Per her 1900 census she had 11 children, with 7 still living as of 1900.
LEWIS
Last Friday Mrs. Nancy Lewis was fatally burned at her home in Dixville, her dress having caught fire from the grate in her room. Even a handkerchief which she had on her head was burned and when her daughter attempted to remove her clothes the skin came off with them. It is feared that there is no hope of her recovery. Her daughter Almeta was severely burned trying to put out the fire which was consuming her mother. Mrs. Lewis is 88 years of age and dearly loved by all.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Oct 22, 1909)
LEWIS
Mrs. Nancy Lewis died at her home Saturday, November 27, after a short illness of a complication of diseases. She has been a member of Benton church for nine years, and has lived a faithful member from that time until her death. She was 86 years of age and is survived by three sons, Messrs. James Lewis, of Grayson county, Houston Lewis, of Indiana, and Taylor Lewis, of this place and four daughters, Mrs. Mary Willson, of Indiana; Mrs. Maggie Cox, of Indiana; Mrs. Ellen Adams, of Harrodsburg, and Miss Amanda Lewis of this place, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Rev. J. M. Roddy, of Harrodsburg held a short funeral at her home after which the remains were laid to rest in the old family burying ground near her home.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Dec 3, 1909)
**(dau, Amanda Lewis, mentioned above, should be Almeda, was just wrong in the obit)
LEWIS
Last Friday Mrs. Nancy Lewis was fatally burned at her home in Dixville, her dress having caught fire from the grate in her room. Even a handkerchief which she had on her head was burned and when her daughter attempted to remove her clothes the skin came off with them. It is feared that there is no hope of her recovery. Her daughter Almeta was severely burned trying to put out the fire which was consuming her mother. Mrs. Lewis is 88 years of age and dearly loved by all.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Oct 22, 1909)
LEWIS
Mrs. Nancy Lewis died at her home Saturday, November 27, after a short illness of a complication of diseases. She has been a member of Benton church for nine years, and has lived a faithful member from that time until her death. She was 86 years of age and is survived by three sons, Messrs. James Lewis, of Grayson county, Houston Lewis, of Indiana, and Taylor Lewis, of this place and four daughters, Mrs. Mary Willson, of Indiana; Mrs. Maggie Cox, of Indiana; Mrs. Ellen Adams, of Harrodsburg, and Miss Amanda Lewis of this place, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Rev. J. M. Roddy, of Harrodsburg held a short funeral at her home after which the remains were laid to rest in the old family burying ground near her home.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Dec 3, 1909)
**(dau, Amanda Lewis, mentioned above, should be Almeda, was just wrong in the obit)
Per her 1900 census she had 11 children, with 7 still living as of 1900.
LEWIS
Last Friday Mrs. Nancy Lewis was fatally burned at her home in Dixville, her dress having caught fire from the grate in her room. Even a handkerchief which she had on her head was burned and when her daughter attempted to remove her clothes the skin came off with them. It is feared that there is no hope of her recovery. Her daughter Almeta was severely burned trying to put out the fire which was consuming her mother. Mrs. Lewis is 88 years of age and dearly loved by all.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Oct 22, 1909)
LEWIS
Mrs. Nancy Lewis died at her home Saturday, November 27, after a short illness of a complication of diseases. She has been a member of Benton church for nine years, and has lived a faithful member from that time until her death. She was 86 years of age and is survived by three sons, Messrs. James Lewis, of Grayson county, Houston Lewis, of Indiana, and Taylor Lewis, of this place and four daughters, Mrs. Mary Willson, of Indiana; Mrs. Maggie Cox, of Indiana; Mrs. Ellen Adams, of Harrodsburg, and Miss Amanda Lewis of this place, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Rev. J. M. Roddy, of Harrodsburg held a short funeral at her home after which the remains were laid to rest in the old family burying ground near her home.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Dec 3, 1909)
**(dau, Amanda Lewis, mentioned above, should be Almeda, was just wrong in the obit)
LEWIS
Last Friday Mrs. Nancy Lewis was fatally burned at her home in Dixville, her dress having caught fire from the grate in her room. Even a handkerchief which she had on her head was burned and when her daughter attempted to remove her clothes the skin came off with them. It is feared that there is no hope of her recovery. Her daughter Almeta was severely burned trying to put out the fire which was consuming her mother. Mrs. Lewis is 88 years of age and dearly loved by all.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Oct 22, 1909)
LEWIS
Mrs. Nancy Lewis died at her home Saturday, November 27, after a short illness of a complication of diseases. She has been a member of Benton church for nine years, and has lived a faithful member from that time until her death. She was 86 years of age and is survived by three sons, Messrs. James Lewis, of Grayson county, Houston Lewis, of Indiana, and Taylor Lewis, of this place and four daughters, Mrs. Mary Willson, of Indiana; Mrs. Maggie Cox, of Indiana; Mrs. Ellen Adams, of Harrodsburg, and Miss Amanda Lewis of this place, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Rev. J. M. Roddy, of Harrodsburg held a short funeral at her home after which the remains were laid to rest in the old family burying ground near her home.
(Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Fri Dec 3, 1909)
**(dau, Amanda Lewis, mentioned above, should be Almeda, was just wrong in the obit)
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