French Lee Lewis b. 19 May 1901 Braxton Co., WV d. 22 Mar 1965 Richmond Heights, Cuyahoga Co., OH: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

1901 - 1965 (63 years)

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Name	French Lee Lewis
Birth	19 May 1901	Braxton Co., WV [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Death	22 Mar 1965	Richmond Heights, Cuyahoga Co., OH [3]
Burial	25 Mar 1965	Blacks Chapel Cemetery, Camden-On-Gauley, Webster Co., WV [4]
Person ID	I20498	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	1 May 2017

Father	C. Robert Lewis, b. Apr 1877, Webster Co., WV d. Abt 1917 (Age 39 years)
Mother	Matilda Florence "May" Forinash, b. 1 Sep 1875, Braxton Co., WV d. 14 Mar 1944, Summersville, Nicholas Co., WV (Age 68 years)
Marriage	21 May 1899	Newville, Braxton Co., WV [5]
	Married by Thomas Jackson, a minister of the gospel, at the bride's residence. Information on the bride and groom was provided by John B. Morrison. [5]
Family ID	F8300	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Helen Green, b. 10 Oct 1906, Webster Co., WV d. 4 Jun 1970, Euclid, Cuyahoga Co., OH (Age 63 years)

Marriage 28 Apr 1933 Webster Springs, Webster Co., WV [6]

Children

	1. Frances June Lewis, b. 26 Feb 1927, Webster Co., WV d. 21 Feb 2003, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL (Age 75 years)
	2. Harold Lewis
	3. Naomia Lewis, b. Abt 1950 d. Abt 1995 (Age 45 years)

Family ID F1473 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 16 Jan 2010

Notes

The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, 24 March 1965

LEWIS, French Lee - Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Camden-on-Gauley Methodist Church, Webster County, by the Rev. Arnold Bickle and the Rev. J.J. Rogers. Burial will be in Blacks Chapel Cemetery at Camden-on-Gauley. Mr. Lewis, 63, of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Camden-on-Gauley, died Monday in Richmond Heights Hospital at Cleveland, after a long illness. He was a factory worker in Cleveland. Surviving are his widow, Helen; two daughters, Mrs. Frances Howard and Miss Naomia, both of Cleveland, Ohio; a son, Harold of Lakewood, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Rosie Johnson of Stephens City, Va., Mrs. Dovie Stump of Harrison, Pa. and Mrs. Berta George of Ravenna, Ohio; three brothers, Orville, Burl and Delbert, all of Summersville; a half-brother, Ivan Blagg of Meadow Bridge; and a grandchild. The body will be taken from Combs and Coleman Funeral Home at Cowen to the church an hour before service.
(Research):French Lewis had a peg leg. According to family, he was pushed onto the railroad tracks while playing with his father and lost the leg after being hit by a train.

[S996] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.).
[S25] Braxton Co., WV Birth Record.
[S934] Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, OH, Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002, (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.).
[S872] Obituary: The Charleston Gazette.
[S1256] West Virginia. Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records . http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marraige register, 4: 125, Lewis-Forinash, 1899; accessed 21 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3).
[S1270] West Virginia. Webster County., Webster Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records . http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register p. 487, Lewis-Green, 1933; accessed 16 Jan 2010. (Reliability: 3).