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Pvt John Bergen Lewis

Birth: 15 Nov 1843
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Death: 9 Apr 1921 (aged 77)
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Monmouth Cemetery

Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 40.9224485, Longitude: -90.6376537
Memorial ID: 100810127 View Source

Thanks to Vickye Blatherwick for creating his memorial with bio below.
I added info on children:
Children
William Lewis (died 2yrs old)
Nora Belle Lewis (1875-1959, she married William Watson)
Nellie Jane Lewis (1877-1966, she married Sharon Newell)
Ralph Herbert Lewis (1879-1945 )
Susie Wilmina Lewis (1881-1965, she married John Johnson)
Vira Irene Lewis (1883-1973)
Harry Edgar Lewis (1885-1958)
Bertha Lewis (1889-1967, she married Walter Phelps)
Mary Edna Lewis (1891-1947)
Alberton Claire Lewis (1896-1962)
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Son of Levi Doughty Lewis and Eliza Sutton Lewis

Civil War:
138 Illinois Infantry (100 Days 1864)
138th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Company C
Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private

Married Elizabeth Ellen Smith
October 4, 1871 Warren County, Illinois

Thanks to Vickye Blatherwick for creating his memorial with bio below.
I added info on children:
Children
William Lewis (died 2yrs old)
Nora Belle Lewis (1875-1959, she married William Watson)
Nellie Jane Lewis (1877-1966, she married Sharon Newell)
Ralph Herbert Lewis (1879-1945 )
Susie Wilmina Lewis (1881-1965, she married John Johnson)
Vira Irene Lewis (1883-1973)
Harry Edgar Lewis (1885-1958)
Bertha Lewis (1889-1967, she married Walter Phelps)
Mary Edna Lewis (1891-1947)
Alberton Claire Lewis (1896-1962)
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Son of Levi Doughty Lewis and Eliza Sutton Lewis

Civil War:
138 Illinois Infantry (100 Days 1864)
138th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Company C
Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private

Married Elizabeth Ellen Smith
October 4, 1871 Warren County, Illinois

Inscription

Co C 138th ILL
Inf
GAR (2 stones)

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Spouse

Elizabeth Ellen "Eliza" Smith Lewis

1853–1936 (m. 1871)

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Maintained by: dhutson
Originally Created by: Vickye Blatherwick
Added: Nov 16, 2012
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100810127/john_bergen-lewis: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John Bergen Lewis (15 Nov 1843–9 Apr 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100810127, citing Monmouth Cemetery, Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by dhutson (contributor 48788569).

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