Ella Jane (Williams) Lewis (abt. 1866 - 1920)

Born about 19 Oct 1866 in Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas

Ancestors

Wife of Addison Jefferson Lewis — married 22 Nov 1881 in Yell, Arkansas

Died 17 Jun 1920 at about age 53 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Biography

Ella Jane Williams was born in Yell County, Arkansas on 19 Oct 1866. She was the daughter of Redmond Roger Williams and Sarah Jane Harrington. On 22 Nov 1881 in Darndanelle, Yell County, Arkansas she married Addison Jefferson Lewis, and together they had nine children.
Addison arrived in Arkansas from before the 1880 Federal Census was taken, in which he is listed at age 22. He goes to work for Ella Jane’s father on his farm.
Ella Jane worked as a laundress for the Lodge on top of Magazine Mountain. Her young daughter Janie Dee would go with her mother to her job on the mountain. Janie tells of seeing her father plowing in a field south of the mountain.
Ella Jane died in the 17 Jun 1920 of tuberculosis in Denver, Colorado, where she is buried in an unmarked grave, as is one of her sons.

Obituary
"MRS AD J LEWIS DEAD
The many relatives and friends of Mrs. Ella Williams Lewis will be grieved to learn of her death, which occured June 17th, at her home in Edgewood, Colo., where the family recently moved in the hope that the climate change would prove beneficial to her health.
Deceased was married to Ad J. Lewis while very young. She was the mother of nine children, the eldest daughter having passed away when just blooming into womanhood.
The devoted husband, and the aged father, R.R. Williams, with the eight children, one sister, Mrs. Ida McCray, of Chickalah, Eugene and Oscar, of Texas, survive her.
Many of the older people throughout the community will recall her sweet, gentle manners and the many noble traits of her beautiful character. The sympathy of all goes out to the surviving relatives in their dark hour of breavement, and especially to the motherless little girl, Pauline, who will miss her so much." This was taken from an unknown newspaper clipping. [1]

Sources

1870 United States Federal Census [2]

1880 United States Federal Census [3]

1900 United States Federal Census [4]

1910 United States Federal Census [5]

1920 United States Federal Census [6]

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [7]

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [8]