John Moss Lewis

Brief Life History of John Moss

When John Moss Lewis was born on 16 February 1829, in Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Lewis, was 26 and his mother, Mary Clark Ryon, was 10. He married Martha Jane Crismon on 10 August 1848, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Caldwell, Missouri, United States in 1838 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 5 May 1894, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Moss Lewis
1829–1894
Martha Jane Crismon
1831–1919
Marriage: 10 August 1848
Mary Johannah Lewis
1851–1920
Charles Benjamin Lewis
1853–1922
Clara Jane Lewis
1855–1908
Ida Frances Lewis
1857–1901
John Franklin Lewis
1861–1933
Emily Ann Lewis
1863–1873
George William Lewis
1864–1933
Walter Beers Lewis
1866–1953
Henry Malin Lewis
1869–1914
Leonard Ryon Lewis
1870–1957
Dudley Sanford Lewis
1872–1941
Eva Mary Lewis
1874–1878
Martha Samantha Lewis
1875–1952

Sources (53)

  • John M Lewis, "United States Census, 1880"
  • John Lewis, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
  • John Moss Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1836

Historical Boundaries 1836: Caldwell County created from Non-County Area 7.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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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Lewis Family, LDS Missionaries.

JOHN MOSS LEWIS FAMILY A MISSIONARY FAMILY FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS FRONT ROW L to R: 1. Elder Leonard Ryon Lewis - Southern States (Florida Conference) - In May 1978 Malin …

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