Individual Details

Dr. John Wood Lewis

(1 Feb 1801 - 11 Jul 1865)

Confederate Senator, Georgia State Representative, South Carolina State Legislator. Born in South Carolina, Lewis was a member of the South Carolina State legislature from 1830 to 1831, member of Georgia State Senate in 1845, and a Senator from Georgia in the Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1863.
Children:
Mary Lewis Thomas 1840–1880
John W Lewis 1853–1914

Events

Birth1 Feb 1801Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Census (family)-shared1810(Joel Lewis and Mary Wood Machen) Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Census1820Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Census1830Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Marriage1 Jan 1835Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina - Sarah Mariah Earle
Census (family)1840Cass County, Georgia - Sarah Mariah Earle
Census (family)19 Nov 1850Cherokee, Cherokee County, Georgia - Sarah Mariah Earle
Death11 Jul 1865Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia
BurialRiverview Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia

Families

SpouseSarah Mariah Earle (1809 - 1867)
FatherJoel Lewis (1767 - 1815)
MotherMary Wood Machen (1781 - 1857)
SiblingFrances Machen Lewis (1799 - 1869)

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