Brief Life History of Theophilus W S "Thomas"
Theophilus W S "Thomas" Lewis was born on 4 March 1815, in Georgia, United States. He married Margarett A Sullivan on 1 December 1838, in Greene, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Putnam, Georgia, United States for about 10 years and District 307, Putnam, Georgia, United States in 1880. He died in 1897, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Old Saint Paul Methodist Church Cemetery, Rockville, Putnam, Georgia, United States.
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- T W S Lewis, "United States Census, 1860"
- Thomas W. S. Lewis, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Theophilus W S Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1826
Historical Boundaries: 1826: Putnam, Georgia, United States
1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees
A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.
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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