Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Lewis was born on 22 September 1803, in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States, her father, James Lewis, was 36 and her mother, Sarah McCoy, was 27. She married James Bean on 27 July 1824, in Lincoln, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1851. She died on 1 November 1864, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Bean in household of Jas Bean, "United States Census, 1860"
- Marriage Certificate/record of James Bean & Elizabeth Lewis md. 27 July 1824 in Lincoln Co., Mo.
- Elizabeth Lewis Bean, "Find A Grave Index"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804
Historical Boundaries 1804: Saint Charles District, Louisiana Territory 1812: Saint Charles County, Missouri Territory 1821: Saint Charles, Missouri, United States
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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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Elizabeth Lewis: Life Sketch
Written by granddaughter Flora Bean Horne: Elizabeth Lewis Bean was a noble, progressive, intelligent type of woman. It was said of her that her spirituality and understanding were her dominant …
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