Individual Details
Thomas Wafer Lewis
(16 Sep 1815 - 14 Dec 1887)
1850 Census. Union Parish, LA, Hh 707
Thomas W. Lewis, 36, Farmer, b. GA
Evaline, 25, b. TN
David, 5. Elizabeth, age 3. - both born in Louisiana
1860 Census. Western Dist, Trinity Co, TX, Hh 91
T. W. Lewis 39, Farmer, b. MS
Elina, 20 (she was more like 35), b. TN
David, 15, b. Texas
Elizabeth 14, b. LA
Addelina, 10, b. LA
James 7, b. LA
Letty, 6, b. TX
John Smith, 21, Labor
1870 Census. Medina Co, TX, Hh 379
Thomas Lewis, 54, b. GA
Ebline, 45, b. Tennessee
Atlein, 23, female, b. LA (Addelina)
James 17, b. LA
Laty, 14, b. TX
Saline, b. TX, female
Frances and Josephine, age 6, b. TX, both females
Next door was son David.
1880 Census. Bandera Co, TX, Hh 67
Thos. W. Lewis, 64, Farmer, b. MS, parents b. SC
Evaline, 55, wife, b. TN
Rosa, 16, daughter, b. TX
F. A., 16, daughter, b. TX
Next door was son David.
Thomas W and Ebalina Lewis moved to New Mexico from Bandera County, Texas in 1887 and settled in the Sacramento Mountains. Thomas Wafer Lewis passed away in Jim Lewis Canyon, Otero County, New Mexico, of pneumonia. Only five graves are noted in the cemetery - his and four young grandchildren.
Events
Birth | 16 Sep 1815 | Louisiana | |||
Marriage | Ca 1841 | Evalina Goodgion | |||
Death | 14 Dec 1887 | Otero County, New Mexico |
Families
Spouse | Evalina Goodgion (1825 - 1908) |
Child | David L. Lewis (1842 - 1902) |
Child | Elizabeth Wafer Lewis (1845 - 1925) |
Child | Addelena Lewis (1850 - ) |
Child | James Pierce Lewis (1853 - ) |
Child | Lettica "Lettie" Lewis (1856 - 1932) |
Child | Crawford Josephine Lewis (1864 - 1947) |
Child | Frances Lewis (1864 - ) |
Father | Benjamin Lewis (1781 - 1860) |
Mother | Elizabeth Wafer (1783 - 1860) |