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Benjamin Franklin LEWIS

Male 1803 - 1838  (35 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Franklin LEWIS 
    Born 22 Apr 1803  Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Oct 1838  Haun's Mill, Caldwell, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12700  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father Neriah Fredrick LEWIS
              b. 25 Jun 1778, Guilford (now Randolph) County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 Nov 1843, Shaw's Point, Macoupin, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary MOSS
              b. 25 Oct 1775, Rochester, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1844, Macoupin, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 04 Mar 1800  Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Johannah RYON
              b. 06 Apr 1808, Barren, Clark, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 27 Jan 1826  Breathitt, Simpson, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Rud LEWIS
              b. 22 Apr 1824, Summer, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Jan 1850  (Age 25 years)  [natural]
     2. Mary Frances LEWIS
              b. 06 Aug 1827, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1863  (Age 35 years)  [natural]
     3. John Moss LEWIS
              b. 16 Feb 1829, Simpson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 05 May 1894, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  [natural]
     4. William Crawford LEWIS
              b. 24 Nov 1830, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 May 1908, Richmond, Cache, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     5. Martha Ann LEWIS
              b. 20 Feb 1833, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Nov 1898, Riverdale, Weber, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  [natural]
     6. Sarah Elizabeth LEWIS
              b. 03 Apr 1835, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 04 Mar 1866, Springville, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F5421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth REED 
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F5420  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Note 1./ The following account of Benjamin’s life can be found in the Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol. 3

      In 1809 he moved to Simpson county, Kentucky, where he later became a convert to "Mormonism," being baptized by James Emmett in March, 1835. Soon afterwards he was ordained an Elder by James Emmett and John Dustin and appointed to preside over the branch of the Church organized in Simpson county at that time. In the spring of 1836 he moved to Macoupin county, Illinois, and in the summer of 1837 he moved to Caldwell county, Missouri, and resided at Haun's Mill, when the mob attacked the place October 30, 1838. He received a bullet wound in the breast, while in the blacksmith shop, but managed to reach his home, a distance of about one hundred rods, where he expired in about one hour, after having vomited up the ball. His remains were not thrown in the well, where a number of his fellow martyrs were buried, as he was not killed outright, but his brother, Tarlton Lewis, dug a grave near the well, where he buried him. Brother Lewis left a wife and six children.

      Joanna's untimely death in Navuoo in 1846 orphaned her six children, aged seven to seventeen. These children were taken in by Beason and Elizabeth (Ryon) Lewis, brother and sister respectively of their father and mother.