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, Phillip Sheridan (1865-1954) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Page 499 PHILLIP SHERIDAN LEWIS, born December 12, 1865, the son of Joseph A. Lewis of Warren District, Upshur County and the grandson of Andrew Lewis. Married Martha Alice Wilson, the widow of Walker Floyd Wilson, who was the son of J. W. Wilson, March 19, 1888. Mrs. Lewis was born December 21, 1865, her maiden name was Rexroad, and by her first husband had one child, Willis Goff. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis's children are: Philip Howard, Frederick Harley, Eula, Charles, Kemp, Jay and Bertha. The subject of this sketch is a farmer, lumberman and blacksmith in all of which occupations he succeeds. He owns one hundred and fifty- six acres of land near Rock Cave, known as the Morgan-Smith farm and is growing thereon a fine orchard. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #2284 FULL-NAME: Philip S. Lewis BIRTH-DATE: December 12, 1865 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 19, 1954 (at age 88y-2m-7d) DEATH-PLACE: Rock Cave, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Joseph Lewis MOTHER: Sally Depoy CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Broncho pneumonia INFORMANT: Fred Lewis BURIAL: Rock Cave Cemetery (wife of Philip S. Lewis) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #2573 FULL-NAME: Martha Alice Lewis BIRTH-DATE: December 21, 1865 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 15, 1925 (at age 59y-1m-25d) DEATH-PLACE: Rock Cave, Banks District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Granville Rexroad (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Elizabeth McClain (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer of bowels INFORMANT: P. S. Lewis (of Rock Cave) BURIAL: Rock Cave Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------