Frances E. Lewis
b. 12 June 1894, d. 6 August 1976
- Father: John H. Lewis b. October 1849, d. between 1900 and 1910
- Mother: Ella Hadyn Abercrombie b. 27 March 1865, d. 20 December 1937
- Frances E. Lewis was born on 12 June 1894 in Texas.
- John H. Lewis and Ella Hadyn Abercrombie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas. Other members of the household included Frances E. Lewis, Leonard Dodson Lewis and Elaine Chilton Lewis. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
- Ella Hadyn Abercrombie appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Denton, Denton County, Texas, at 157 Hickory street. Other members of the household included Frances E. Lewis, Leonard Dodson Lewis and Elaine Chilton Lewis. Leonard also is enumerated as a university student boarding in Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma.
- She married Lawrence Shannon Cook circa 1922.
- Lawrence Shannon Cook and Frances E. Lewis appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in El Paso, Texas, at 2714 Silver. Other members of the household included Ella Hadyn Abercrombie.
- She officially witnessed the death of Ella Hadyn Abercrombie on 20 December 1937 at Hotel Dieu in El Paso, Texas.
- The following appeared on 20 December 1937 in the El Paso Herald-Post: Mrs. Haydn Abercrombie Lewis died today at a local hospital. She was 73 and had lived in El Paso 13 years.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Hannnon Cook; another daughter, Mrs. George W. Morrel and a son Leonard Lewis.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at St. Clement's Church, Rev. DuBose Murphy officiating. Arrangements have not been fully completed. The body is at Peak-Hagedon Mortuary.
Surviving Mrs. Lewis also are three sisters: Mrs. Mary Finch, of Pasadena; Mrs. Gentry Waldo of Houston; and Mrs. Robert Lovett, whose husband is chairman of the board of the Union Pacific railroad. - At the time of her death Frances E. Lewis was living in Garland, Dallas County, Texas, at 814 Blossom.
- Frances E. Lewis died on 6 August 1976 at age 82 in Garland, Dallas County, Texas, at Garland Memorial Hospital . Informant was Mary Huggins.
- She was interred at Calvary Hill Mausoleum, Dallas, Texas.
- Last Edited: 15 Jun 2012