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Henry C. Lewis

Birth	:	2 Feb 1847 Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	24 Jul 1931 Williamsburg, Iowa County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2916700, -92.8201700
Description	:	He married Sarah Lucretia Unknown. They had 4 children. Three are known, Ralph R., Henry Clyde and Beryl Lewis, and Claude who died in infancy. Much of the information on this memorial supplied courtesy of Diane M Scott, Find A Grave # 47110289. #1 Williamsburg Journal-Tribune, Williamsburg (Iowa Co.), Iowa, 30 July 1931. MOURN THEIR FATHER ---- Ralph Lewis and His Sister Called to Osage Friday on Account of Death of Parent. ---- Mr. Ralph Lewis and his sister Miss Beryl, left Friday night for their old home at Osage in response to a message announcing the death of their father, one of... Read More	He married Sarah Lucretia Unknown. They had 4 children. Three are known, Ralph R., Henry Clyde and Beryl Lewis, and Claude who died in infancy. Much of the information on this memorial supplied courtesy of Diane M Scott, Find A Grave # 47110289. #1 Williamsburg Journal-Tribune, Williamsburg (Iowa Co.), Iowa, 30 July 1931. MOURN THEIR FATHER ---- Ralph Lewis and His Sister Called to Osage Friday on Account of Death of Parent. ---- Mr. Ralph Lewis and his sister Miss Beryl, left Friday night for their old home at Osage in response to a message announcing the death of their father, one of the oldest residents of the city. He is survived by three children, one son, Henry of Osage, and the son and daughter residing here. The wife and mother passed away on June 6, 1930. The deceased was past the middle eighties, and for 76 years his home had been in Mitchell Co. At the Home-coming for Osage held during the first week of July, Mr. Lewis was the second oldest resident in point of time in Mitchell County. He had long been popular, and during the years of his prime he was identified with every movement that was designed to better the most forward community center in Northern Iowa. The funeral services were held Sunday. #2 Henry Lewis, 1847-1931 DEATH CLAIMS HENRY LEWIS CAME TO MITCHELL COUNTY IN YEAR 1855 Henry Lewis, Mitchell county pioneer, died last Friday, July 24, at the home of Mrs. L. A. Squire, where he had been living for several years. He had been ill only a few days. He was 84 years, 5 months and 22 days of age. Services were conducted from the Champion funeral home of Sunday, the Rev. F. W. Miller of the Universalist church being in charge. Interment was in the Osage cemetery. Henry Lewis was born at Elizabethtown, Illinois, on Feb. 2, 1847. In 1855, he, with his parents, two brothers and two sisters, moved to Mitchell county, which for more that seventy-six years was his home. He grew to manhood on the home farm, three miles southeast of Osage, helping with the clearing of land for tillage and pioneering in the great undertaking which has made Mitchell county the garden spot of Iowa. In 1872 he was united in marriage to Sarah Lucretia Bartlett, and to this union were born four children; Claude, who died in infancy, Henry C Lewis of Osage, and Ralph R and Beryl Lewis of Williamsburg, Iowa. Mr Lewis was the oldest of twelve children, eleven of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Of this eleven, Silas, Sidney and George have passed away, and he is survived by four brothers, Seth of Waterloo, Wellington and Charles of Osage, and John R. of Steele, N. D., and by three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Hart and Miss Mary Lewis of Osage, and Mrs. Leith Peck of Harrisonville, Mo. Submittted to IaGenWeb by Marilyn O'Connor

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Henry C. Lewis's memorial is located at: Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell County, USA.
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Henry C. Lewis death on 24 Jul 1931 in Williamsburg, Iowa County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.2916700
Longitude: -92.8201700

Family Members:

Parent

John Lewis

(1817 - 1909)

Mary Ann Voltenburg Lewis

(1828 - 1908)

Spouse

Sarah Lucretia Bartlett Lewis

(1853 - 1930)

Siblings

(1848 - 1933)

(1853 - 1938)

(1854 - 1940)

(1857 - 1932)

(1861 - 1864)

(1862 - 1931)

(1865 - 1920)

(1870 - 1964)

Children

Henry Clyde Lewis

(1875 - 1954)

Ralph R. Lewis

(1875 - 1965)

Beryl Lewis

(1879 - 1975)

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Coordinate: 43.3841705, -92.9194412

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