1829 - 1881

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• Birth	18 Jan 1829	Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  BIRT	18 Jan 1829	New Jersey
  Died	Aft 1880	Probably in Forty Forts, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I73305	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	07 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Levi Chapman LEWIS, b. Apr 1798, Connecticut
  Mother	Hannah SHAY, b. 13 Jan 1802, Shaytown, Sussex County, New Jersey
  Family ID	F29616	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary L. SHOVE, b. 1832, Connecticut
  Married	26 Apr 1857	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. Frank Wesley LEWIS, b. Abt 1859   2. George A. LEWIS, b. 1863, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania   3. Charles G. LEWIS, b. 1865, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania   4. Edith H. LEWIS, b. 1868, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania   5. Jay A. LEWIS, b. 1870, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania   6. Annie E. LEWIS, b. 1874, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F13524	Group Sheet

• Notes

  [levi_chapman_lewis.ged] Joshua Shay Lewis (first cousin of Hiram Lewis)... "entered the Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa, remaining there three years (this is where he met his wife).... When twenty-fours years old he began preaching, his inspiration to become a clergyman coming to him when he was a little child. It was from hearing Rev. C. W. Giddings asking God's blessing for each individual member of his father's family, ending with himself, and the events of that day were vividly impressed upon his memory. Although devoting considerable time to preaching Mr. Lewis continued his farming operations, enlarging his possessions at different times, being the owner of 17 different pieces of land at different times in the vicinity, all of which he has since disposed of.... He preached at Stoddardsville, Pennsylvania... Hyde Park, Simpson Street Church... and nine different charges along the Susquehanna River.. at Factoryville, Meshoppen. He was present and participated in the dedication of the Meshoppen Methodist Church, December 1905... He has been president of the Dimock Camp Meeting Association, serving in that capacity for 27 years and was again elected in 1905 for another year." Source: Please cite original sources. Compiled by: J. K. Loren