Elaine Chilton Lewis

b. 27 December 1890, d. 1 October 1962
  • Elaine Chilton Lewis was born on 27 December 1890 in Texas or 1891.
  • 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 Elaine Chilton Lewis, Leonard Dodson Lewis and Frances E. 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 Elaine Chilton Lewis, Leonard Dodson Lewis and Frances E. Lewis. Leonard also is enumerated as a university student boarding in Hobart, Kiowa County, Oklahoma.
  • 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 Elaine Chilton Lewis was living in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, at 52 Kensington Drive, Beverly Hills.
  • Elaine Chilton Lewis died on 1 October 1962 at age 71.
  • She was interred at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina.
  • Last Edited: 15 Jun 2012