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Pioneer Database

1847–1868

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Birth Date
1 July 1823
Death Date
14 March 1900
Gender
Male

Joseph Lewis Sr.

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  • The Lewis family traveled with the Willie company through Iowa, but due to poor health, they halted in Florence.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 33
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Eliza Lewis (Age: 33)
  • Mary Ann Lewis (Age: 11)
  • Joseph Lewis Jr. (Age: 9)
  • Benjamin Charles Lewis (Age: 6)
  • Thomas George Lewis (Age: 4)
  • Edward P. Lewis (Age: 2)
  • Heber Brigham Lewis (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1856 Iowa Census
  • 1860 Nebraska Census.
  • Haddock, Edith Parker and Dorothy Hardy Matthews, comps., History of Bear Lake Pioneers [1968].
  • Lewis, Joseph, Reminiscence, in Jennie S. Crane, Biography of Joseph Lewis, Sr.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Names of Persons and Sureties Indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company from 1850 to 1877 Inclusive [1877].
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 200.