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Edmund Lewis, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants

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AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 91<br />

341 Thomas <strong>Lewis</strong>,* born in Boston, May 24, 1808,<br />

removed from Boston, Sept. 21, 1829 <strong>and</strong> located himself<br />

as a merchant <strong>and</strong> general storekeeper at Shelbyville, 111.,<br />

where he died April 28, 1838. He married in 1833, near<br />

Vincennes, Ind., Jane Armstrong, born in Kentucky, Nov.<br />

7, 1812, daughter <strong>of</strong> William <strong>and</strong> Mary Armstrong. After<br />

<strong>his</strong> death she married, second, Dr. William Keller <strong>of</strong><br />

Shelbyville. They moved to Sullivan, 111., in 1844,<br />

where she died July 18, 1855, <strong>of</strong> cholera as did her husb<strong>and</strong><br />

three days after.<br />

Children <strong>of</strong> Thomas <strong>and</strong> Jane :<br />

679. THOMAS, b. <strong>and</strong> d. in infancy.<br />

680. THOMAS, b. <strong>and</strong> d. in infancy.<br />

681. THOMAS, b. Feb. 20, 1837 in Shelbyville, 111.<br />

344 Abiel Smith <strong>Lewis</strong>, born in Boston, July 15,<br />

1814. He <strong>and</strong> <strong>his</strong> brother William Gustavus, were shipping<br />

<strong>and</strong> commission merchants in the West India <strong>and</strong><br />

African trade with a store on Long wharf, Boston, for<br />

many years trading under the name <strong>of</strong> A. S. & W. G.<br />

<strong>Lewis</strong>. He removed to Framingham, Mass., in 1851<br />

where he died Mar. 2, 1895. He was a state senator in<br />

1856. He married, first, in Roxbury, Apr. 17, 1842, El-<br />

sie E. Davis, born in Roxbury, Aug. 12, 1822, <strong>and</strong> died<br />

in Framingham, Mar. 25, 1853, daughter <strong>of</strong> Charles <strong>and</strong><br />

Harriet (Fellows) Davis <strong>of</strong> Roxbury. He married, second,<br />

in Framingham, Nov. 16, 1854, Eliza D. Upham, born in<br />

Boston, Sept. 30, 1830, who died in Framingham, Dec. 8,<br />

1861, daughter <strong>of</strong> Charles <strong>and</strong> Elizabeth (Curtis) Upham<br />

<strong>of</strong> Boston. He married, third, Dec. 6, 1865, Harriet Phipps<br />

Richardson, born in Medway, June 9, 1841, who died on<br />

Long Isl<strong>and</strong>, Boston Harbor, July 16, 1871, daughter <strong>of</strong><br />

George <strong>and</strong> Harriet N. (Phipps) Richardson <strong>of</strong> Framingham.<br />

He married, fourth, Dec. 30, 1874, Mary Blake<br />

Humphreys, born in Dorchester, Feb. 28, 1841, daughter <strong>of</strong><br />

Henry <strong>and</strong> Sarah Blake (Clapp) Humphreys <strong>of</strong> Dorchester.<br />

Child :<br />

682. ELSIE SUSAN (adopted), b. in New Orleans, La., Jan. 20, 1849;<br />

m. April 21, 1870, Paymaster George E. Hendee U. S. Navy.<br />

"Thomas <strong>Lewis</strong> had a brother Joseph who m. <strong>and</strong> lived in St. Louis, Mo., <strong>and</strong><br />

had (1) William F. ; (2; Herbert; (3) Sarah L., m. Bradley; (4) Josephine.

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