Per Jean Jorgenson: Mary Elizabeth Brandon Lewis is buried in the old Brandon Cemetery, now called the Davis Cemetery, but does not have a tombstone. Her husband, William Henry Lewis, is probably buried there, too, as is their daughter Slinda Jane and two sons (George and Jesse). William Henry Lewis was anti-slavery and Mary, called Polly, had grown up in a family who owned slaves. She remembered how the slaves would cry and scream when one of their children or other relative was sold. She also remembered riding down the river in a flat bottom boat and how exciting and scary it was. When she and William married, he did let her keep one slave, a girl that she had grown up with and was her special friend. This slave had gone with the Brandon family from Kentucky to Missouri. Mary was older than normal (age 46) when their youngest daughter, Mary Ellen, was born and she became very depressed. It is now called post partam depression. To help her recover, William took Mary and the baby on a camping trip that lasted months. They went in a wagon, cooked over a campfire, and sleeping by rivers. After William's death, Mary and their youngest daughter lived for a while with Eli Rippy and his wife Lottie Ann (Lewis). Later, Mary lived a few months with first one of her children, then another. She did call Nancy and Ben Murrell's "home" because Ben was always so nice to her and treated her with such respect. She died at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Lessie and Pres Sumner. She always said that the worst mistake she had ever made was "giving up housekeeping". She never did like the idea of not having her own home.

From the Lebanon Newspaper, 1917: Death of Mrs. Mary E. Lewis. Mrs. Mary E. Lewis died Monday, November 12, 1917, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. P. B. Sumner, near Abo, after several weeks illness, aged 81 years. Funeral services were held on Wednesday of last week at the Davis cemetery, conducted by Laymon Weddle. The Scripture lesson was the 14th chapter of Job, the 21st to 27th verses of the 11th chapter and the 1st to 7th verses of the 14th chapter of St. John. The text for the basis of Mr. Weddle's remarks was a part of the 21st verse of the 1st chapter of Job. "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." Mrs. Lewis is survived by five daughters, Mrs. P. B. Sumner, of Abo; Mrs. William Piercy, of Lyons; Mrs. G. R. Kincheloe, of Lebanon, and Mrs. B. F. Murrell and Mrs. Robert Murrell of Morris, Oklahoma. Also three sisters and one brother. Mrs. Lewis was born in Kentucky October 5, 1836, and came to Missouri in 1853. She was united in marriage in 1861, to Mr. W. H. Lewis, who passed to his home beyond 23 years ago. Mrs. Lewis, who was commonly known to her friends as "Aunt Polly," professed faith in Christ and united with the Christian church known as "The Green Door Church" in 1881 and remained a faithful member until a few years ago, when that church disbanded. Soon afterward she became a charter member of the Abo Christian church and was active in its service until death called her to her home beyond. She was a kind and affectionate mother, as there was no sacrifice too great for her to make for her children when they were sick or in distress in any manner. To her friends was manifested that kindness and love that live in a pure heart.