John McClanahan Lewis Jr.
b. 29 November 1837, d. 8 April 1908
- Father: John McClanahan Lewis b. 18 April 1802, d. 8 May 1862
- Mother: Susan Ann Madison Bowyer b. 14 June 1805, d. 6 February 1883
- John McClanahan Lewis Jr. was born on 29 November 1837 in Franklin County, Alabama.
- John McClanahan Lewis and Susan Ann Madison Bowyer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included John McClanahan Lewis Jr., William Eldon McKinley Lewis, A. Clinton Lewis and Ianthe Alabama Lewis.
- John McClanahan Lewis and Susan Ann Madison Bowyer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included John McClanahan Lewis Jr., William Eldon McKinley Lewis, Frances A. Arnold, A. Clinton Lewis and Ianthe Alabama Lewis.
- He married Martha Cook Woodson, daughter of Creed Taylor Woodson and Mary Laurence Cook, on 5 November 1865 in Montgomery County, Texas, and Martha's brother Miller married John's sister Iantha Lewis.
- John McClanahan Lewis Jr. and Martha Cook Woodson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Danville, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included John M. Lewis and Mary Lewis.
- He was a lawyer, according to the 1870 census.
- John McClanahan Lewis Jr. and Martha Cook Woodson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Danville, Montgomery County, Texas.
- John McClanahan Lewis Jr. died on 8 April 1908 at age 70 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas.
- He was interred at Willis Cemetery, Willis, Montgomery County, Texas.
- For an account of his CSA service in Company B, 24th Texas Cavalry Regiment, see his profile in Karen McCann Hett's Danville Mounted Riflemen.
- Last Edited: 18 May 2013
Family: Martha Cook Woodson b. circa 1843
- Mary Lewis b. circa 1867
- John M. Lewis b. circa 1869
- Phillip Cook Lewis b. 12 May 1876, d. 27 April 1937