Lewis, Cynthia M. (Amsden) 1835 - 1910
LEWIS, ELLEDGE, SPAULDING, PULLAM, JENNINGS, SMITH, SHARARD, AMSDEN
Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 3/31/2020 at 12:17:20
Elkader Register & Argus, Thur., 21 Jul. 1910. Elkport and Vicinity column.
Mrs. Cynthia Lewis, one of the pioneer settlers of this vicinity, died at the home of her son, Lyman Lewis, Tuesday night, at the advanced age of 77 years. Mrs. Lewis has always been an industrious, kind-hearted woman, and beloved by all who knew her. The funeral will be held Sunday. We are without further particulars.
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Elkader Register & Argus, Thur., 28 Jul. 1910. Elkport and Vicinity column.
Mrs. Cythia M. Lewis was born in Ohio, August 1st, 1835. In 1849 she came to Iowa with her parents. Here she lived a happy life, as the early pioneer settlers were a contented lot of people who were looking forward to a happy future, although they were obliged to toil from early until late. In 1851 she pledged her love to John S. Lewis and to them eleven children were born. Three of these died in infancy. one son, Joel, died in Butte, Montana, in 1909. The father, John S. Lewis, died in April, 1889. Thus the mother was called upon to perform the double duty as father and mother, to the children. The children now living are as follows: Lyman S. Lewis, of Volga township; Craddock Lewis, of Oregon; Mrs. Ida Elledge, of Elk township; Mrs. Inda Spaulding, of Oregon; James B. Lewis, of Arizona; Archie Lewis, of Arizona; and Mrs. Violet Pullam, of Montana, and also three step-children, Graham Lewis, of Volga township; Mrs. Mary Jennings, of Kansas; and John Lewis of Volga twp. Two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Smith, of Volga, Mrs. Abigail Sharard, of Wyoming, and a brother, Whitney Amsden, of Volga township. Thirty-one grandchildren and two great-grandchildren are left to mourn her departure.
Only two days was she called upon to suffer ere the soul took its flight to its Maker, as on Saturday, July 18th, she was seen in Elkport and on Wednesday, July 20th, at 3:30 a.m. she died. On July 24th, a bright and beautiful Sunday, she was laid to rest. Rev. S. Hansel very distinctly and and sadly pronounced the eulogy on the life of the deceased and exhorted the mourners "to so live, that they may meet her after their journey's end will have been reached." Appropriate songs were sung and a long line of sympathetic friends followed the hearse to the Hansel cemetery. Her son James B. Lewis, arrived that morning to look once more upon the face of her who loved her children so dearly in life. The pall-bearers were Fred Krieg, C. Dietrich Beck, Frank Kafer, Joe Wilman, B. S. Needham and Wm. Boehm.
(Note: There followed a lengthy poem.)
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