Henry Elmore Lewis

Henry Elmore Lewis

• Father: Dixon Hall Lewis Jr. b. 12 February 1834, d. 9 April 1899
• Mother: Sarah Ann Hill b. 19 September 1840, d. 21 November 1904

• Henry Elmore Lewis was born on 4 July 1880 in San Jacinto County, Texas.
• Sarah Ann Hill appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Maynard, San Jacinto County, Texas. Other members of the household included Henry Elmore Lewis, Sarah Elmore Lewis, Mary Hill Lewis, Dixon Hall Lewis III, Laura S. Lewis and Claride B. Lewis.
• He was farming, according to the 1900 census.
• Henry Elmore Lewis appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in San Jacinto County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sarah Elmore Lewis, Mary Hill Lewis, Laura S. Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, John Archer Lewis, Ermine A. Lewis, Agnes Elmore Lewis, Lela Claride Lewis and Dixon Hall Lewis.
• He was farming, according to the 1910 census.
• Henry Elmore Lewis registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in San Jacionto County, Texas, while living in Waverly with his sisters Sarah and Laura, and self-employed there as a farmer, merchant, miller and turner.
• Henry Elmore Lewis appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in San Jacinto County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sarah Elmore Lewis, Laura S. Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Ermine A. Lewis, Agnes Elmore Lewis, Lela Claride Lewis and Dixon Hall Lewis.
• He officially witnessed the death of Laura S. Lewis on 24 November 1925 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas; never having married.
• He married Emily H. Dewald circa 1926.
• He officially witnessed the death of Estelle McGar on 4 December 1930 in Waverly, Walker County, Texas.
• Henry Elmore Lewis registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in San Jacinto County, Texas, while living with his wife Emily in Waverly, and self-employed there farming.
• The following appeared on 25 June 1948 in The Taylor Daily Press: (Old Waverly, June 25) Funeral services were to be held today for Dixon Hall Lewis, 78, member of a pioneer East Texas family, who died at his home here yesterday.
       A lifelong resident of Old Waverly, Lewis had been active as a merchant and a farmer. His father, Capt. D. C.[sic] Lewis, was a Confederate Army officer and was one of the founders of the Old Waverly community.
       Surviving are his wife, one daughter, one son and one brother.
• Henry Elmore Lewis died on 19 April 1957 at age 76.
• His wife Emily H. Dewald became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Old Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, San Jacinto (later Walker) County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 21 Jan 2016