I do not know about connections to the LEWIS family in the mid 1900s in Salem, Washtenaw Co., MI, though it may be likely. I do know that there were two racial groups with the LEWIS surname. The family I am researching has many members in each generation. They spread out to the counties surrounding Washtenaw. Eliphalet Lewis is one of the more unusual given names in several generations and may be traceable back to New Jersey in the 1600s. I haven't been able to make that connection because the records in Wayne County, NY in the early 1800s are almost non-existent. We spent many weeks there looking for them. I do know that this LEWIS family in Salem, Washtenaw Co., MI was associated by marriage with the following surnames in the 1800s PALMER, STANBRO, BENNET, PLACE, VANDUSER,RATHBUN,HAM, SMITH, TERWILLIGER, SANDERSON, LUND, HASFORD, HERRICK, McKINNEY, BROWN, TAPP. These are all the surnames that I have found so far, but there are many individuals to check out. Thank you for writing. Vicki X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:19:29 -0400 From: Jan Huff <hufnpuf@citcom.net> To: MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <000301c49045$67f5ed50$92254ace@janiceqmxap2ts> Subject: Re: [MIWASHTE] Re: MIWASHTE-D Digest V04 #36 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit There was a Lewis family still in Salem, MI., during the 1950-1960 years. Any connection? ----- Original Message ----- From: <VickisHarp@aol.com> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:21 PM Subject: [MIWASHTE] Re: MIWASHTE-D Digest V04 #36 > I don't know if this will help any, but I find the coincidences interesting. Our LEWIS family is found in Salem, Washtenaw Co., MI starting in 1830. They are also found in Lenawee Co. and Ionia. They are found in Livonia, Wayne Co., Michigan. They ended up in Genesee Co., MI. Before moving to Michigan, they were in Wayne Co., NY. On the border of the towns of Wayne, Wayne Co., NY and Tyrone, Wayne Co., NY is an old cemetery in which the next older generation of LEWIS family members is buried. One of the names that cemetery goes by - an older name - is The Frank Wood Farm Cemetery. Perhaps there is a connection between your Wood family in Washtenaw County, MI and the Wood family in Wayne Co., NY. The town of Tyrone is now in Schuyler Co., NY. The center of Tyrone and Wayne towns is only a couple of miles apart. There is still not much there. The historian in Steuben County, New York might have some information.