Curtis Lewis

ID #1040, (1800-1882)
Curtis Lewis|b. 11 Jul 1800\nd. 19 Jun 1882|p1040.htm|James Booth Lewis|b. 4 Mar 1773\nd. 21 Sep 1822|p1042.htm|Mary Beardsley|b. 18 Feb 1780\nd. 21 Mar 1857|p1043.htm|James Lewis|b. 1740\nd. 1779|p1183.htm|Sarah Lewis|b. c 1750\nd. 15 Dec 1844|p1184.htm|Curtis Beardsley|b. 9 Aug 1754\nd. 13 Sep 1796|p1062.htm|Mary Allen|b. 22 Sep 1760\nd. 13 Oct 1822|p1063.htm|
FatherJames Booth Lewis b. 4 Mar 1773, d. 21 Sep 1822
MotherMary Beardsley b. 18 Feb 1780, d. 21 Mar 1857
Relationship3rd great-grandfather of Linda Sargent.
Curtis Lewis 1800-1882
Possibly 1825, age 25
     Curtis Lewis was born on 11 July 1800, in Stratford, CT. He married Jane Gardner Collier, daughter of Thomas Green Collier and Chloe Caroline Robinson, on Sunday, 12 March 1826 in Greensboro, Georgia.
"My mother's marriage was romantic" (as written in a letter from Chloe Emma to her nehew Edward R Sargent in 1912). Jane was very attractive and had many suitors. Curtis was not in favor with Jane's mother (Chloe) because he was poor. As a dutiful daughter Jane tried to love the man her mother liked. However, Curtis was handsome and determined to win her, which he did and that is why the liscence was safe in his pocket some days before the marriage. It was some time before her mother forgave and forgot, but she ended up liking Curtis very much.1

Curtis Lewis was a cotton merchant.2 He and Jane Gardner Collier appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census of Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, enumerated 9 June 1860, reporting a personal estate for Jane of $2,000. Their children Mary Jane, Chloe Emma and Caroline Craft were listed as living with them.2 Curtis Lewis died on 19 June 1882 in Atlanta, Georgia, at age 81.

Family

Jane Gardner Collier b. 3 Nov 1807, d. 24 Oct 1861
Children
ChartsAncestory of Elizabeth Collier Lewis
Noah Webster related to Elizabeth Collier Lewis, wife of JB Sargent
Charles Goodyear, a relative of Elizabeth Collier Lewis
Taft and Elizabeth Lewis Sargent
Aaron Burr
General Grant and Elizabeth Collier Lewis Sargent

Sources of Information

  1. Zeigler Sargent, Sargentrivia (privately published), A family newspaper, vol 9 No 3 p 3, 20 Mar 1951.
  2. Curtis Lewis household, 1860 US Census, District 1001, Spalding County, Georgia, , page 178, image 180, roll M653_136, National Archives micropublication; digital image Ancestry.com Operations Inc.

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Dates using 'say' are educated guesses by me.
If I don't know a female last name she will be identified with a 'Mrs' and her husband's name.
MALE or FEMALE means I don't know the first name.

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