George Chapman Lewis was already a minister before he got married. He was living with his Great-aunt Ruhamah in Franklin, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Her brother Oliver Lewis (George's Great-uncle) was a famous minister known as "The Weeping Prophet" who lived in Exeter Township, Luzerne County. Oliver's daughter Almeda married Rev. Abraham S. Chandler in 1836. Rev. Chandler's mother was Mary Luce, the great aunt of George's future mother-in-law, Margaret Almeda Luce.

George Chapman Lewis and Kate Alta Flock were both living in Luzerne County and are likely to have first met through their Luce (Luse) relatives.

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1. Mary Elizabeth LEWIS b. 18 Mar 1888, Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania; d. 1968, Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida.

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Name: George Benson LEWIS
Birth Date: 1821
Volume: 103
Page Number: 368
Reference: Ely anc. Lineage of Rich. Ely who settled at Lyme, Ct. By Moses S. Beach. New York, 1902. (44, 639p.): 403

Need to make sure that George Benson Lewis was the son of Levi Chapman Lewis.
Levi may have had a son George by his second marriage (a 2 year-old George was living in the household of Levi at the time of the 1850 census, but was not living there 10 years later at the time of the 1860 census). This George Lewis, born between 1847 - 1848, may have been Levi Chapman Lewis' grandson, as Thomas Lewis, his 33-year-old son by his first marriage, was also living in the household at the time of the 1850 census. Need birth certificates for both Georges.

George Benson Lewis is definitely a part of this Lewis family, as his son George Chapman Lewis was living with Levi Chapman Lewis' sister Rumalah, and this younger George met his wife through the family of Levi Chapman Lewis' brother Oliver "The Weeping Prophet" Lewis. And of course George Chapman Lewis' middle name comes from the same source as Levi Chapman Lewis' middle name, specifically the surname of Levi's mother, Eunice Chapman.

It is possible that George Benson Lewis was the son of Levi Chapman Lewis' brother Joseph or another brother George.

Where did the middle name Benson come from?

George Benson Lewis is known to have a brother Joseph R. Lewis who attended his second wife's (Electa Ann Wellman Lewis') funeral in 1889.


In the voluminous Lewis family file, (in the Montrose, PA Historical Society) I found the obituary of Electa Ann (Wellman) Lewis. The newspaper article was dated Sunday, 23 June 1889. The article did not include a place-name, however, [Roger Cargill, rcargill3@stny.rr.com] assumes it to be Bradford (McKean) PA. Transcription follows: quote:
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Death of Mrs. Geo. B. Lewis.
The subject of this sketch was born in New Milford township in January 1835. Her name previous to her marriage in 1856 was Electa Ann Wellman. She lived with her husband in Montrose and vicinity until his death, April 4, 1870, and afterward at this place until removal to Mansfield, Pa. in 1881, and thence to Bradford, Pa., in 1884. After a severe illness of many months, the summons which released her weary, wasted body from the sufferings of earth came on Saturday evening, June 15. A funeral service was held at Bradford on the afternoon of the following day, and at 5 o'clock the remains, accompanied by her own daughter, Miss Nellie Lewis, and Sarah, daughter of Mr. Lewis by his first marriage [to Miss Elizabeth Rogers] started towards Montrose for interment, arriving at Tunkhannock early Monday morning. Soon afterward, William V., only son of Mrs.Lewis, arrived from Philadelphia and joined his sorrowing sisters. A funeral service was appointed at the Methodist Church at half past nine, which, notwithstanding a pouring rain, was well attended.
The casket, on which was a beautiful wreath of flowers, was borne within the church by Messrs. S. F.Lane, W. J. Gordon, Daniel Coon, J. E. Whiting, Myron Baldwin, and Warren Tingley, and placed in front of the altar, which as well as the platform and pulpit, were beautifully decorated with flowers arranged for Children's Day, the day before. The chief mourners were William and Nellie, with Sarah and her uncle, Joseph R. Lewis, but there were also many sorrowing hearts, for a loved one who passed beyond all earthly scenes.

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Family Group of Lebbeus & Fanny Ely Rogers.

Agnatic descendant of Reverend John "The Martyr" Rogers and of the Norman rulers of Sicily. ("Agnatic descendant" mean that the lineage is strictly traced patrilineally ... father's father's father's father, etc.)

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1. Phebe Eunice LEWIS b. 27 Jun 1845, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. Mar 1932, Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania.
2. Fanny J. LEWIS b. 1847, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. Aft 1914.
3. Sarah E. LEWIS b. Abt Dec 1849, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. Aft 1880.
4. 1. George (Rev.) Chapman LEWIS, Rev. b. 10 Oct 1851, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. 6 Jan 1890, Of consumption (tuberculosis).

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"Levi Chapman Lewis, second son (?), and child of Oliver Lewis and his wife, Eunice Chapman, was born April, 1798, in Connecticut. He was reared in Orange Co., New York... He removed to Sussex County, New Jersey, where he learned the trade of carpenter, and after completing his apprenticeship came to Exeter Twp., about the year 1828, accompanied by his two brothers, walking the entire distance. He was an expert carpenter and there built a mill for Mr. Sutton, from whom he purchases land consisting of four hundren and fifty acres, and with his brothers was engaged in building mills, large buildings, etc., in the district.... in Sussex New Jersey he married Hannah Shay, born in that county daughter of Ephraim Shay, and they were the parents of nine children. "

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Congdon Family book by Higginson page #196

Title: History of Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., Penn'a: Its Homes and Its People by E. A. Weston, 1889 (reprinted 1987)
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Media: Book
Page: 127
Title: Barbour Collection, Conn. Vital Records prior to 1850

Brother, Andrew, married wife's cousin, Silence Ely.

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7th child of Gabriel Ely

Title: History of Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., Penn'a: Its Homes and Its People by E. A. Weston, 1889 (reprinted 1987)
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Page: 127
Title: Barbour Collection, Conn. Vital Records prior to 1850

Cousin, Silence Ely, married brother-in-law, Andrew Rogers.

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1. 3. Elizabeth Lucy ROGERS b. 23 Sep 1816, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. 25 Jan 1855, Had she died before the 1860 census or had she and George been divorced?.
2. Andrew ROGERS b. 30 May 1818, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
3. Charles ROGERS b. 5 Dec 1821, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. 9 Oct 1846, Key West, Fl., United States.
4. Rachel J. ROGERS b. 4 Sep 1823, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. 13 Feb 1857.
5. Sarah A. ROGERS b. 23 May 1826, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. 4 Jun 1865.
6. Christopher ROGERS b. 7 May 1828, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. 1910, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
7. Henry ROGERS b. 15 Sep 1830, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. 1 Jul 1896.
8. Mary Jane ROGERS b. 15 Sep 1833, Brooklyn, Pa., United States; d. 24 Nov 1869.
9. Edwin ROGERS b. 20 Jul 1835, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. 8 Jan 1865.
10. Fanny Lucretia ROGERS b. 19 Mar 1839, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; d. 31 Dec 1860.

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From the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys History: "Both his parents and all four grandparents are direct descendants of John Lewis, the founder of this family in America. Oliver Lewis resided some years in his native town and there married Eunice Chapman, and they were the parents of fourteen children: Oliver a blacksmith by trade, but was better known as the weeping prophet. He traveled on horseback throughout the Wyoming Valley, and as a result of his labors hundreds of men were converted.... The family removed to Orange County, New York, where death claimed his loving wife an dhelpmate. Subsequently he removed to Exeter Township, six miles above West Pittston, Pennsylvania. Here Oliver Lewis and his children resided, and here he died."

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1. Oliver (Rev.) "The Weeping Prophet" LEWIS b. Abt 1797, Connecticut; d. Abt 1873, Pennsylvania.
2. 4. Levi Chapman LEWIS b. Apr 1798, Connecticut; d. Sep 1881, Exeter Township (now Franklin), Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
3. Joseph LEWIS b. Abt 1800.
4. George LEWIS b. Abt 1802.
5. John LEWIS b. Abt 1805.
6. Rumulah LEWIS b. 1806, New York; d. Aft 1880.
7. Simeon LEWIS b. 14 Nov 1807, New York; d. 31 May 1883, Wiliams Pond, Bridgewater Twp., Susq. Co., Pa; bur. Williams Pond Cemetery, Bridgewater Twp., Susq. Co., Pa.
8. William LEWIS b. Aft 1808.
9. Nathan LEWIS b. Abt 1810, Orange County, New York.
10. Robert D. LEWIS b. Aft 1811, Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
11. Sally A. LEWIS b. 23 Jun 1819, New York (Probably Orange County); d. 7 Aug 1885, Franklin Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

MARRIAGE: Congdon Family book by Higginson page 196

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1. 6. Lebbeus ROGERS b. 2 Aug 1789, Montville, New London County, Connecticut; d. 6 Jan 1872, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; bur. Jan 1872, Old Cemetery, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
2. Samuel ROGERS b. 3 Jul 1790, Montville, New London County, Connecticut; d. 13 May 1887, Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
3. Andrew ROGERS b. 15 Jan 1792, Montville, New London County, Connecticut; d. 4 Apr 1878, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.