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Charles Marion LEWIS

Charles Marion LEWIS[1]

Male 1881 - 1923  (41 years)


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  • Name Charles Marion LEWIS
    Birth 19 Dec 1881  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    • Tyler County birth records indicate birth in Feb 1881, date not specified. But 1900 Census indicates Dec 1881, and death record specifies Dec 19 1881.
    Gender Male
    Residence 1904  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation dry goods merchant  [2, 5] 
    Death 30 Jun 1923  Racket, Ritchie/Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Cause: tuberculosis 
    Burial Mt. Olive Cemetery (old, aka Dunkard), Co Rd 47/18 north of Racket, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I12067  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2009

    Father John Freeman LEWIS,   b. 9 Feb 1844, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1921, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Mother Edah BRITTON,   b. 4 Apr 1845, Wirt Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 May 1889, Tanner Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    Family ID F4315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dona CLEVENGER,   b. 5 Jun 1886, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1914 (Age 28 years)  [1, 6]
    Marriage 18 Sep 1904  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on May 11 1910:
      Charles M. Lewis, 28, farmer, married 6 yrs; wife Dona, 24, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Madge, 4; dau Mabel, 11 months.
    Children 
    >1. Madge LEWIS,   b. 25 Jul 1905, Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1998, Monahans, Ward Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2. Mabel LEWIS,   b. 29 May 1909, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1925, Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     3. Macel LEWIS,   b. 30 Jun 1912   d. 11 Jun 1913 (Age 0 years)
    +4. Leroy Charles LEWIS,   b. 14 Sep 1914, Racket, Ritchie/Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1979 (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F4320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dora Ann RODGERS,   b. 21 Feb 1899, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1987 (Age 88 years)  [1]
    Marriage 22 Oct 1916  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy Twp, village of Newbern), enumerated in Jan 1920:
      Charles M. Lewis, 38, dry goods merchant; wife Dora A, 20; dau Madge, 14; dau Mabel, 10; son Leroy, 5; dau Ruie, 10 months.
    Children 
     1. Leona LEWIS,   b. 23 Aug 1917   d. 11 Oct 1917 (Age 0 years)
    +2. Ruie Iden LEWIS,   b. 17 Mar 1919, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 2018 (Age 99 years)
     3. Ruth LEWIS,   b. 19 Jul 1920   d. 15 Nov 1929, Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)
    +4. Lawrence Delmas "Jim" LEWIS,   b. 19 Mar 1922, Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1985, Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    +5. Mary Glendine LEWIS,   b. 25 Oct 1923   d. 28 Jun 1979 (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F4322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    12067_LEWIS_CharlesM_1881-1923_DeathCertificate.jpg    		12067_LEWIS_CharlesM_1881-1923_DeathCertificate.jpg
    12067_CharlesMLewis_DonaClevenger_MarriageRecord_18Sep1904.jpg    		12067_CharlesMLewis_DonaClevenger_MarriageRecord_18Sep1904.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S2086] 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District).

    4. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    5. [S2112] 1920 Census, Gilmer County, WV.

    6. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    7. [S1889] Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 101.
      Identified as C. M. Lewis, 35, widowed, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Dora Rodgers, 18, single, b. & res. in Gilmer Co. Married Oct 22 1916.