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James "Theophilus" Lewis and | |
Elvira (Griffin) Lewis |
Winnie (Henson) Lewis |
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James "Theophilus" Lewis and | |
Elvira (Griffin) Lewis |
Winnie (Henson) Lewis |
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Elvira Griffin 
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Winetry "Winnie" Henson m: Abt 1775, in Ashe Co, NC daughter of Paul &unknown Henson b: Bet 1740-1760 |
Some of the lineage & reference info for this "Theophilus/Elvira/Winnie" page was generously provided by Phil Hubbard son of Harold &Virginia(Corey) Hubbard grandson of David &Pearl(Lewis) Hubbard g-grandson of Alex &Orphy(Farmer) Lewis gg-grandson of Juder &Rebecca(Hoskins) Lewis ggg-grandson of Samuel &Keziah(McDaniel) Lewis gggg-grandson of Theophilus &Winnie(Henson) Lewis THANKS, CUZ PHIL, FOR SHARING! |
In general, my sources of information are these:
Juder Lewis and Rebecca Hoskins, prepared by Pearl Lewis (Juder and Rebecca's granddaughter) in the late 1970s. "A. C. Lewis, J. C. Lewis, and others," 23 Jul 1896. Clay and Perry counties in KY, and images of some of that data. disability resulting from military service in the Civil War, including a deposition of Rebecca (Hoskins) Lewis. including James' children, their spouses, and "Winedray Lewis their mother, wife of the said James Lewis deceased," dated 12 Nov 1825, and which includes a reference to "Samuel Lewis and Cuzza his wife." The deed only refers to James Lewis, and the middle name Theophilus never occurs once. But the deed is consistent with item 9. Incidentally, this transcription of the deed refers to "Jesse Boling and Minetrey his wife." Assuming that "Minetrey" is a mistranscription of "Winetrey" (which would be consistent with everything else I've seen), this has some implications as to which children of Jesse "Justice" Bowling should be listed under each of three wives at [sic] this website. Unfortunately, I don't have any other information on their marriage. James Theophilus Lewis have been well studied, and information provided by those people. Those varying sources of information are generally consistent, and at least some of the people with whom I've corresponded strike me as reliable. Their information on James Theophilus Lewis and his children is consistent with the deed mentioned in item 8. Admittedly, item 9 is at least third-hand information, and up until now I've regarded the link between James Theophilus Lewis and his son Samuel (for my purposes) as highly probable but still "officially" tentative, at least until I personally saw some sort of connection. Having recently seen the 1825 deed (item 8), I'm willing to accept the James-Samuel connection, at least until I . . . [sic] start collecting some "hard" primary sources. But, all I've seen is a transcription of that deed, not the original. One cautionary note. I've seen a lot of genealogies which report the death of James Theophilus Lewis as 1 Dec 1825, but I have no idea where that date comes from. And the problem with that date is that the 12 Nov 1825 deed refers to him as deceased. On the other hand, apparently the deed wasn't officially registered with the county until 10 Apr 1826. I suppose it's plausible that James was obviously headed for the end, and that in mid-November his sons and daughters decided to go ahead and get the legal work out of the way. Considering that part of the deed contains a provision that James' widow would be cared for after his death -- basically, the other kids gave their claims to the estate to one of the sons, and in return he promised to care for Winnie -- they may have even intentionally done this while James was still alive to assure him that her care had been provided for. In any case, I'm going to regard his exact death date as uncertain for the time being, at least until I find out what the source of the Dec 1 date is. I suppose the same argument could be made about the marriage dates -- that maybe one of the kids wasn't married to a listed spouse yet, but intended to very soon, and the deed was constructed to reflect that. But I find that argument to not be terribly plausible. If I was engaged, and the marriage was certain enough that I was willing to confidently arrange my legal affairs to reflect that even before saying "I do," and I had a terminally ill parent who was near the end, I think I would have already gone ahead with the wedding so that the dying parent could be there. |
Some of the lineage information for this "Theophilus/Elvira/Winnie" page was found in files at genealogy sites such as Genforum.com, the LDS site, Rootsweb.com, etc.. MANY THANKS TO ALL THOSE SHARE INFORMATION ONLINE! Your generosity and help is very much appreciated. |
by their g-grandson ~PHIL HUBBARD~ | |
During the Civil War, Juder served in the Union Army  specifically, Company H, Kentucky Infantry, 49th Regiment. He caught the measles during his service, and complications led to serious and permanent health problems which left him disabled. For the remainder of his life he was a semi-invalid. I've no photo of him, but his Union Army discharge papers describe him as 5'8", with stocky build and fair hair. |
Rebecca's birthdate is uncertain, since several sources of information conflict with each other.  And among other things, she seemed to be one of those types who liked to "trim a few years off" as she grew older. The bulk of the evidence from censuses and her testimony under oath indicates that she was born between 08 Jul 1835 and 31 Jul 1835. However, her headstone gives her date of birth as 28 July 1831. Given the totality of the evidence, I have to assume that her headstone is incorrect about the year, but that her birthday is probably correct, and so I consider her date of birth to be 28 July 1835. |
Four of the Juder/Rebecca siblings married Smiths and some claim that these Smiths are siblings to each other while others claim that this issue has not been confirmed. For the time being, we will show that the Lewis-Smith connection is with the following branch of Smiths: b: Feb 1825 KY m: #1=Edaeh "Eddy" LNU, on 12 Dec 1845, in Clay Co, KY (maiden name might be Smith) b: Abt 1826 KY m: #2=Sarah Wombles, on 13 May 1889, in Clay Co, KY daughter of John &Alabama(Smith) Wombles granddaughter of Malekiah &Sally Ann(Jackson) Smith Smith g-grandparents: Benjamin &Celia((Hall) Smith ..........(Benjamin's ancestry unknown) Jackson g-grandparents: Gibson &Roda(LNU) Jackson b: Dec 1868 KY
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