William Eldon McKinley Lewis
b. 29 October 1833
- 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
- William Eldon McKinley Lewis was born on 29 October 1833 in Tescumbia, Colbert 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 William Eldon McKinley Lewis, A. Clinton Lewis, John McClanahan Lewis Jr. and Ianthe Alabama Lewis.
- He married Frances A. Arnold, daughter of Dr. Epaphrus J. Arnold, on 24 December 1857 in Montgomery County, Texas.
- 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 William Eldon McKinley Lewis, Frances A. Arnold, A. Clinton Lewis, John McClanahan Lewis Jr. and Ianthe Alabama Lewis.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- 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: 5 Sep 2013