The Lemuel Lewis Family

      Lemuel Lewis (b.9/8/1804-d.7/16/1887), son of Benjamin (b.1764-d.1821) and Celia Martin Lewis (b.1762-d.1822) born in Lenoir Co., North Carolina. Family moved to Robeson Co. when he was and infant and parents finally settled in Rebecca County, North Carolina.  In 1826 he married Mary “Polly” Williams (b.4/28/1810-d.4/28/1864), daughter of Giles and Sallie of North Carolina, on August 3, 1826 in North Carolina.  Both Lemuel and Polly are buried in the Lewis family cemetery in the Shiloh community of Marion County, MS.

1. Celia (b.1827) m. Joseph Smith, schoolteacher then Hogh McLeod
2. Sarah (b.1828) m. Patrick W. R. McAlpin, schoolteacher
3. Giles W. (b.1/4/1833-d.1906) m.4/1855 Rebecca Yarborough who was born in South Carolina, daughter of William (?) m.1812 Rebecca Clark Yarborough (b.12/30/1797-d.1/28/1873) of Georgia who moved to   South Carolina (where she married William); William and Rebecca moved to Marion Co., Mississippi in 1818
1. Laura
2. William
3. Alice (b.4/4/1860-d.8/18/1927) m. Lemuel G. Quin, both buried in McComb-Hollywood Cemetary in Pike County
4. Ida
5. Polly
6. Mattie
7. Susan

*3 more children; total of 10=4 sons and 6 daughters; 8 surviving at the time of Gile’s death

4. Martha (b.11/18/1830-d.7/8/1906) m. 9/11/1851 A. J. Brumfield (b.12/25/1830-10/5/1886)

*3 surviving children

5. Christian (b.1835-d.?) m. Thomas Bickham of Louisiana
6. Susan (b.4/5/1837-d.6/7/1900) m.1854 Jabez Yarborough (b.1/22/1829-d.10/10/1881) brother of Giles’s wife, Rebecca; Jabez is buried in Lewis family cemetery; Susan is buried at China Grove

*Benny Yarborough (b. & d. 1/10/1862), buried in Lewis family cemetery

*3 other sons and 1 daughter

7. Margaret (b.1840-d.?) m. Benjamin Graves
8. Benjamin Bright (b.6/24/1841-d.11/3/1906) m. Margaret Sumrall (b.5/13/1846-9/2/1926), daughter of William and Mary Burns Sumrall, both Benjamin and Margaret are buried in Lewis family cemetery

a. James Atkinson (?) became a minister and moved to California

b. Harry Bishop (?) moved to Texas

d. Lemuel (died early)

e. Theodore Berkley (?), doctor in Greenville, MS

f. Celia (b.1866-1950) m. Henry Carrol Foxworth (b.1867-1911), son of Franklin William (1839-1905), Lemuel settled his father’s (Samuel Foxworth) estate, and Missouri Atkinson Foxworth, both Celia and H.C. are buried in Columbia Cemetery

1. Henry Carrol, Jr.
2. Aileen (?)
3. Lewis (b.1/27/1894-?)
4. Gladys (b.6/24/1897-d.9/19/1974) m. Esco Charles Bullock (b. 11/2/1885-12/11/1971), both buried in Columbia Cemetery
5. Frank Wisdom (b.10/1/1899-?), lived in Pascagoula
6. Evon (?)
7. Juanita (b.3/18/1904-d.6/1/1983) m. William Luther Crull, Jr. (b.1/17/05-?), both buried in Columbia Cemetery
1. William Luther Crull, III (b.?), attorney at law, currently living in Louisiana

1. Celia
2. Billy

7. Beulah (b.11/15/1869-8/19/1902) m.10/1887 Charles “C. C.” Barnes; according to family history Beulah inherited the family home from her father however, she is buried in Columbia Cemetery

1. Maggie (?), according to family history born in old family home
2. Eunice (?)

*2 sons as well

8. Thomas Swift (b.10/17/1875-d.1955) m. Lucy E. Pittman (b.3/29/1877-d.8/7/00), Thomas buried in Knoxo Cemetery and Lucy at Hopewell Methodist Cemetery

1) Celia Omer (b.10/2/99-d.8/23/00), buried at same cemetery as mother

Thomas Swift, after being widowed, m. Mary Davis

1) Hilary Quin of Kokomo, MS

2) Mary Lee Stringer of Kokomo, MS

3) Mrs. Inman Dawsey of Meadville

4) Mrs. Joe Rankin of Bogalusa, LA

5) Theodore “Bud” Lewis of Poplarville, MS

6) Thomas Swift, Jr. (b.1911-d.1939), died in automobile accident, buried at same cemetery as father

       9)Alexander (b.1844-d.?)

10)John T. (b.1846-d.?) m. Mary Jane Sumrall, sister of Benjamin’s wife, Margaret

     a. Hettie (?) m. Jessie Rankin

1. ? (died early)
2. ? (died early)
3. Horatio (died in WWI)
4. Joesph Warren Rankin
2. Joseph

2. Jodie Jackson (b.12/22/1872-d.3/20/1955) m. Ada Lampton

   (?)

1. Sam
2. J.D.
3. Bert

*two half-sisters are mentioned in Jodie’s obituary so one of his   parents remarried at some point and had more children

11)Rosa (b.1849-d.?) m. E. Pigott

12)Joseph William (b.12/12/1850-d.10/7/1901) m. Sarah Ellen Bass (b. 11/27/1855-11/23/1926), a neighbor, both buried in Knoxo Cemetery

1. Lammie (?)
2. Mathilda (?) m. Ellis Pigott

      13)*Malinda (b.1853) m. Elias Pigot 
 
 

*This family history was gathered by Krystal Morgan Graves of Columbia, MS from a variety of sources.  In the fall of 1999 she and her husband Trevor purchased property in the Shiloh community which is located in the western part of Marion County, Mississippi.  The Lewis family cemetery is located on their property.  This is information known as of July 2003.