Josiah "Joseph" H. Lewis

Birth Date

1835-03-02

Death Date

1863-11-14

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and solider. Adair County, Kentucky, native. Married to Susan McKinnay Lewis on October 23, 1855. Father of Junius C. Lewis, John Lewis, and James T. Lewis. Farmer in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 31, 1861 to November 14, 1863. Killed at the Battle of Huff's Ferry, Roane County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 170.
Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 – ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application WC122485.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0266.

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