St. Clair County People of Interest



DR. LAWRENCE LEWIS (1813 – 1878)


Bitter Ground:
Dr. Lewis’ house was one of the three houses not destroyed when Lane burned Osceola.


 

St. Clair County Courier, 18 November 2005:
Margaret Cox Dickenson’s great grandfather, Pleasant M. Cox, M.D., was the first physician in St. Clair County, having settled near the crossing of the Osage at Crow and Crutchfield’s in 1836. Later, Dr. Cox practiced medicine in partnership with my great grandfather, Dr. Lawrence Lewis, four years his junior, who moved to Osceola in 1839. They were all members of old Virginia families.
 

Rootsweb family Tree:
ID: I50293592

Name: Lawrence LEWIS
Birth: Dec 15, 1813 in Osceola, Mo.
Death: Dec 20, 1878 in Osceola, Mo.
Note: Dr. Lawrence Lewis 1813-1878, made his home at Warsaw & Osceola, Mo. Lewis was twice married; first on Feb 8, 1843 he married Mary Ferguson who died Dec. 24, 1845. His second marriage was to Mary Emeline Reynolds of Lewisburg, VA to whom he was married on March 4, 1853. There were eleven children born, one by the first marriage and ten by the second.

Father: Howell LEWIS, b: Dec. 12, 1771 in Culpeper Co., Va.
Mother: Ellen Hackley/Hackney POLLARD, b: Dec. 7, 1776.

Children:
Henry Lawrence LEWIS b: May 13, 1864 in Calhoun Mo.



1850 St. Clair Co., MO Census – District No. 79 Being:
17 August
22/22 Lawrence Lewis, age 36, male, Physician, $50 real estate value, born VA

1860 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Town of Osceola:
Line 7, 13 June, Osceola Post Office
Lawrence Lewis, age 46, male, Physician, $5300 real estate value, $5000 personal estate value, born VA
M.E. Lewis, age 30, female, born VA
M.E. Lewis, age 16, female, born MO
B.B. Lewis, age 4, female, born MO
E.L. Lewis, age 1, male, born MO

1870 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Town of Osceola:
Page 2, Line 24, Taberville Post Office
Laurence Lewis, age 55, white male, farmer, $4100 real estate value, $1125 personal estate value, born VA
Mary E., age 41, white female, keeping house, born VA
Betty, age 17, white female, at home, born MO, attended school
Edwin, age 11, white male, at home, born MO, attended school
Samuel, age 9, white male, at home, born MO, attended school
Emma, age 8, white female, at home, born MO, attended school
Henry, age 6, white male, at home, born MO
Kate, age 4, white female, at home, born MO
Selia, age 2, white female, at home, born MO

1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Town of Osceola:
Dist. 6, ED 232, Page 1, Line 1, 1 June
1/1 M.E. Lewis, white female, age 51, widowed, keeping house, born W VA, both parents born VA
B.B., white female, age 24, daughter, single, at home, crippled/handicapped/disabled, born MO, both parents born VA
E.L., white male, age 21, son, single, works on farm, born MO, both parents born VA
S.R., white male, age 20, son, single, works on farm, born MO, both parents born VA
E.J., white female, daughter, single, at home, attended school, born MO, both parents born VA
H.L., white male, age 16, son, single, works on farm, attended school, born MO, both parents born VA
K.H., white female, age 13, daughter, single, at school, born MO, both parents born VA
S.V., white female, age 11, daughter, single, at school, born MO, both parents born VA
M.F., white female, age 8, daughter, single, at school, born MO, both parents born VA

1900 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Osceola Twp., Osceola City:
Dist. 150, Page 9A, Line 6, Ward 2, 13 June
180/181 Mary E. Lewis, head, white female, born July 1828, age 71, widowed, 10 children, 8 living, born W VA, both parents born VA, can read & write, speaks English, owned home free
Bettie B., daughter, white female, born September 1855, age 44, single, born MO, both parents born W VA, can read & write, speaks English
Frances M., daughter, white female, born May 1871, age 28, single, born MO, both parents born W VA, can read & write, speaks English

1910 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Osceola Twp., Osceola City:
Dist. 6, ED 136, Page 6B, Line 51, 2nd Ward, 26 April
120/128 Mary E. Lewis, head, white female, age 80, widowed, 10 children, 7 living, born VA, both parents born VA, speaks English, no occupation, can read & write, owned home free
Fannie, daughter, white female, age 35, single, born MO, father born VA, mother born MO, speaks English, no occupation, can read & write



International Genealogical Index:
Batch No. 7026412, Source Call No. 0538584
Lawrence Lewis and Mary Ferguson, married 8 February 1843 Benton Co., MO.

International Genealogical Index:
Howell Lewis and Ellen Hackney Pollard – married 26 September 1795 Culpeper Co., VA.



Osceola Cemetery Records:
Lewis, Dr. Lawrence, born 15 December 1813; died 20 December 1878
Lewis, Mary E., wife of Dr. Lewis, born 13 July 1828; died 15 December 1911

St. Clair Co., MO Cemetery Records:
Osceola Cemetery
Lewis, Dr. Lawrence, 15 December 1813 – 20 December 1878
Lewis, Mary E., wife of Dr. L.L., 13 July 1828 – 15 December 1911
Lewis, Henry Lawrence, 13 May 1864 – 20 January 1949
Lewis, Bettie Blain, 17 September 1855 – 20 December 1907
Lewis, Samuel R., 31 October 1860 – 19 May 1923