Uncle Will when he was a boy. He was named for his Uncle William Blackstock Lewis who was a Senator in Iowa 1858-1862 and after his father Samuel Jackson Lewis. He grew up with Hattie Click. They played together as children, attended school together, and eventually married.
People in photo include: William Samuel Lewis
Back then, it wasn't unusual to marry someone you grew up with.... of my mom's family of seven, she was the only one who married someone from "the outside"....LOL
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.