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735 Dexter Bosworth Lewis, born in Providence,
R. I., Sept. 20, 1820, was a merchant. He was a councilman
in 1851-1853, 1875 and 1876, and a member of the
Marine Artillery Company. He was a director in the
Old Liberty Bank and the Second National Bank and also
in the Board of Trade. He was a member of the firm of
Burroughs & Lewis, engaged in the oil and cotton business
and for many years was in partnership with Col. J.
Lippitt Snow, under the firm name of Snow & Lewis,
handling dye stuffs and chemicals. He married in Providence,
R. I., Sept. 6, 1842, Mary Ann Leveck, born in
Bristol, R. I., Mar. 29, 1822, daughter of John C. and
Lucy W. (Dexter) Leveck. He died July 17, 1887.
Children of Dexter B. and Mary A., born in Providence,
R. I.
1064. JOHN DEXTER, b. Mar. 19, 1846; m. Apr. 2, 1872, Sophie P.
Lapham, b. Apr. 4, 1848, dau. of Hon. Benj. N. and Sophia
M. (Bullock) Lapham. While fishing from a launch, Feb.
26, 1901, on Lake Worth, Fla., a storm came up suddenly
and overturned the craft, and Mrs. Lewis was caught in
the awning and drowned; her husband and youngest
daughter narrowly escaped by clinging to the bottom of
the boat. They were among the most prominent people
of Providence. They had : (1) John Bosworth, b. Mar. 19,
1874; m. Miss Watson, dau. of Col. Arthur N. Watson of
Providence; (2) Benjamin Lapham, b. Sept. 4, 1875; d.
Sept. 9, 1876; (3) Mary Louise, b. July 31, 1877.
1065. ELLEN LEVECK, b. June 4, 1851; m. Nov. 20, 1873, Stephen
M. Knowles, s. of Ex-Mayor Edward P. Knowles,and had,
b. in Providence: (1) Helen Lewis, b. Jan. 30, 1875; (2
Stephen Dexter, b. May 31, 1880.
1066. DEXTER BOSWORTH, b. June 4, 1851; d. Aug. 18, 1851.
1067. FRANK EVENS, b. Oct. 3. 1859; unm.
740 Alfred Bosworth Lewis, was born in Providence,
R. I., June 7, 1819, and died August, 1889. He
married, first, Nov. 21, 1842, Sarah B. Fields, who was divorced.
He married, second, Josephine V. Benson, born
1822, and died April 2, 1858.
Children of Alfred Bosworth and Josephine V. Lewis :
1068. GENEVIEVE, b. May 11, 1851; d. Aug. 17, 1853.
1069. PEMBERTON, b. Dec. 5, 1855; m. April 22, 1890, Maud Rist.