Earl D. Davis

Earl married Lucy Skilton on 18 Dec 1937 in Franklin County, Indiana, USA. Lucy (daughter of Elijah Skilton and Isabella Breese) was born on 10 Jan 1882 in Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Section I, Row 25

Richard married Margaret Jones on 6 Aug 1881 in Portage County, Ohio, USA. Margaret (daughter of David D. Jones and Martha Lewis) was born on 6 Nov 1859 in Wayland, Portage County, Ohio, USA; died on 28 Jul 1926 in Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 30 Jul 1926 in Hawley Cemetery, Paris, Portage County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Section I, Row 25

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: grocer

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David and Martha Jones lived in Portage County, Ohio.

David + Martha Lewis. Martha (daughter of Thomas Lewis and Margaret A. Williams) was born in cir 1826 in Wales; was christened on 25 Feb 1826 in Ciliau Aeron, Cardiganshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: 1 Oct 1839, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The immigration cards for the Lewis family include the name Mada, a 13-year-old female. Mada is possibly a nickname for this Martha Lewis, or perhaps the person completing the immigration cards misunderstood Martha's name.
• Census: 1850, Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 1860, Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 1880, Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Between 1 July and 30 September 1839, Port of arrival: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Occupation: Shoemaker
• Residence: 1824, Dolefawr, Ciliau Aeron, Cardiganshire, Wales
• Census: 1840, Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 1850, 5th Ward, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Also Known As: 30 Mar 1852, Gallia County, Ohio, USA; Thomas T. Lewis
• Probate: 25 May 1854, Gallia County, Ohio, USA; Civil Journal 1, page 101 Case L-35

Notes:

The marriage record of Thomas Lewis and Margaret Williams states that they were both from the parish of Cilcennin in Cardiganshire, Wales. According to the obituary of his son, David D. Lewis, the Thomas Lewis family emigrated to the United States in 1834, and lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "for a good many years" before moving on to Gallia County, Ohio, where many emigrants from Cardiganshire had settled in the first half of the 1800s. However, abstracts of passenger lists of the port of Baltimore, Maryland, show the family arriving between 1 July and 30 September 1839. At the time of the 1850 census, the Thomas Lewis family was living in the 5th Ward in the city of Pittsburgh. The census lists Thomas Lewis, age 58; Margaret Lewis, age 61; David Lewis (shoemaker), age 27; Lewis Lewis (laborer), age 22; Evan Lewis (laborer), age 21; Eleanor Lewis, age 17, and; John Lewis, age 10. All were born in Wales, with the exception of John, whose birthplace is given as Ohio. There were two Thomas Lewises who filed naturalization papers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, during the 1840s. It is not known if either is this Thomas. The first filed his Declaration of Intention on 2 January 1844, and the other on 14 October 1846. Both gave their birthplace as Wales. Thomas Lewis' will was written on 14 March 1854, and was probated in Gallia County, Ohio, on 25 May 1854. He left his estate to his wife, Margaret, including the northeast quarter of section 29, township 6 (Raccoon), range 16, consisting of approximately 40 acres, which would go to his son David after Margaret's death; the northwest half of the northwest quarter of section 18, township 6, range 16, consisting of approximately 80 acres, which his executor, David Lewis, was to sell to support Margaret, and; lot 44 in the town of Centerville in Gallia County. He also mentioned his other children and his grandson, John Howell. Margaret Lewis sold the lot in Centerville to A.S. Combs on 11 July 1865.

Also Known As:
The middle initial T appears on the deed dated 30 March 1852 for the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 29, township 6 (Raccoon), range 16 in Gallia County, Ohio. The property was sold to Thomas Lewis by David D. Thomas and consisted of 40 acres. The middle initial also appears on the delinquent tax list for Gallia County dated 26 January 1849 for section 18, township 6 (Raccoon), range 16. These are the only references found thus far (January 2024) that assign a middle initial to Thomas Lewis.

Thomas married Margaret A. Williams on 31 Dec 1816 in Cilcennin, Cardiganshire, Wales. Margaret was born in cir 1788 in Wales; died on 11 Oct 1867 in Centerpoint, Gallia County, Ohio, USA; was buried in 1867 in Tyn Rhos Cemetery, Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1 Oct 1839

Notes:

Margaret Lewis' death record states that she was living at Centre Point, Gallia County, Ohio, at the time of her death.Her tombstone says that she was 79 years old, in which case she would have been born in 1788 or 1789.