Iowa Family Groupsheet for Daniel Johnson Lewis Sr Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Linda Walden Email address: lwalden@cableone.net Husband: Daniel Johnson Lewis Sr Birthdate: Dec. 4, 1800 Birthplace: Shelby Co., Kentucky Death date: Jan. 3, 1892 Place of death: Mills Co., Iowa Father: John Lewis b. Maryland Mother: Mary Ketchum b. N.J. Marriage date: Oct. 24, 1830 Marriage place: Indianapolis, Indiana Wife: Harriet Holstine Birthdate: Dec. 10, 1810 Birthplace: Botetourt Co., Virginia Death date: Jan. 14, 1891 Place of death: Mills Co., Iowa Father: Henry Holstine b. VA Mother: Sarah Cooper b. VA CHILDREN Child No. 1: Margaret J. Sex: F Birthdate: Abt. 1832 Birthplace: Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois Death date: after 1850 Place of death: Wagon Train going West. Marriage date: March 31, 1850 Marriage place: Des Moines Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Conrad Snyder b. Germany Child No. 2: George Washington Sex: M Birthdate: Oct. 24, 1834 Birthplace: Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois Death date: March 22, 1902 Place of death: Mills Co., Iowa Marriage date: Nov. 30, 1856 Marriage place: Mills Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Mariah Wiatt b. Ohio Child No. 3: Unknown Sex: Birthdate: Abt. 1836 Birthplace: Des Moines Co., Iowa Death date: Before 1840 Place of death: Des Moines Co., Iowa Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: Unknown Sex: Birthdate: Abt. 1838 Birthplace: Des Moines Co., Iowa Death date: Before 1840 Place of death: Des Moines Co., Iowa Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 5: Harriet Beecher Stowe Sex: F Birthdate: Fall of 1840 Birthplace: Des Moines Co., Iowa Death date: Before 1850 Place of death: Des Moines Co., Iowa Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Daniel Johnson Jr. Sex: M Birthdate: May 10, 1842 Birthplace: Des Moines Co., Iowa Death date: Nov. 3, 1920 Place of death: Antelope Co., Nebraska Marriage date: Feb. 9, 1868 Marriage place: Mills Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Serina Jane Speer b. MO. Child No. 7: Sarah Ann Sex: F Birthdate: March 25, 1844 Birthplace: Des Moines Co., Iowa Death date: April 2, 1872 Place of death: Mills Co., Iowa Marriage date: Jan. 12, 1863 Marriage place: Mills Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Adam Markel b. IN. Child No. 8: Henry Clay Sex: M Birthdate: Oct. 7, 1846 Birthplace: Des Moines Co., Iowa Death date: Sept. 2, 1926 Place of death: Mills Co., Iowa Marriage date: Nov. 24, 1870 Marriage place: Mills Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Amelia Uekert b. Prussia Child No. 9: Thomas Jefferson Sex: M Birthdate: Abt. 1848 Birthplace: Des Moines Co., Iowa Death date: Abt. 1863 Place of death: Mills Co., Iowa Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 10: Zachary Taylor Sex: M Birthdate: Fall of 1850 Birthplace: Mills Co., Iowa Death date: Fall of 1850 Place of death: Mills Co., Iowa Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 11: Winfield Scott Sex: M Birthdate: Nov. 8, 1852 Birthplace: Mills Co., Iowa Death date: Abt. 1930 Place of death: Mills Co., Iowa Marriage date: Nov. 22, 1874 Marriage place: Mills Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Mary Lucinda Witt b. IA Child No. 12: Millard Filmore Sex: M Birthdate: Aug. 25, 1856 Birthplace: Mills Co., Iowa Death date: Abt. 1940 Place of death: California Marriage date: Dec. 10, 1876 Marriage place: Mills Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Martha Ann Knight b. IA Documentation: Daniel Lewis, was a native of Kentucky, born in Shelby county, December 4, 1800, where he lived until he was twenty-seven years old when he moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. After spending a couple of years there, and three years at Quincy, Illinois, he located in Des Moines Co., Iowa. In the fall of 1850 the family joined a wagon train headed for the California gold rush; because of a storm that overturned their wagon and injured Daniel the family stayed in Mills county, Iowa. He located on land then in the possession of the Mormons, and from whom he purchased it in Aug. 1851. It was then known as Cutler's camp. At the time Mr. Lewis came to Mills county the country about him and Malvern, except the "Mormon settlement" was unoccupied by white men. He was identified with the first formation and settlement of the county; he was a member of the first grand jury organized in the county; he had seen corn sold in the early days of the settlements for $1.50 per bushel; his farm was in section 7, and contained over twelve hundred acres.