John Lewis
ELLEDGE, LEWIS
Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/8/2004 at 22:53:33
John Lewis, Monroe twp., farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Kasson; born Ray county, Tennessee in 1825, and moved to Illinois in 1828; he went to California and spent two and one-half years, and returned and settled in this county in 1855; he owns 175 acres of land; has held offices of town trustee and school director; he married Miss Sarah J. Elledge in 1849; she was born in Illinois; has five children: Charles H., Mary E., Sarah C., Allen B. and William S.; lost two: James M. and Jasper M.
Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 559
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