David D. Lewis

1824 - 1904  (80 years)

• Name	David D. Lewis
  Birth	8 Jan 1824	Wales
  	Based on the age given in his death record, David Lewis was born on 8 Jan 1825, but his obituary has his birthday as 8 Jan 1823. Since he was baptized in March of 1824, his correct birth date may be 8 Jan 1824.
  Baptism	30 Mar 1824	Cilau Aeron, Cardiganshire, Wales Originally published by: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (London, Fourth edition, 1849) CILIAU-AËRON, a parish, in the union of Aberaëron, partly in the hundred of Troedyraur, and partly in the Lower division of the hundred of Ilar, county of Cardigan, South Wales, 10½ miles (N. W.) from Lampeter; containing 307 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the river Aëron, by which it is bounded on the north-east, and from which it derives the adjunct to its name. The living is a discharged rectory, rated in the king’s books at £5, and endowed with £400 royal bounty; patron, the Bishop of St. David’s: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £115. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a small edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel. There is a place of worship for Presbyterians, and a Sunday school is held in connexion with the Established Church.   [1]
  		Baptismal Record of David Lewis
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1 Oct 1839
  Census	1870	Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Census	1880	Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA   [3]
  Occupation	Shoemaker
  Death	13 Dec 1904	Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio, USA
  	Cause: pneumonia
  		David D. Lewis Jackson (Ohio) Standard Journal 21 December 1904
  Burial	15 Dec 1904	Fairmount Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio, USA
  	E 1/2 Lot 96 Sec Old; 3rd on north line, no stone This lot was purchased by David D. Lewis. The people buried in the lot are: Hannah Lewis - buried 11 July 1890 - 1st on north line _____ Morgan - buried 13 July 1892 - 1st on south line Rachel Lewis Magruder - buried 23 December 1892 - 2nd on north line David D. Lewis - buried 15 Dec 1904 - 3rd on north line Albert Lewis - buried 26 March 1921 - 4th on north line There are no stones for any of these people.
  Siblings	7 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Lewis Lewis,   b. cir 1816   d. 11 Sep 1817  (Age 1 year)   2. Jane Lewis,   b. cir 1817 ▻ William Jones;   Thomas Howell   3. Lewis Lewis,   b. cir 1819   d. Feb 1825  (Age 6 years)   4. Daniel T. Lewis,   b. cir 1820, Wales d. 14 Dec 1895, Venedocia, Van Wert County, Ohio, USA  (Age 75 years) ▻ Jane Unknown   5. Thomas Lewis,   b. cir 1822   6. David D. Lewis,   b. 8 Jan 1824, Wales d. 13 Dec 1904, Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio, USA  (Age 80 years) ▻ Hannah Evans,  m. 29 Jun 1858   7. Martha Lewis,   b. cir 1826, Wales ▻ David D. Jones   8. Lewis Lewis,   b. 29 Nov 1827, Wales d. 11 Jun 1905, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 77 years) ▻ Anne ?   9. Evan Lewis,   b. cir 1830, Wales   10. Eleanor Lewis,   b. cir 1833, Wales   11. Margaret Lewis,   b. cir 1838, Wales   12. John H. Lewis,   b. cir 1840, Ohio, USA d. 18 Mar 1914, Medicine Bow, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA  (Age 74 years) ▻ Rhoda M. Pauley,  m. 30 Oct 1869 ;   Sophia A. Norman,  m. 8 Nov 1874
  Notes	David D. Lewis immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1839, landing in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 1. David Lewis was naturalised on 26 October 1852 in Gallia County, Ohio, the same day as his brother, Evan. The David Lewis family was living in Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, at the time of the 1870 census. Those listed were David D. Lewis (age 46, born Wales), Hannah Lewis (age 38, born Wales), Margret (age 11, born Ohio), Hannah (age 9, born Ohio), Thomas (age 8, born Ohio), James A. (age 4, born Ohio), Mary E. (age 4, born Ohio), and Samuel (age 1, born Ohio). Living next door was a John S. (?) Lewis (age 28, born Ohio), a boot and shoemaker, Rhoda Lewis (age 28, born Ohio), and Mary (age 6 months, born Ohio). The Lewis family was living with David and Margaret Thomas (ID numbers 27661 and 27662) in Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, at the time of the 1880 Census. David D. Lewis was living with the John Garrett Magruder family in Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio, in 1900. His date of birth was given as January 1824 in the 1900 Census. Buried nearby David Lewis is a "McGruder", probably Rachel Lewis Magruder, on a lot owned by Frank Colby, purchased in 1888.
  Person ID	I164	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Lewis,   b. cir 1789, Wales d. 23 Mar 1854, Gallia County, Ohio, USA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Margaret A. Williams,   b. cir 1788, Wales d. 11 Oct 1867, Centerpoint, Gallia County, Ohio, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1816	Cilcennin, Cardiganshire, Wales Although there is also a small village called Cilcennin, Cilcennin in this database refers to the parish of Cilcennin in Cardiganshire, Wales.  Extract from ‘A Topographical Dictionary of Wales‘ by Samuel Lewis 1833 “KÎLKENNIN (CÎL-CENIN), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 9 1/4miles (N. W. by N.) from Lampeter, comprising the Upper and Lower hamlets, each of which maintains its own poor, and containing 695 inhabitants. This place is remarkable in history as the scene of a slaughter committed, in 1210 by Rhys and Owain ab Grufydd, at the head of a chosen band of three hundred men, on a superior body of English and Welsh troops, under the command of their uncle Maelgwyn, whom John King of England had reinforced with a body of auxiliaries, to aid him in recovering possession of the estates wrested from him by Llewelyn ab Iorwerth, the reigning prince of North Wales, and by him given to Maelgwyn’s nephews, who, unable to meet in open combat the force under their uncle’s command, here approached his camp secretly by night, and, furiously rushing upon his unarmed soldiers, slew many of them, and compelled the rest, among whom was Maelgwyn himself, to seek safety by flight. The parish is computed to contain about one thousand acres, mostly arable, in some parts rocky and hilly, and in others flat, of which about forty are subject to inundation: the only river is the Ayron, which skirts a part of it. The living is vicarial, being consolidated with the vicarage of Llanbadarn-Trêveglwys, in the archdeaconry of Cardigan, and diocese of St.David’s. The church, dedicated to St. Cannen has recently been rebuilt, in the later style of English architecture, the expense of which was defrayed by public contributions. There is a place of worship for Independents. On the summit of an eminence, in this parish, are the remains of an ancient castle, called Bwlch y Castell, of the foundation and history of which no particulars have been recorded. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor amounts to £126.18.”
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Evans,   b. 2 Jul 1834, Wales d. 10 Jul 1891, Jefferson Township, Jackson County, Ohio, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1858	Gallia County, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Margaret Lewis,   b. 4 Mar 1857, Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA d. 14 May 1936, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio, USA (Age 79 years)   2. Hannah Lewis,   b. 16 Oct 1861, Centerville, Gallia County, Ohio, USA d. 23 Jan 1928, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA (Age 66 years)   3. Thomas E. Lewis,   b. 28 Jul 1862, Gallia County, Ohio, USA d. 17 Jan 1937, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio, USA (Age 74 years)   4. Mary Ellen Lewis,   b. 16 Jul 1864, Ohio, USA d. 20 Mar 1950, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, USA (Age 85 years)   5. James A. Lewis,   b. cir 1866, Ohio, USA d. Bef 1904 (Age 37 years)   6. Samuel Lewis,   b. 10 Dec 1868, Ohio, USA d. 30 Apr 1906, Jackson County, Ohio, USA (Age 37 years)   7. Rachel Ann Lewis,   b. 4 Feb 1872, Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA d. 21 Dec 1898, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio, USA (Age 26 years)   8. David Lewis,   b. 19 Nov 1873, Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA d. 23 Oct 1954 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Jan 1824 - Wales Marriage - 29 Jun 1858 - Gallia County, Ohio, USA Census - 1870 - Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA Census - 1880 - Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA Death - Cause: pneumonia - 13 Dec 1904 - Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio, USA Burial - 15 Dec 1904 - Fairmount Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show	10 Documents
  	David Lewis family in 1860 census
  	David D. Lewis and John H. Lewis Families in the 1870 Census
  	1880 Census David Lewis in the 1880 census of Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  	Newspaper Notice of Lawsuit Gallipolis Journal 9 March 1876
  	Marriage Record of David Lewis and Hannah Evans Gallia County, Ohio
  	John Garrett Magruder in the 1900 Census Fayette County, Ohio, USA
  	Thomas Lewis Family Passenger List The ship, not named, apparently arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, between 1 July and 30 September 1839.
  	Transcription of the Passenger List This is a transcription of the passenger list of the unnamed ship that brought Thomas Lewis and his family to Baltimore in 1839.
  	Sale of 40 Acres in Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio, by David and Hannah Lewis to David's sister, Jane Howell(s).
  	Purchase by David D. Lewis of a lot in Green Township, Gallia County, in 1869 Village of Wales, Lot 48 Located in the northwest quarter of section 6, township 5 (Green Township), range 16 28 April 1868

  
  

  Headstones

  Location of the Lewis graves in Fairmount Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio Lot 96, East 1/2, Old Section The small stone with a flag next to it is Frank Colby (no relation). He is buried in the west 1/2 of Lot 96. None of the Lewis graves is marked with a stone. Plot: Lot 96, East 1/2, Old Section

  
  

• Sources

  [S562] Parish registers, Ciliau Aeron, Cardiganshire, Wales. [S564] 1870 Census, Gallia County, Ohio. [S581] 1880 Census, Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio.