Brief Life History of Amos Oscar
When Amos Oscar Lewis was born in 1840, in Potter, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Amos R. Lewis, was 37 and his mother, Bethiah N Carpenter, was 31. He had at least 2 sons with Eleanor V Gleason. He lived in Wellsville, Wellsville, Allegany, New York, United States in 1870 and Alma, Allegany, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 8 December 1919, at the age of 79, and was buried in North Bingham, Bingham Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Amos O Lewis, "United States Census, 1870"
- Amos O Lewis, "United States Census, 1880"
- Amos O Lewis in household of Amos R Lewis, "United States Census, 1860"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
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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