U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis, Henry H. (1832-1918) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 497-498 LIEUTENANT HENRY H. LEWIS, born on Sand Run, Upshur County, May 5, 1832, son of Andrew and Mary Elizabeth (Forinash) Lewis. His mother was the daughter of John Forinash of German descent. His father was a son of Joseph and Mary (Kesling) Lewis of Rockingham County, Va., and grandson of General Andrew Lewis of English and French descent. It will be remembered that General Andrew Lewis was Commander of the Virginia forces, at the battle of Point Pleasant with the French and Indians under Cornstalk; in this battle Colonel Charles Lewis, nephew of the Commander, was killed and his name is immortalized in the naming of Lewis County. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and educated in a subscription school. In 1861, he enlisted at Newlon in Company B, 10th West Virginia Infantry, under Captain Morgan. From private soldier he was promoted to orderly seargent and in October, 1861, was made Second Lieutenant in which capacity he served till August, 1862, when he was commissioned a First Lieutenant, in which office he served till his mustering out at Deep Bottom, Va., December 20, 1864. Holds a captain's commission, but never mustered in as such. In 1852, he married Martha Ann Harris, a daughter of David H. Harris of Virginia and their eight living children are: John A., married Martha Crites; Andrew D., married Caroline Morgan; George W., the noted Evangelist, married Mary Waugh; H. H. Jr., married Mary A. Harlan; Granville S., married Mary Rice; Rose E., widow of Rev. John Marteney; Mary E., wife of C. B. Cutright; Minnie S., wife of J. B. Harris, native of Virginia. His first wife died August 12, 1903. He married for his second wife, Lillian M., the daughter of E. A. Hamner, a soldier in Company B., and school teacher in Upshur County for the last thirty years. To this union has been born one child: Martha, born October 27, 1906. The subject of this sketch settled in Randolph County, in 1860. He has been a farmer and merchant in that county ever since. He now owns 1,496 acres of land, after giving to each of his sons 100 acres of land; has been Justice of the Peace and is proud of the fact that he had six brothers in the Union Army. HENRY H. LEWIS, JR., born November 23, 1863, son of H. H. Lewis, Sr. His birthplace was Hinkleville and his mother's maiden name was Mary F. Harris. He was raised on a farm. Educated in the public schools and at the Fairmont State Normal. At the age of twenty-one, he launched into business for himself and the following year purchased a store which he conducted for many years. About ten years ago he sold his store and went into the lumber business which he has followed since. He owns considerable property at Newlon, his home, and a large tract of timber land in Virginia. He married Mary A. Harlan, daughter of E. K. Harlan, November, 1903. Children: Raymond Jule and George Duard. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Randolph County, WV #926 FULL-NAME: Henry Hank Lewis BIRTH-DATE: May 5, 1832 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour Co., Virginia DEATH-DATE: January 9, 1918 (at age 85y-8m-4d) DEATH-PLACE: Newlonton, Middleford District, Randolph County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Lillian M. Hamner Lewis) OCCUPATION: Farmer & Merchant / Gen. Mdse. CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Acute retension of urine with infected bladder BURIAL: Newlonton, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------