Dec 1938, Gage Co., Nebraska (Age 74 years) ▻ Martha  m. Abt 1890   5. William O. Lewis,   b. 26 Aug 1866, Malvern, Mills County, Iowa d. 21 Sep 1890, Mills Co., Iowa (Age 24 years) ▻ Leona Mort  m. 31 Oct 1888   6. Harvey Lewis,   b. 12 Sep 1880, Mills Co., Iowa
  Family ID	F2886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  History of Mills County Iowa 1985 p.472 and 473. George Washington Lewis was born in Quincy, Illinois October 24, 1834, and died March 22, 1902 in the East Liberty community. His parents were Daniel and Harriet Holston Lewis. His wife, Mariah Wiett Lewis, was born Febuary 28,1841, and died July 14, 1900. Burial for all these grandparents is in the East Liberty Cemetery. In his obituary it is written that George Washington Lewis' parents came to Iowa when he was yet an infant, coming years before Iowa was admitted into the union of states. First locating near Burlington before coming to Mills County, arriving August 7 A.D.1851. Settling in what was known as Cutler Camp, his father Daniel Lewis secured squatters rights to the land in 1851. George Washington Lewis drove an ox team, driving what was known as a "Linch Pin" wagon, across the entire state of Iowa. Soon after reaching his majority, almost single-handed and alone, he cut and hewed logs and erected for himself a log cabin on the home place near where his parents resided. Soon after completion of this task on November 30, 1856 he was united in marriage with a neighbor girl, Mariah Wiett, whose parents were also pioneers, coming to the East Liberty community a few years later and settling on a farm near the Lewis'. Not content with his surrounding, but characteristic of his life, he early sought to better his condition, tore down the old log cabin and removed it to the prairie, and erected it once more. He then began the task of opening up what finally became the beautiful farm and home that he left as a monument to his energy, pluck, and enterprise. George resided in the East Liberty community for over fifty one years, living in but two townships, Silver Creek and Ingraham, as stated the change was merely moving across the public highway. In G.W. Lewis' obituary it states that he had belonged to the church for over thirty years; it had to be the East Liberty Methodist Church as that is where the Lewis family attended church. The only thing found out about Mariah Lewis was that funeral services were held on Monday, July 16, 1900, at the East Liberty Church. We know that she is buried in the East Liberty Cemetery. There was a notation "What added to her infirmity was the care and anxiety in regard to her husbands mental condition which had been of a most alarming nature for the past two years." Submitted by Helen Parker.

  
  

• Reference

  Your Name Here. "George Washington Lewis". Our Stories and Family Tree. https://www.feldmanfamily.ws/genroot/getperson.php?personID=I37856&tree=FDF001 (accessed May 4, 2024).