Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Abraham Lewis and Willianna Cowan




Husband Abraham Lewis 1 2 3

           Born: 21 Dec 1797 - near Trenton, NJ 1
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           Died: 18 Jun 1881 - Adamsburg, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: [Father] Lewis (      -      )
         Mother: 


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Wife Willianna Cowan 1 2

            AKA: Willie Ann Cowan 3
           Born: 11 Apr 1791 - Franklin Co, PA 1
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           Died: 21 Oct 1883 1
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         Father: Capt. William Cowan (1749-1838) 2 4
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )




Children
1 F Harriet Ann Lewis 1

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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Spouse: [Unk] Wilson (      -      ) 1


2 F Mary Lewis 1

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3 F Margaret Lewis 1

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4 M Harrison Lewis 1

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5 F Lucinda Lewis 1

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6 M Wilson Lewis 1 5

           Born: 28 Sep 1831 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Mary A. Kull (      -1876) 6
           Marr: 14 Jan 1862 6
         Spouse: Elizabeth Campbell (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 21 Aug 1879 6


7 F Isabel Lewis 2 3 7

            AKA: Isabella Lewis 1
           Born: 1832 3
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           Died: 15 Sep 1915 3
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         Spouse: Hugh C. Griffith (1829-1913) 2 7 8
           Marr: Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA


8 M John Lewis 1

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General Notes: Husband - Abraham Lewis


He was a carpenter by trade, a republican in politics and resided for many years in Sewickley township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

He was a noted boat builder of his day, but later moved to a farm at New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he remained several years. Later he moved to Adamsburg, same county, where he died at the age of eighty-seven years.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 487.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 56.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 89.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 68.

5 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 55.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 488.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 92.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 89, 768.


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