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Author: helenlewis962
Surnames: LEWIS
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Hi,
I think that it is so interesting that our families were in the same places at about
the same time. Thomas Lewis went to what is now Erie Co., NY ca. 1820...and his brother,
Reuben Lewis, was also there in 1820. Another brother, James, also went to Erie Co., NY.
Reuben moved on...and bought land in LaGrange Co., Ind. on 23 Jan 1843 from James Campbell
and on 10 Sept. 1844 from a Charles Horn. (Reuben is my husband's direct ancestor).
Their brother, ALPHEUS, born 1799, disappears from record after their father, James',
Will in 1818.
We believe that Reuben died in LaGrange Co., and his wife, and some of the children
moved on to Iowa. His son, Sylvester, my husband's line, went in the Gold Rush to
California after his wife died in Porter Co., Indiana. His son, James, my husband's
Great Grandfathre was sent back to Ohio with maternal relatives, then moved to Michigan
with maternal relatives.
In LaGrange Co., one of Reuben's daughters, Elizabeth, married in 1846 to James
Randol of Milford Twp. So the family was there for a few years. They moved on to Porter
Co., Indiana and then to Iowa.
I'll keep digging. Helen Lewis
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