Brief Life History of Shepherd William
When Shepherd William Lewis was born on 8 March 1838, in Alabama, United States, his father, William Lewis, was 50 and his mother, Elizabeth Williams, was 33. He married Sarah Elizabeth Polk on 25 November 1858. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Beat 2, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Beat 1, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States in 1910. He died on 15 January 1922, in Fords Creek, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Fords Creek Cemetery, Poplarville, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States.
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- (1870) Sheppard Lewis, "United States Census, 1870"
- (1838) Legacy NFS Source: Shepherd William Lewis - Government record: birth: 8 March 1838; Alabama, United States
- [1858] Shepperd W. Lewis, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Lewis, Leweis, Lowis, from ancient Germanic (originally West Frankish) Hludwig (itself from hlōd- ‘fame, famous’ + wīg- ‘battle’). This was Latinized as Ludovicus and Chlodovisus, which were gallicized as Clovis or Clouis, French Louis. The name may also appear as Lawis, Laweys, Lawes, by unrounding of the vowel of Lowis on the analogy of the variation between Low and Law as pet forms of Middle English Lourence alias Laurence. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Laws 2 and compare Lawrence .
Welsh: adopted for the Welsh personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Shepherd William Lewis By Andria Entrekin and shown on findagrove.com
Born Mar. 8, 1839, Alabama, USA Death: Jan 15, 1922, Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA Tombstone reads S.W. Lewis. Co. C(G?) 38 Miss Cav. C.S.A. Found on 1850 Harrison County, Mississi …
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