Lucy Hamlin Lewis
b. 9 October 1845
- Father: Hamlin Freeman Lewis b. 5 June 1816, d. 30 November 1852
- Mother: Mary Martin Elmore b. 23 November 1823, d. 16 February 1916
- Lucy Hamlin Lewis was born on 9 October 1845 in Alabama.
- Hamlin Freeman Lewis and Mary Martin Elmore appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Lowndes County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Lucy Hamlin Lewis, William Edward Lewis and Mary Dixon Hall. Also in the household was (female) Sidney Lampkin (age 25), probably sister of HFL's sister Mary's husband; Frank (age 14) and Stephen (age 11) Lewis, and Elizabeth Reed (age 13), whose origins are not yet known.
- James Edward Scott and Mary Martin Elmore appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Waverly, Walker (later San Jacinto) County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lucy Hamlin Lewis, Thomas B. Scott, Ruth Ann Scott, Clifton Scott, Emily V. Scott, Robert L. Scott, William B. Scott, John J. Scott, William Edward Lewis, Annie Rebecca Lewis and James E. Scott. Also in the household was overseer John B. Jones.
- She married John M. White, son of (?) White and Unknown (?), on 2 November 1865 in Walker County, Texas, with James E. Scott officiating.
- 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.
- Last Edited: 15 Sep 2008