LEWIS, Sidney S. 1862-1931
LEWIS, VAN VOLTENBURG, FISK, SULLIVAN, HOBKIRK, MARK, MORSE, SPRAGUE, MCLAIN
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/20/2012 at 00:18:26
Sidney S. Lewis was born on April 19, 1862 in West Lincoln Township, Mitchell County, Iowa to John R. and Mary Anne Van Voltenburg Lewis. Sidney attended the Orchard Public School and the Cedar Valley Seminary in Osage, Iowa.
Mary Ann McCarty and Sidney Lewis were united in marriage on October 15, 1885 in Mason City, Iowa.
Mary Ann was born January 8, 1861, in Cudahy, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin to James and Anna McQuillan McCarty. She moved to Delona, Wisconsin with her parents in 1867. Mary was the oldest of six children. She moved to Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa in 1878. Sidney and Mary Ann made their first home on a farm east of Orchard, Mitchell County, Iowa. They then purchased a farm on the north half of Section 6, West Lincoln Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. It was only a quarter of a mile from his boyhood home. They resided there until moving to Orchard about 1930.
Mary Ann and Sidney were the parents of five children. A baby girl died as an infant. John Clayton was born on July 8, 1886 in West Lincoln Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. He married (1) Ann Hobkirk in 1913. Ann passed away on February 22, 1951. John married (2) Pearl Fisk Sullivan in 1952. John passed away on May 5, 1961 in Ben Lomond, California and is buried at the Osage Cemetery, Osage, Iowa. Ada May was born on February 14, 1888 in West Lincoln Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. She married Adam Lawrence Mark on April 7, 1908 in Mitchell County, Iowa. Ada passed away on June 30, 1967 in Osage, Iowa and is buried at the Osage Cemetery, Osage. Lancy Lyman was born on March 3, 1892 in West Lincoln Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. He married Fern Morse on March 3, 1915 in Orchard, Iowa. Lancy passed away on October 29, 1967 in Iowa City, Iowa and is buried at the Orchard Cemetery, Orchard, Iowa. Laura B. was born on January 21, 1896 in West Lincoln Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. She married (1) Eugene Sprague on January 6, 1915. Laura married (2) Gerald McClain on October 11, 1934. Laura passed away on January 21, 1957 in Osage, Iowa and is buried at the Osage Cemetery, Osage.
Sidney S. Lewis passed away on February 8, 1931 at home in Orchard, Mitchell County, Iowa and is buried at the Orchard Cemetery.
After the loss of her husband, Mary Ann moved in with Ada and Adam Mark. Ada cared for her mother after she suffered a paralytic stroke. Mary Ann was confined to bed for over a year. She passed away at the home of her daughter Ada in West Lincoln Township, Mitchell County, Iowa on April 8, 1932. Mary Ann is buried at the Orchard Cemetery, Orchard, Iowa.
By Marjorie Mark.
[ MITCHELL COUNTY HISTORY, published 1989 ]
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