The James Lewis Family

James Lewis
Born 1806 in Maryland
Died June 5, 1877 in Lancaster County, PA
married Mary A. Maxfield
Born 1810 in PA
Died 1879 in Lancaster County, PA
Children

Henry Lewis

William A Lewis

Amos Lewis
Born 1837 in PA
Died 1899 in PA

Kirk H. Lewis
Born 1851 in PA
Died 1933 in PA

Jeremiah Lewis
Born 1859 in PA
Died 1915 in Lancaster County, PA

Grave of James Lewis, Eastland Friends Meeting Cemetery, Lancaster County, PA

Grave of Mary Lewis, Eastland Friends Meeting Cemetery, Lancaster County, PA

Grave of Kirk Lewis, Calvary Cemetery, Oxford, PA

Grave of Jeremiah Lewis, Quarryville, PA

Historical Events during James and Mary Maxfield Lewis's Lifetime

Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States when James Lewis was born

James Madison was President of the United States when Mary Maxfield was born

James and Mary Maxfield Lewis buried in Eastland Friends Meeting House Cemetery in Lancaster County, PA

Abraham Lincoln born in Hardin County, KY in 1809

Louisiana slaves revolted near New Orleans in 1811

War of 1812 began with the British

Andrew Jackson issued his proclamation to Negro troops in December, 1814

American Colonization Society organized in House of Representatives to transport free Negroes to Africa in 1816

Frederick Douglass born in Maryland in 1817

First Negro newspaper, Freedom's Journal, published in New York, 1827

Slavery abolished in New York, 1827

Nat Turner slave revolt in 1831 in Virginia

Fugitive Slave Act became law in 1850

Christiana 'Race' riot took place in Christiana, Lancaster County, PA in 1850. This took place near the home of James and Mary Lewis.