1821 - 1870

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• Birth	4 May 1821	New York (Probably in Orange County)
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Apr 1870
  Person ID	I60936	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	07 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Levi Chapman LEWIS, b. Apr 1798, Connecticut
  Family ID	F17532	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Elizabeth Lucy ROGERS, b. 23 Sep 1816, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
  Married	16 Sep 1844	Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
  Children	> 1. Phebe Eunice LEWIS, b. 27 Jun 1845, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania   2. Fanny J. LEWIS, b. 1847, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania   3. Sarah E. LEWIS, b. Abt Dec 1849, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania > 4. George (Rev.) Chapman LEWIS, Rev., b. 10 Oct 1851, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F17658	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Electa Ann WELLMAN, b. 9 Jan 1835, New Milford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
  Married	2 Sep 1856	Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. William T. LEWIS, b. Jan 1860, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania   2. Nellie A. LEWIS, b. Abt 1863, Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F26387	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Source to investigate: 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: ************ 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. Source: Please cite original sources. Compiled by: J. K. Loren