> Research provided by our member Joyce Collins, indicates the parents of Daniel James Lewis was HIRAM LEWIS and LUCINDA JENKINS, they lived in Harlan County, and later may have lived in Clay County by 1870 next to their son Daniel James Lewis. . Additional research Research provided on KYHARLAN and Message boards Posts, indicate HIRAM Lewis b.1803 VA was a son of ABNER LEWIS and wife ELEANOR DIXON, and that ABNER LEWIS was a son of WILSON Lewis whom both came to early KNOX Co., KY from Virginia. > > Abner Lewis appears in Knox Co KY at least as early as 1804 on tax list; 1809 surveyor for Knox CO KY; referred to as "Judge." > On the list of males transferred from Knox to the new Harlan County in 1819. > > > 1810 Knox CO KY census Abner Lewis 2 males under 10; 1 m 10-16; 1 m 16-26; 1 m 26-45; 3 females under 10; 1 f 26-45 (note: Hiram would be about 7 yrs old) > > > 1820 Harlan Co KY census Abner Lewis 3 males to 10; 1 m 16-18; 1 m 16-26; 1 m 45 up; 3 females to 10; 2 f 10-16; 1 f 26-45 3 in agric. (farming) > > > OUR SUBJECT: > DANIEL James LEWIS 1854 Harlan Co., KY- 1920 OK > 1st Generation: > DANIEL JAMES LEWIS, b. 5 Aug 1854 Harlan County, KY; d. 20 Jan 1920 Crowder, OK, buried Decatur, AL. > > Married 1st, 1873 Clay County, KY Mary Ann Cope, b. 9 Oct 1852 Harlan County, KY; d. 16 Aug 1904 Trinity, AL. > > Children: 1) James: b. 1875 Clay County, KY; d. 1877; > 2) Sarah Lewis Bush: b. 1 Jan 1877 Clay County, KY; d. 22 Apr 1951 Maumee, Lucas County, Indiana, > 3) Nancy Lewis Hutson: b. 13 Oct 1882 Clay County, KY; d. 13 Mar 1959 Decatur. AL; > 4) Martha Lewis Jolly: b. 18 Jul 1883; d. 24 Apr 1961; > 5) Lula Lewis Staples: b. Oct 1885 Illinois; d. 1968 Tuscumbia, AL; > 6) Willie Lewis: b. 1887 Illinois; d. 1970; > 7) Emma Lewis: b. May 1891; d. 14 Aug 1891 Indianola, Illinois; > 8) Emmett Lewis: b. May 1891; d. 14 Aug 1891 Indianola, Illinois. Married his 2nd, Oct 1904 Decatur, AL, Maggie Robards Bates, b. 1867 TN; d. 21 Mar 1921 Bower, OK > Children: 1) Lucille Lewis Jones: b. 15 Oct 1905 Decatur, AL; d. 14 Apr 1994 Augusta, KS; > 2) Daniel Jones: b. 15 Feb 1908 Fort Smith, AR; d. 4 Jan 1995 Augusta, KS; 3) Albert Logan: b. 24 Sept 1911 Eufalha, OK; d. 12 May 1968 Ft. Gibson, OK. > 2nd Generation: DANIEL JONES LEWIS, b. b. 15 Feb 1908 Fort Smith, AR; d. 4 Jan 1995 Augusta, KS. > Children: 1) Living; 2) Living; 3) Charles Albert: b. 4 Sept 1935 Augusta, KS; d. 9 Apr 2000 Augusta, KS; > 4) Living; 5) Living. > > 3rd Generation: ALL LIVING. > > > > Anyone that can add more information about WILSON Lewis and son ABNER of Harlan County, please do so. I find no connection to James T Lewis, Wales-KY blood lines. Leslie County came to be in 1878. LISTDAD, JOHN in CA **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)