William Granville LEWIS
1870 Census, District 2, White County, Tennessee
1860 Census, District 2, White County, Tennessee
Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002
Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950
NAME: William Granville "Bill" Lewis DEATH: William G. Lewis went missing, (died by mishap) and his body was later found, when on a cattle drive from Western KY (Central KY is called "Western Kentucky", western KY is called "the Purchase") to Springfield Illinois. This was most likely a breeder bull drive of lower quality stock destined ultimately for the western US long horn ranches. His body was recovered but Nancy Jane Lewis was too poor to travel to claim the remains or to collect the effects.
BURIAL: Wagoner Cemetery
BURIAL: Wagoner Cemetery
DEATH: Death date also shown as 11 July 1935 BURIAL: Montecito Memorial Park, Space 4, Section 63 Cedar
He married Nancy Jane Lewis 6 Mar 1851 at White, Tennessee . Nancy Jane Lewis was born at Tennessee 1823 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Julia P. Lewis
born 1851.
Almeda G. Lewis
born 1852.
Mary Jane Lewis
born Aug 1854.
Alice J. Lewis
born 1855.
James Pickney Lewis
born 1858.
Hiram Burgess Lewis
born 3 Jan 1861.
Edward Austin Lewis
born 9 Aug 1865.