Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Earl LEWIS

Earl LEWIS

Male 1888 - 1918  (30 years)


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  • Name Earl LEWIS
    Birth 22 Feb 1888  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • "Davis - The Settlers of Salem West Virginia," p. 163, reports birth date as Feb 22 1887, at variance with birth record and age in obituary.
    Gender Male
    Military Pvt, Co C, 318th Infantry, World War I (entered from Webster Co)  [2, 3] 
    Census 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Clay District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Occupation timber business  [2] 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    coal miner at Solon Mine 
    Residence Cowen, Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 21 Apr 1918  Camp Lee, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    Cause: pneumonia 
    Burial Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I81202  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2018

    Father Charles Dudley LEWIS,   b. 2 Jul 1856, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1901, Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    Mother Lydia Experience DAVIS,   b. 30 Jan 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1904 (Age 42 years)
    Family ID F27317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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    81202_LEWIS_Earl_1887-1918_Obit.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S2582] West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, (http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html), http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/vetdetail.aspx?Id=2089.

    4. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 163.

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 91 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045606&Type=Death.