ae. 86y 10m
From Ben! Thank you!!
Joseph Lewis
I was unable to find his stone but from an old book it once read.
JOSEPH LEWIS
died Feby. 16, 1838
aged 86 years, 10
months.
MARY LEWIS,
died Aug. 30, 1831,
aged 76 years, 9
months.
The head that oft the pillow prest,
This aching head is now at rest.
My flesh shall slumber in the ground
'Till the last trumpet sounds,
Then burst the chain in sweet surprise
And in my Saviour's image rise.
Lewis cemetery. He was the son of Jonathan and Sarah Barber Lewis, and born in Exeter, Rhode Island, April 7, 1750. He married Mary Stanton in Foster, R. I., Jan. 6, 1774. She was born Nov. 23, 1754. The name is frequent in Revolutionary rolls, and appeared in Exeter, R. I., in 1790.
Page 239 Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County NY by Rev W M Beauchamp
(Free download on Google books).
Ben
Added by BArnold on Mar 27, 2014 6:05 PM
From Ben! Thank you!!
Joseph Lewis
I was unable to find his stone but from an old book it once read.
JOSEPH LEWIS
died Feby. 16, 1838
aged 86 years, 10
months.
MARY LEWIS,
died Aug. 30, 1831,
aged 76 years, 9
months.
The head that oft the pillow prest,
This aching head is now at rest.
My flesh shall slumber in the ground
'Till the last trumpet sounds,
Then burst the chain in sweet surprise
And in my Saviour's image rise.
Lewis cemetery. He was the son of Jonathan and Sarah Barber Lewis, and born in Exeter, Rhode Island, April 7, 1750. He married Mary Stanton in Foster, R. I., Jan. 6, 1774. She was born Nov. 23, 1754. The name is frequent in Revolutionary rolls, and appeared in Exeter, R. I., in 1790.
Page 239 Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County NY by Rev W M Beauchamp
(Free download on Google books).
Ben
Added by BArnold on Mar 27, 2014 6:05 PM
ae. 86y 10m
From Ben! Thank you!!
Joseph Lewis
I was unable to find his stone but from an old book it once read.
JOSEPH LEWIS
died Feby. 16, 1838
aged 86 years, 10
months.
MARY LEWIS,
died Aug. 30, 1831,
aged 76 years, 9
months.
The head that oft the pillow prest,
This aching head is now at rest.
My flesh shall slumber in the ground
'Till the last trumpet sounds,
Then burst the chain in sweet surprise
And in my Saviour's image rise.
Lewis cemetery. He was the son of Jonathan and Sarah Barber Lewis, and born in Exeter, Rhode Island, April 7, 1750. He married Mary Stanton in Foster, R. I., Jan. 6, 1774. She was born Nov. 23, 1754. The name is frequent in Revolutionary rolls, and appeared in Exeter, R. I., in 1790.
Page 239 Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County NY by Rev W M Beauchamp
(Free download on Google books).
Ben
Added by BArnold on Mar 27, 2014 6:05 PM
From Ben! Thank you!!
Joseph Lewis
I was unable to find his stone but from an old book it once read.
JOSEPH LEWIS
died Feby. 16, 1838
aged 86 years, 10
months.
MARY LEWIS,
died Aug. 30, 1831,
aged 76 years, 9
months.
The head that oft the pillow prest,
This aching head is now at rest.
My flesh shall slumber in the ground
'Till the last trumpet sounds,
Then burst the chain in sweet surprise
And in my Saviour's image rise.
Lewis cemetery. He was the son of Jonathan and Sarah Barber Lewis, and born in Exeter, Rhode Island, April 7, 1750. He married Mary Stanton in Foster, R. I., Jan. 6, 1774. She was born Nov. 23, 1754. The name is frequent in Revolutionary rolls, and appeared in Exeter, R. I., in 1790.
Page 239 Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County NY by Rev W M Beauchamp
(Free download on Google books).
Ben
Added by BArnold on Mar 27, 2014 6:05 PM
