Age 58 years.
Adam C. Lewis was a native of Ohio. He married Nancy Rigdon, a native of Tennessee. On leaving his native state, Adam Lewis went to Indiana, making the journey by boats and teams, and in 1819 located in Rush County, Indiana, before it was organized. He there carried on agricultural pursuits until 1850 when he took up residence in Willow Hill Twp., Jasper County, Illinois. and entered from the government 40 acres of land upon which he built a log cabin. On the 14th of March, 1866 he passed to his final resting place, his remains being interred in Brockville Cemetery. He was a Primitive Baptist minister. His widow survives him. The twelve children were: William T., Mary A., James P., Melinda, Prior R., Stephen who died in 1886, Nancy in 1858, Emily M. in 1885, Delilah C., Rachel M., who died in 1853, Sarah M., and John M., who died in 1867.
source of biography: Jasper County biographies from the Portrait & Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois. 1887.
note: Adam Lewis is listed in Selby Cemetery from the Newton Press microfilm so unless photos of a headstone prove otherwise, he will remain in Selby, not Brockville Cemetery.
sJones.
Adam C. Lewis was a native of Ohio. He married Nancy Rigdon, a native of Tennessee. On leaving his native state, Adam Lewis went to Indiana, making the journey by boats and teams, and in 1819 located in Rush County, Indiana, before it was organized. He there carried on agricultural pursuits until 1850 when he took up residence in Willow Hill Twp., Jasper County, Illinois. and entered from the government 40 acres of land upon which he built a log cabin. On the 14th of March, 1866 he passed to his final resting place, his remains being interred in Brockville Cemetery. He was a Primitive Baptist minister. His widow survives him. The twelve children were: William T., Mary A., James P., Melinda, Prior R., Stephen who died in 1886, Nancy in 1858, Emily M. in 1885, Delilah C., Rachel M., who died in 1853, Sarah M., and John M., who died in 1867.
source of biography: Jasper County biographies from the Portrait & Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois. 1887.
note: Adam Lewis is listed in Selby Cemetery from the Newton Press microfilm so unless photos of a headstone prove otherwise, he will remain in Selby, not Brockville Cemetery.
sJones.
Age 58 years.
Adam C. Lewis was a native of Ohio. He married Nancy Rigdon, a native of Tennessee. On leaving his native state, Adam Lewis went to Indiana, making the journey by boats and teams, and in 1819 located in Rush County, Indiana, before it was organized. He there carried on agricultural pursuits until 1850 when he took up residence in Willow Hill Twp., Jasper County, Illinois. and entered from the government 40 acres of land upon which he built a log cabin. On the 14th of March, 1866 he passed to his final resting place, his remains being interred in Brockville Cemetery. He was a Primitive Baptist minister. His widow survives him. The twelve children were: William T., Mary A., James P., Melinda, Prior R., Stephen who died in 1886, Nancy in 1858, Emily M. in 1885, Delilah C., Rachel M., who died in 1853, Sarah M., and John M., who died in 1867.
source of biography: Jasper County biographies from the Portrait & Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois. 1887.
note: Adam Lewis is listed in Selby Cemetery from the Newton Press microfilm so unless photos of a headstone prove otherwise, he will remain in Selby, not Brockville Cemetery.
sJones.
Adam C. Lewis was a native of Ohio. He married Nancy Rigdon, a native of Tennessee. On leaving his native state, Adam Lewis went to Indiana, making the journey by boats and teams, and in 1819 located in Rush County, Indiana, before it was organized. He there carried on agricultural pursuits until 1850 when he took up residence in Willow Hill Twp., Jasper County, Illinois. and entered from the government 40 acres of land upon which he built a log cabin. On the 14th of March, 1866 he passed to his final resting place, his remains being interred in Brockville Cemetery. He was a Primitive Baptist minister. His widow survives him. The twelve children were: William T., Mary A., James P., Melinda, Prior R., Stephen who died in 1886, Nancy in 1858, Emily M. in 1885, Delilah C., Rachel M., who died in 1853, Sarah M., and John M., who died in 1867.
source of biography: Jasper County biographies from the Portrait & Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois. 1887.
note: Adam Lewis is listed in Selby Cemetery from the Newton Press microfilm so unless photos of a headstone prove otherwise, he will remain in Selby, not Brockville Cemetery.
sJones.
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