Mary Elmore Lewis

Mary Elmore Lewis

• Father: Hamlin Freeman Lewis b. 5 June 1816, d. 30 November 1852
• Mother: Mary Martin Elmore b. 23 November 1823, d. 16 February 1916

• Mary Elmore Lewis was born on 24 August 1848 in Union Parish, Louisiana.
• She was known as Elmore.
• She married James Adam Hill, son of John Hill and Sarah Louisa Traylor, on 20 May 1866 in Kaufman County, Texas.
• James Adam Hill and Mary Elmore Lewis appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included William L. Hill, John Elmore Hill and Joseph Reid Hill. Also in the household were Sallie Hill, presumably a former slave, and her children.
• James Adam Hill and Mary Elmore Lewis appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included William L. Hill, John Elmore Hill and Mary Louisa Hill. Also in the household were sons J. A. Jr. (age 8) and J. R. (4), and daughters M. S. (6), Lucie (2) and Susan (4 months.)
• Mary Elmore Lewis became a widow at the 12 August 1889 death of her husband James Adam Hill.
• The following appeared on 22 February 1916 in The Houston Post: (New Waverly, February 21) Mrs. Mary Martin Elmore Scott, who is said to be the only real Daughter of the American Revolution in Texas, died last night at 8:15 p. m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe R. Hill, here at the age of 92. Mrs. Mary Martin Elmore Scott was born at her father's estate in Huntingdon, Autauga county, Alabama, on November 23, 1823. This county was afterwards named Elmore county in honor of her father, John Archer Elmore.
       Her father, John Archer Elmore, enlisted at the age of 16 as a private and served as captain in the army of Virginia and took part in the battle of the cow Pens, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He also served his country n the war of 1812 as brigadier general of State troops in alabama.
       Her maternal grandfather was captain of a cavalry in the continental army of George Washington and served in Carolina.
       Mrs. Scott moved to Texas in 1856 and was one of the pioneer settlers of Old Waverly, Texas, a station eight miles east of New Waverly, Texas.
       Mrs. Scott's first husband was Hamlin Freeman Lewis, and was a brother of Dixon H. Lewis, who was United States senator of Alabama for 19 years. Hamlin F. Lewis died when 36 years of age in Angelina county, near Lufkin, in 1852, while he was bringing his slaves from Alabama to a place he had bought near this place.
       Mrs. Scott last married Dr. James E. Scott, who was a Methodist minister and a prominent physician of the scetion. Dr. Scott died in 1893 and was buried at Willis. Mrs. Scott is survived by the following children by her first husband, Mr. Lewis: Mrs. J. M. White of Simonton, Texas; Mrs. Annie Jordan of Long Beach, Cal; and Mrs. Elmore Hill of New Waverly, Texas. She is survived by Mrs. Joe R. Hill, daughter of Dr. Scott, besides numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
       Mrs. Scott will be buried Tuesday afternoon at Willis, Texas.
• Mary Elmore Lewis died on 18 December 1925 at age 77 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.
• She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 1 January 1926 in The Galveston Daily News: (Houston) News has been received here of the death of Mrs. Elmore Hill, wife of the late James A. Hill of New Waverly, Tex., and the daughter of the late Hamlin F. Lewis and Mary Elmore of Alabama. Mrs. Hill was well known here. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Elmore Martin Lewis, was the daughter of General John Archer Elmore, a distinguished American revolutionary patriot. Mrs. Hill is survived by eight children, William Hill, Albert Hill, Joe Hill of Houston, Mrs. Jones of Huntsville, Tex; Mrs. Cunningham of San Antonio, Mrs. Cantrill of Kansas City, Mo; Mrs. Curtis of Huntsville and Miss Lillian Hill of Richmond, Tex.

• Last Edited: 27 Jan 2016