Born in Newton, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Christopher Anthony Gunther
and Mary E (Miller) Gunther
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Poe
— married
about 1854 in McDonald County, Missouri
Wife of
Richard Evans Lewis
— married
5 Jan 1858 in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Rachel Susan (Lewis) Neeley, John Henry Lewis, Rebecca Ann (Lewis) Martin, Sarah Adeline Lewis, Cashia Sylvania (Lewis) Mothorn, Martha Augusta (Lewis) Nichols, David Evans Lewis, Lena May (Lewis) Young, William Richard Lewis and Prudence Mabel (Lewis) Harmeson
Died
at age 57
in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California
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Biography
Nancy was born in 1839 in Newton County, Missouri.[1] She married William Poe in 1854 but he was killed in 1856.[2] She and her young daughter Mary Elizabeth Poe came across the plains with the George F. and James Miller party to California in 1857 and settled at Felty creek.[3] Nancy married Richard E. Lewis the following year. The Lewis's developed a prosperous ranch in Healdsburg and had ten children. [4] She passed away in 1896 and is buried in Oak Mound Cemetery, Healdsburg.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Transcription of the Bible of Richard E Lewis
- ↑ "Testimony of Jeremiah F. L. DeBolt that Price, a guerilla, shot at him at his home near Neosho, Mo. Price took a man named William Po and he hasn't been seen since. DeBolt thinks Price killed Po. (April 3, 1863)".
- ↑ Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar, Volume XVII, Number 23, 27 August 1896
- ↑ An Illustrated History of Sonoma County, California. The Lewis Publishing Company 1889 Page 382
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial 10390557
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