Baldwin D. Lewis

LEWIS, PHELPS, HARMON, CAYWOOD

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 3/23/2002 at 22:57:15

Baldwin D. Lewis (deceased) was born in Erie county, Ohio, March 10, 1830, where he passed his early life, on a farm. He was married in March, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Phelps, a native of Maryland. When she was eleven years of age her parents moved to Ohio, where the daughter grew to womanhood. In 1857 she, with her husband, came to Iowa and located on a farm on section 19, of Beaver township, Butler county. Six children were born to them, five of whom are living – Adella, the wife of Elias Harmon; Josephine, wife of George Caywood; Milo, Callie and Ida. Mr. Lewis died in September, 1872.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 471