Individual Details

Edmond Asbury Lewis

(25 Oct 1835 - 19 Aug 1912)



1850 Census. Washington Twp, Shelby, IN, Hh 641
Daniel P. Cohens, 32, b. IN, farmer
Mary, 23, b. IN
Lewis 3, Lunetta, age 1
Edmond A. Lewis, 15
Nathan Lewis, 59, Horticulturist, b. TN

Civil War Service.
Edmond Louis of Flora, Illinois
5 Aug 1862. Enlisted Company A, IL 98th Infantry Regt. as a private. Promoted to Full 1st Sgt on 25 Apr 1864. Mustered out, 25 Apr 1864.
Confederate Pension Card File
Edmond A. Lewis, Co A, 98th Ill. Inf.
Elizabeth J. Lewis, widow
8 Oct 1881. Invalid application #432,092; Certificate #247.317, from Illinois
30 Aug 1912. Widow application #992.499; Certificate #749.505, from Illinois

Edmond married Elizabeth Jane Kneff, 21 Jan 1869; she was born 8 Dec 1844, died 18 Apr 1920.
Children with Elizabeth were Gabriel Otis, b. 14 Nov 1869, Sarah Emeline, b. 15 Mar 1871, Mary Belle, b. 23 Dec 1875 and Daisy A., b. 25 Oct 1879.
Edmond's parents were Nathan L. Lewis, b. 1 Jan 1790, Sullivan Co, TN, d. 7 Apr 1861, Andersonville, Franklin, IN and Jane Trusley, b. about 1793, Sullivan, TN, died 1835, Iowa.

1870 Census. Stanford, Clay, IL, Hh 163
Asbury Lewis, 35, b. IN
Elizabeth 25, b. OH
John 10, Edward 7 - both b. IN
Michael 5. Otis, 9 months - born in Illinois. Otis was born in September 1869.

1880 Census. Stanford, Clay, IL, Hh 1
E. A. Lewis, 45, b. IN, no birth place for parents
Jane, 35, wife, b. Ohio
John, 20, son. Edmond J., 17, son. Born IN - both parents b. IN
Michael E., 14, son. Born IL, both parents b. IN
Gaberal O., 10, son. Sarah E., 9, dau. Mary B., 4, dau. Daisy H., 7 months, born in Oct of 1879, dau. All born in IL, father b. IN, mother b. OH

1900 Census. Stanford, Clay, IL, Hh 109
Berry Lewis, b. Oct 1835, age 64, married 30 years, b. IN, parents b. TN
Elisabeth, wife, b. Dec 1844, 55. 4 children - 3 are living, b. Ohio, father b. Ohio, mother W. VA
Webster Chambers, boarder, b. Nov 1879, age 20, b. IN

1910 Census. Stanford, Clay, IL, Hh 32
Edmund A. Lewis, 74, married twice, the last time for 41 years, b. IN, father b. TN, mother b. VA, farmer, owns his own place
Elizabeth J., wife, 64, married once for 41 years. 4 children - 3 living., b. OH, father b. OH, mother b.VA

Events

Birth25 Oct 1835Indiana
Marriage20 Jan 1856Shelby County, Indiana - Julia A. CARNEY
Marriage21 Jan 1869Clay County, Illinois - Elizabeth Jane Kneff
Death19 Aug 1912Clay County, Illinois
BurialKneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Families

SpouseJulia A. CARNEY (1839 - 1868)
SpouseElizabeth Jane Kneff (1844 - 1920)