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Wife Mable Elice Lewis
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Father: SR. David Daniel Lewis (1911-1978)
Mother: Mable Sims ( -1945)
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1 M III David Lewis
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Husband Houston Longino
Born: 28 Apr 1899 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 21 Sep 1973 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Marriage: 29 Mar 1920 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
Wife Mollie Lewis
Born: 12 Jul 1902 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 23 Mar 1999 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Father: Sherman Lewis (1872-1941)
Mother: Elizabeth Tyner (1877-1945)
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1 M Joe Otis Longino
Born: 6 May 1922 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Aslean Willims (1921-2013)
Marr: 12 Dec 1942 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
2 M Willie Fred Longino
Born: 15 Sep 1923
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Spouse: Teresa ( - )
Spouse: Aline Love ( - )
Marr: 14 Sep 1982 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
3 F Elizbeath Longino
Born: 30 Aug 1925 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 26 Feb 1992 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: SR. Curtis James Simmons (1915-2002)
Marr: 15 Dec 1945 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
4 F Rachel Longino
Born: 22 Jul 1927 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: SR. Benjamin Nelson ( - )
Marr: 11 Nov 1950 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Spouse: Norward Gerard (1925-1981)
Marr: 30 Oct 1963 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Spouse: Henry Johnson ( - )
Marr: Abt 1974 - Bridge City, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States
5 F Armetheen Longino
Born: 15 Aug 1929 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 16 Oct 2004 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: SR. Charles David C. D. Williams (1926-2016)
Marr: 23 Dec 1947 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
6 M SR. Sherman J. Longino
Born: 13 Aug 1930 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 13 Feb 2011 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Ollie Mae (1930-2017)
Marr: Aug 1949 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Spouse: Willie Mae Todd (1926-1995)
Marr: 1 Sep 1985
7 M Eddie Lewis Longino
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8 M Tommie Lee Longino
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9 M Jefferson Davis Longino
Born: 28 Apr 1935 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: Aug 2001 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Sharon Bogan ( - )
Marr: 1 Apr 1976 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
10 F Shirley Longino
Born: 20 Jan 1937 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Nelson Smith ( - )
Marr: 1954
Spouse: James T. Smith (1925-2004)
Marr: 20 Jun 1977
11 F Fannie Deloris Longino
Born: 23 Dec 1937
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Spouse: Ernest Sanders ( - )
Spouse: M. C. Matthews (1928-1988)
Marr: 31 Oct 1965
12 M David Longino
Born: 28 Oct 1943 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 12 Apr 2018
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Spouse: Charlene C. C. McGee ( - )
Marr: 19 Aug 1973
13 M Evangie H. Longino
Born: 18 Jun 1947 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Zella Porche Perrymon ( - )
Marr: 18 Feb 1967 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Husband SR. Nathaniel H. Lewis
Born: 4 Sep 1911 - McComb, Pike, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 22 Jan 1996 - McComb, Pike, Mississippi, United States
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Father: Merideth Lewis Jr ( - )
Mother: Emerline Bullock (1883-2000)
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1 M JR. Nathaniel H. Lewis
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2 F Teryl Lewis Whitaker
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Husband Odell Lewis
Born: 1925 in Copiah county, Wesson, MS.
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Father: Eddie Lewis (of another mother) Lewis Sr. (1898-1995)
Mother: Ora Belle Walters (1903-1979)
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1 M Allen Lewis
Born: 1952
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2 F Patricia Lewis
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3 M Paul Lewis
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4 F Coleen Lewis
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5 U Other Children Lewis
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Husband Sherman Lewis
Born: May 1872 - Beauregard, Mississippi Copiah County
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Died: Aug 1941 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Father: Meredith Lewis Sr. (1838-1938)
Mother: Lucinda Richardson (1844- )
Marriage: - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
Wife Elizabeth Tyner
Born: Jul 1877 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 1945 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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1 M Odis Lewis
Born: May 1898
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2 F Missy Lewis
Born: Apr 1900
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3 F Mollie Lewis
Born: 12 Jul 1902 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 23 Mar 1999 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Houston Longino (1899-1973)
Marr: 29 Mar 1920 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
4 M Joseph Lewis
Born: 15 Feb 1905 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 1972 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Leora Stevenson (1908- )
Marr: Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
5 F Ella Lewis
Born: 1907
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Died: 1969
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Spouse: Wilbert Guine ( - )
Spouse: Med Lewis ( - )
6 M James Lewis
Born: 13 Feb 1909 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 1 Jan 1983 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Spouse: Lydia E. Tyner (1914-1992)
Marr: 1930 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
7 M John Lewis
Born: 13 Feb 1909 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: Jul 1985 - Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
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Spouse: Jimmie Gertrude Sanders (1912- )
Spouse: Ruby Willis (1918- )
Marr: 1938 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
8 M Antonio Lewis
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9 M Artee Lewis
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Husband Willie Belle Lewis
Born: 1902
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Father: SR. Felix Lewis (1866- )
Mother: Ella Lynch (1874- )
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Wife Collis Walter
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Husband Eddie Lewis (of another mother) Lewis Sr.
Born: 1898 in Wesson, MS
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Died: 1995 in Wesson, Ms
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Father: Meredith Lewis Sr. (1838-1938)
Mother: Lucinda Richardson (1844- )
Marriage: In Copiah, County, Wesson, Ms,
Wife Ora Belle Walters
Born: 1903 in Mississippi
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Died: 1979 in Wesson, MS
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1 M Bobby Lewis
Born: 1920 in copiah County, Hazlehurst, MS
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Died: 1998 in Detroit, Michigan
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2 M Albert Lewis, Sr.
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3 M Odell Lewis
Born: 1925 in Copiah county, Wesson, MS.
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4 F Ida Mae Lewis
Born: 7 Nov 1927 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 1996
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Spouse: Alvin Condell (1925-1998)
Spouse: Curtis Sanders ( -1944)
Marr: 1940 - Mississippi
5 F Annie Mae Lewis
Born: 1929 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: SR. Rufus Shepard ( - )
Marr: Mississippi
Spouse: John Dupaz ( - )
Marr: California
6 M Ora Lee Lewis
Born: 1931 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 1998 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
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Spouse: SR. Elsare Allen ( - )
Marr: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
7 M Calvin Lewis
Born: 1933
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8 M SR. Felix Lewis
Born: 10 Apr 1935
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Spouse: Hazel Wynn ( - )
Marr: California
9 F Devoe Lewis
Born: 1937
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Spouse: SR. Bishop McClinton ( - )
10 M SR. Fleet Lewis
Born: 1939
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Husband Meredith Lewis Sr.
Born: 1838 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Died: 1938 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Father: Alfred Lewis ( - )
Mother: Mary (Little Granny) Holly ( - )
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Meredith Lewis Sr.
Meredith Lewis, Our Great-grandfather, was born in slavery, in the year of 1838. He died a freeman in 1938. He was the son of Mary Holly (Little Granny), the cook on the Lewis' plantation, and the son of Alfred Lewis, the plantation owner. He had four half-brothers. Two of the brothers were white, which was his half-brothers, because they were the son of the plantation owner and his white wife. Their names are unknown. Two of his brothers were the sons of his mother Mary Holly. Their names are James Holly and Brown. The farther of these two brothers are unknown.
When Meredith was a young boy, his father, Alfred Lewis (The Plantation Owner) taught him how to count by using lumber, one a boor, two a boor, zincky boor Zen. Holly boor, ninety boor, crack boor ten. He worked around the house until he was a young man, then his father put him in charge of the field hands. Grandpa Meredith was a tall handsome man six feet in height with brownish blond hair, light shin with freckles. He weighed about 200 to 240 lbs. He married Lucinda Richardson, daughter of Millie Richardson, she was known as Grandma Cindy. Her father is unknown. She was a slave girl too. In those days when slaves got married, their mother and father held a broom up and the boy jumped over first and then the girl jump last. This was classified as a marriage ceremony.
While still in slavery his father, Alfred Lewis (The Plantation Owner), allowed him to make corn whiskey on his plantation and sell it to the white people on Sundays. By doing this he gave him a start in life and in business.
From his marriage to Lucinda were born fifteen children. Two of the fifteen were born during slavery. They were Molly and Henderson. When Meredith was freed his father told him if he could give him 35 bales of cotton he could own the land and everything on it. This would have consisted of a cotton gin, a corn mill and 365 acres of land which had four share houses on it. Cotton at the time was selling at four cents a pound. (As a side note 500 pounds of lint per bale. In 1938 a pound of cotton was 0.04, so if my calculation is correct the total cost would had been $700.00). Meredith paid his father with the thirty-five bales of cotton and this was how he became the owner of his farm. His farm was nine miles from Hazlehurst, Mississippi. His mail route was, route 1, box 21, Beauregard, Mississippi. Meredith sons and daughters worked the farm until they got married. After marriage, the ones that stayed on his farm, he built them a house on his land and they share cropped with him. They were furnished with all the equipment and tools needed to farm the land. Half of all they raised on the farm was given to Meredith each year, except potatoes and cane. The farmers in that section of the farm had their cotton ginned at his mill which took up space and they could not afford to pay him, so they gave him the seeds from their cotton after it was ginned. The gin mill, at that time was powered by horses and later on he turned it into a steam mill. The boiler was fired up by wood. He was very successful.
Of the fifteen children Meredith and Lucinda had only fourteen are known. They are Molly, Henderson, Sherman, Felix, Herman, John Henry, Laura, Eliza, Stevens, Fannie, Meredith, Amos, George and Curtis.
Grandpa Meredith and Grandma Cindy had a large family living with them this included Little Granny and Big Granny who were both blind in their later years. Later in their lives the two were known in their area as the two blind ladies. Grandpa Meredith ran a wire from the house to the out-house so Big Granny could take Little Granny to and from the house.
As Meredith and Lucinda children got older they married and developed families of their own.
Molly, was the mother of eighteen children, she was born in slavery and died a free woman.
Wife Lucinda Richardson
Born: Jan 1844 - Mississippi
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Mother: Millie "Big Granny" Richardson ( - )
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1 M Henderson Lewis
Born: Sep 1862 in Mississippi
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Spouse: Melvina (1867- )
2 F Mollie Lewis
Born: Apr 1864 in Copiah County, hazlehurst, MS
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Spouse: Tillman ( - )
Marr: 1886
Spouse: Peoples ( - )
Marr: 1902
3 M SR. Felix Lewis
Born: Apr 1866 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Ella Lynch (1874- )
Marr: 1890 - Copiah County, Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
4 M John Henry Lewis
Born: Jan 1867 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Silvey (1869- )
5 M Curtis Lewis
Born: 1869
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6 M Sherman Lewis
Born: May 1872 - Beauregard, Mississippi Copiah County
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Died: Aug 1941 - Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
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Spouse: Elizabeth Tyner (1877-1945)
Marr: Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
7 F Laura E. Lewis
Born: 1874
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8 F Eliza J. Lewis
Born: 1876 in Copiah County, Beauregard, ms
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Spouse: Edward Tyner (1870-1926)
Marr: in Copiah county, Wesson, ms
9 M Stephen Lewis
Born: 09 Apr 1877 in copiah county, Beauregard, Ms
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Died: Feb 1868 in Detroit, Michigan
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Spouse: Emma Rosella Jones (1884-1945)
Marr: Married 1907
10 F Fannie Lewis
Born: 08 Mar 1879 in copiah county, Beauregard MS.
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Died: 1949 in New Orleans, La
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Spouse: William Rial (1899-1900)
Marr: 1899
Spouse: Robert Tyner (1901-1904)
Marr: 1901
Spouse: Washington Burns (Abt 1970-1921)
Marr: May 1906 - Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
11 M Merideth Lewis Jr
Born: May 1882 in Copiah County, Beauregard, MS
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Spouse: Emerline Bullock (1883-2000)
12 M Amos Lewis
Born: Mar 1884 in Copiah county, Beauregard, Ms
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Died: 1968 in Tulsa, Okla
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Spouse: Sallie (1886- )
Marr: in Mississippi
13 F Eliza J. Lewis
Born: 1876 - Beauregard, Mississippi Copiah County
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Spouse: Edward Tyner (1870-1926)
Marr: Copiah County, Wesson, Copiah, Mississippi, United States
14 M Eddie Lewis (of another mother) Lewis Sr.
Born: 1898 in Wesson, MS
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Died: 1995 in Wesson, Ms
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Spouse: Ora Belle Walters (1903-1979)
Marr: In Copiah, County, Wesson, Ms,
15 M George (of another Mother) Lewis
Born: 18 May 1900
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16 M Herman Lewis
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17 F Laura E. Lewis
Born: 1974
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General Notes: Husband - Meredith Lewis Sr.
He weighed about 200 to 240 lbs.
Medical Notes: Husband - Meredith Lewis Sr.
He weighed about 200 to 240 lbs.
Husband Albert Lewis, Sr.
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Father: Eddie Lewis (of another mother) Lewis Sr. (1898-1995)
Mother: Ora Belle Walters (1903-1979)
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1 M Albert Lewis, Jr.
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Husband Verne Lobbins
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Wife Delores Moore
Born: 27 Sep 1950 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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Father: Walter Herbert Moore ( - )
Mother: Emma Gertrude Lewis (1916-1995)
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1 M David Lobbins
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2 F Kyra Lobbins
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