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Reuben E. Lewis

Male 1812 - 1883  (~ 70 years)


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  • Name Reuben E. Lewis 
    Birth Jul 1812  Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Willistown, Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    PA 
    • Enumerated 15 Jun, visit 288, family 280:
      Reuben Lewis - age 47, farmer, real est. $17000, personal est. $4800, b. PA
      Elizabeth - age 33, b. PA
      Hannah E. - age 23, b. PA
      B. Franklin - age 21, farmer, b. PA
      Dilwyn P - age 11, b. PA
      Elwood W - age 10, b. PA
      Martha Lewis - age 7, b PA
      James Lewis - age 4, b. PA
      Jones - age 8 mos, b. PA
    Census 1870  Clay Twp, Shelby, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    MO 
    • Enumerated 15 Jun, visit 180:
      Ruben Lewis - age 58, farmer, b. PA, resl est. $3000, personal est. $1800
      Elizabeth - age 40, keeping house, b. PA
      Dillwin - age 22, farmer, b. PA
      William - age 20, farmer, b. PA
      James - age 18, school, b. PA
      Joseph - age 12, school, b. PA
      Rebecca Young - age 70, b. PA
      Sallie Rickens - age 23, domestic, b. MO
      Albert - age 4, b. MO
      Daniel Smith - age 21, farm hand, b. IN
    Census 1880  Clay Twp, Shelby, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    MO 
    • Enumerated 15 Jun, visit 147, family 156:
      Reuben E. Lewis - age 68, farmer, b. PA, parents b. PA
      Elizabeth C. - age 52, wife, b. PA, parents b. PA
      Dilwin P. - age 31, son, farmer, b. PA, parents b. PA
      Lydia Kannis(sp?) - age 70, aunt, servant, b. PA, parents b. PA
    Death 14 May 1883  Clarence, Shelby, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Newtown Square Friends Burial Ground, Newtown Square, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Reuben is listed in the 1850 census of Newtown Twp, Delaware PA, age 38, and with his second wife Elizabeth. There are three children: Hannah, age 14, B. Franklin, age 12 and 'Dilivin', age 2 (clearly written as Dilwyn in 1860 census). With them is Alice Hoopes, age 62, aunt of his first wife Susannah who died in 1843, mother of the two oldest children in the household.

      Death notice in The Journal on 30 May 1883
      Lewis - Fifth month, 14th, Reuben E. Lewis, of Clarence, Mo., in his 71st year. Funeral from his son-in-law, Henry Kauffman, Easttown. Intermment at Newtown Square, Frineds' ground, Delaware Co., Pa.

      Lewis, Reuben, E. - d. 14-05m-1883 s/o Joseph Lewis & Elizabeth Yarnall
      - burial records of Newtown Square Friends Burial Ground online at RootsWeb, Source: Compiled by Linford H. Yarnall, from records of Newtown Square Friends Meeting, 5th Month, 1999
    Person ID I904  Ives-Leedom
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2023 

    Father Joseph Lewis,   b. 1771, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1826, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Yarnall,   b. 1776, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1826, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 21 Jun 1798  Goshen MM, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susanna G. Hoopes,   b. 22 Jul 1817, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1843, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 12 Apr 1835  Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hannah Elizabeth Lewis,   b. 25 Oct 1836, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1908, Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Benjamin Franklin Lewis,   b. 12 Nov 1838, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860 (Age 22 years)
    Family ID F394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2022 

    Family 2 Elizabeth C. Young,   b. 8 Jan 1826, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1915, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jun 1847  Delaware Co, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Delaware Co marriage record transcription states married by Mayor Swift of Philadelphia.
    Children 
     1. Dilwyn P. Lewis,   b. Abt 1849, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880 (Age ~ 32 years)
     2. Elwood William Lewis,   b. 1 Sep 1850, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1923, Bothell, King, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     3. Martha Lewis,   b. Abt 1853, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860 (Age ~ 8 years)
     4. Ada Eliza Lewis,   b. 21 Dec 1854, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1858, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     5. James Lewis,   b. Abt 1856, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860 (Age ~ 5 years)
     6. Jones Lewis,   b. Abt Oct 1859, Newtown Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860 (Age ~ 1 years)
    Family ID F1861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S140] Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family, ((Lancaster PA, Wickersham Printing Company, 1901)).

    2. [S140] Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the Smedley Family, ((Lancaster PA, Wickersham Printing Company, 1901)), p. 850.