Individual Details

Emily H. M. Comfort

(26 Sep 1819 - 27 May 1896)



Marriage Found in a Liahona Marriage Book. Mississippi Marriages 1825-1850.

1850 Census. Town of Kosciusko, Attala Co, MS, Hh 1404.
Ozias Lewis, age 37, Physician, b. CT
Emily, 30, b. KY
Charlotte 12, William 9, Ellen 6, James 4, Harriet A. age 1 - all born Mississippi

Emily's mother's nuncuperative will made in January 1851, makes division to her six children and then named six, none were Emily. As far as is known there were seven children - Emily born a year following her parents' marriage. Maybe Ellen felt Emily had no need of anything - Emily wasn't deceased.

1860 Census. P.O. Kosciusko, Attala Co, MS, Hh 57
Ozias Lewis, age 46, Physician, b CT
Emily, 39, b. KY
William 19, b. MS as were his siblings
Ellen 16. James 13. Harriet 10. Henrietta 7. John 4.
H. S. Shoop, age 21, House Painter, b. Ohio
w. R. Norton, age 26, Hack Driver, b. AL
Joel Lars, age 17, Teamster, b. MS
[they are on the same page with Frances Haden, widow of John M. Haden]

1870 Census. Still in Kosciusko, Hh 93
Emily Lewis, age 49, b. Tenn. [error]
James A., 23, Phsysician, b. MS
Harriette, age 20
Henrietta J. age 17
John, age 14

1880 Census. Kosciusko, Beat 1, Attala Co, MS, Hh 379
J. T. Hammond, age 44, Steam Mill, b. SC
C. E., wife, age 41, b. MS, father b. CT, mother b. KY [Charlotte]
M. E. 21, dau. J. L., 19, Son. Lortie E., 17, Dau. E. H. 16, Dau. M. J. 14, dau. E. W. 9, Dau.
S/A. O. age 6, Son. D. T. 4, son.
Henrietta Lewis, age 26, sister-in-law
E. H. Lewis, age 60, mother-in-law
B. F. Clover, age 22, Clerk in Drug Store, b. MS
R. G. Harlow, 27, butcher, b. TX

FindAGrave.com
Kosciusko City Cemetery
Emily Whitsett Comfort Lewis, wife of Dr. Ozias Lewis
Born: 26 Sep 1819, Died 27 May 1896
Dr. Ozias is also in that cemetery, as is their daughter Henrietta, who never married, and daughter Charlotte who married James T. Hammond.


In 1900, still in Kosciusko, Hh 345
Henrietta J. Lewis, b. Apr 1853, age 47, single, b. MS, father b. CT, mother b. KY
John H., brother, b. Jan 1856, age 44, widowed, Commercial Trav. (drugs)

Events

Birth26 Sep 1819Kentucky
Marriage3 Dec 1836Madison County, Mississippi - Dr. Ozias Lewis
Death27 May 1896Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi

Families

SpouseDr. Ozias Lewis (1812 - 1867)
ChildCharlotte Lewis (1839 - 1890)
ChildWilliam Lewis (1841 - )
ChildEllen Lewis (1844 - )
ChildJames Lewis (1846 - )
ChildHarriet A. Lewis (1849 - )
ChildHenrietta Lewis (1853 - 1930)
ChildJohn Lewis (1856 - )
FatherWilliam Comfort (1792 - 1836)
MotherEleanor Cardwell Whitsitt (1800 - 1851)
SiblingDr. John W. Comfort (1822 - 1854)
SiblingDaniel Benjamin Comfort (1824 - 1902)
SiblingDavid Samuel Comfort (1827 - 1862)
SiblingJoseph A. Comfort (1829 - )
SiblingElizabeth Comfort (1835 - )
SiblingCatharine Comfort (1837 - )

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