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Frederick Lewis

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Frederick Lewis Veteran

Birth
Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales
Death
28 Jun 1920 (aged 76)
Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial
Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
04.10 .08
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FAMILY SEARCH. When Frederick Lewis was born on 29 May 1844, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John A Lewis (1814-1887), was 29 and his mother, Ann John (1818-1850), was 26. He married Agnes Reid Ferguson (1843-1920) on 28 January 1865, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana in 1854 and lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah in 1860 and Spanish Fork Election Precinct, Utah, Utah in 1900. He died on 28 June 1920, in Provo, Utah, Utah, at the age of 76, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah.

MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. As a 10-year-old lad, Frederick Lewis traveled with the Darwin Richardson Company (1854) on the Overland Trail. About 300 individuals and 40 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Westport, Missouri on 17 Jun 1854. This independent wagon trail arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 30 September 1854 and continued westward.

Family members in the company include: John Amos Lewis (1814-1887), father; Amelia Priscilla Lewis (1852-1891), Ann Lewis (1836-1913), John Samuel Lewis (1854-1908), Louisa Mary (1839-1920), William Lewis (1847-1928) and Priscilla Merriman Lewis Phillips (1811-1887).

PASSAGE. DEATH TAKES UTAH PIONEER AT PROVO. PROVO, June 20--Fredrick Lewis, 76, active church worker, prominent figure in civic affairs, and one of the early settlers of Utah County, died Tuesday at his home in the Fourth Ward.

Mr. Lewis was an Indian War veteran and was well-known to residents of Spanish Fork, where he lived until three years ago, when he and his family removed to this city. He was born in Cardiff, Wales, and came to Utah in 1853.

Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Priscilla Swenson, Mrs. Agnes Crandall, Mrs. Mark Markham, Mrs. Ada Ludlow, all of Provo; Fred Lewis of McCammon, Idaho; Mrs. Alfred Jackson of Spanish Fork and an adopted son, W. O. Creer of Provo.

-Salt Lake Telegram, June 30, 1920, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

DEATH TAKES UTAH PIONEER AT PROVO

PROVO, June 20--Fredrick Lewis, 76, active church worker, prominent figure in civic affairs, and one of the early settlers of Utah County, died Tuesday at his home in the Fourth Ward.

Mr. Lewis was an Indian War veteran and was well-known to residents of Spanish Fork, where he lived until three years ago, when he and his family removed to this city. He was born in Cardiff, Wales, and came to Utah in 1853.

Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Priscilla Swenson, Mrs. Agnes Crandall, Mrs. Mark Markham, Mrs. Ada Ludlow, all of Provo; Fred Lewis of McCammon, Idaho; Mrs. Alfred Jackson of Spanish Fork and an adopted son, W. O. Creer of Provo.

-Salt Lake Telegram, June 30, 1920, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
FAMILY SEARCH. When Frederick Lewis was born on 29 May 1844, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John A Lewis (1814-1887), was 29 and his mother, Ann John (1818-1850), was 26. He married Agnes Reid Ferguson (1843-1920) on 28 January 1865, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana in 1854 and lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah in 1860 and Spanish Fork Election Precinct, Utah, Utah in 1900. He died on 28 June 1920, in Provo, Utah, Utah, at the age of 76, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah.

MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. As a 10-year-old lad, Frederick Lewis traveled with the Darwin Richardson Company (1854) on the Overland Trail. About 300 individuals and 40 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Westport, Missouri on 17 Jun 1854. This independent wagon trail arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 30 September 1854 and continued westward.

Family members in the company include: John Amos Lewis (1814-1887), father; Amelia Priscilla Lewis (1852-1891), Ann Lewis (1836-1913), John Samuel Lewis (1854-1908), Louisa Mary (1839-1920), William Lewis (1847-1928) and Priscilla Merriman Lewis Phillips (1811-1887).

PASSAGE. DEATH TAKES UTAH PIONEER AT PROVO. PROVO, June 20--Fredrick Lewis, 76, active church worker, prominent figure in civic affairs, and one of the early settlers of Utah County, died Tuesday at his home in the Fourth Ward.

Mr. Lewis was an Indian War veteran and was well-known to residents of Spanish Fork, where he lived until three years ago, when he and his family removed to this city. He was born in Cardiff, Wales, and came to Utah in 1853.

Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Priscilla Swenson, Mrs. Agnes Crandall, Mrs. Mark Markham, Mrs. Ada Ludlow, all of Provo; Fred Lewis of McCammon, Idaho; Mrs. Alfred Jackson of Spanish Fork and an adopted son, W. O. Creer of Provo.

-Salt Lake Telegram, June 30, 1920, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

DEATH TAKES UTAH PIONEER AT PROVO

PROVO, June 20--Fredrick Lewis, 76, active church worker, prominent figure in civic affairs, and one of the early settlers of Utah County, died Tuesday at his home in the Fourth Ward.

Mr. Lewis was an Indian War veteran and was well-known to residents of Spanish Fork, where he lived until three years ago, when he and his family removed to this city. He was born in Cardiff, Wales, and came to Utah in 1853.

Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Priscilla Swenson, Mrs. Agnes Crandall, Mrs. Mark Markham, Mrs. Ada Ludlow, all of Provo; Fred Lewis of McCammon, Idaho; Mrs. Alfred Jackson of Spanish Fork and an adopted son, W. O. Creer of Provo.

-Salt Lake Telegram, June 30, 1920, transcribed by Rhonda Holton


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