Person ID: I5857881113
Samuel Lewis
17 Sep 1766 – 21 Dec 1851
Male
Events
- Born
- 17 Sep 1766 — Ireland, United Kingdom
- Died
- 21 Dec 1851
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 1790
- FatherSamuel Lewis17 Sep 1766 – 21 Dec 1851
- MotherCasander LE SUER11 Mar 1772 – 9 Mar 1851
- ChildNathan Lewisb. 21 May 1793
- ChildJohn Lewis2 Jun 1798 – 15 Feb 1867
- ChildElizabeth Lewisb. 4 Mar 1801
- ChildJames Lewisb. 29 Jan 1804
- ChildWilliam B. Lewis4 Sep 1806 – ABT 1889
- ChildMary Lewisb. 7 Jan 1813
Notes
- !SO: MARRIAGE: Date from H-014. DEATH: Date 12-21-1851 taken from gravestone during vivsit to cemetery in 1990. Also H-014. NOTE: H-010 indicates he was blind (age 84). BURIAL: Brighton Cemetery. H-005. NOTES: H-015 from the book, REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS BURIED IN IOWA, reveals some interesting information: 1. "Portrait and Biographical Album" of Washington County, Iowa states that Samuel Lewis was born in Maryland, then moved with his family to Virginia, Kentucky, and in 1822 to Indiana and finally in 1845 to Washington County, Iowa. 2. The 1850 census lists Samuel Lewis, age 84, born in Ireland, blind, and living with his son, William B. Lewis. 3. The National Archives has no pension record for Samuel Lewis. 4. Three men by the same name are appear on the muster rolls of the 3rd and 5th Virginia Regiments. It is believed he was a private in the 3rd Virginia Regiment serving in various places in New York and New Jersey. 5. In a dedication service June 14, 1957, Nancy and Jimmy Baird, direct descendants of Samuel Lewis, unveiled a marker which made from a boulder with a bronze plate attached and placed by his tombstone in Hillcrest Cemetery, Brighton, Iowa and was inscribed, `Samuel Lewis, Revolutionary Soldier, 1766-1851.' (See H-015 for additional details).