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William Howell LEWIS
1771 - 1822 (51 years)-
Name William Howell LEWIS [1] Birth 12 Dec 1771 Culpepper County, Virginia, British Colony 
[1] Gender Male Burial Dec 1822 Putnam, West Virginia [1] Death 26 Dec 1822 Putnam County, West Virginia [1] Obit 13 Jan 1823 Mason, Virginia [2] Obit _FSFTID LZPL-R4Y _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZPL-R4Y _UID 5810BD3AB0DF49F8942AB731471C824A04E2 Person ID I594767884 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 6 Oct 2024
Father General Fielding LEWIS, b. 7 Jul 1725, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 19 Oct 1781, Fredericksburg, Virginia (Age 56 years) Mother Elizabeth "Betty" WASHINGTON, b. 20 Jun 1733, Wakefield Plantation, Popes Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 31 Mar 1797, Culpeper, Virginia (Age 63 years) Marriage 7 May 1750 Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, British Colonial America [3] Family ID F536729032 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ellen Hackley POLLARD, b. 7 Dec 1776, Culpeper, Virginia d. 15 Jan 1855, Marietta City, Washington, Ohio (Age 78 years) Marriage 26 Sep 1795 Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia [4] Children 1. Betty Washington LEWIS, b. 14 Oct 1796, Richmond City, Virginia d. 3 Jul 1866, Marietta, Washington, Ohio (Age 69 years)2. Robert Pollard LEWIS, b. 13 Oct 1798, Kanawha, Wood, Virginia d. 4 Jan 1853 (Age 54 years)3. George Richard LEWIS, b. 25 Jul 1800, Kanawha, W., Va. d. 3 Dec 1843 (Age 43 years)4. Ellen Jael LEWIS, b. 28 Jan 1802, Richmond, Virginia d. 4 Oct 1850, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia (Age 48 years)5. Frances FIELDING LEWIS, b. 11 Feb 1805, Culpeper, Virginia d. 28 May 1888, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina (Age 83 years)6. Virginia LEWIS, b. 13 Sep 1806, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia d. 9 Aug 1843, Mercer's Bottom, Mason, Virginia (Age 36 years)Family ID F536729030 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Jan 2023
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Photos Howell Lewis
1770-1822
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Notes - Biography
"William Howell Lewis was born December 12, 1771, in Culpepper County, Virginia, the youngest in a family of fourteen children... On September 26, 1795, Lewis married Ellen Hackley Pollard in Richmond, Virginia. The couple had eleven children together... He moved himself and his family to these western lands in 1812, and remained there until his death in 1822." (The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington - Howell Lewis)
Children:
Betty Washington Lovell (1796-1866)
Robert Pollard Lewis (1798-1853)
George Richard Lewis (1800-1843)
Ellen Jael Lewis Steele (1802 - 1850)
Frances Fielding Lewis Gwathmey (1805 - 1888)
Virginia Lewis Hereford (1806-1843)
William Howell Lewis Jr. (1808-1883)
Mary Ball Lewis (1810-1810)
John Edward Lewis (1811-1869)
Dr. Lawrence Lewis (1813-1878)
Henry Dangerfield Lewis (1815-1855)
Notes
In "The Richmond and Manchester Advertiser" (Richmond, Va.), Thursday, October 1, 1795, page 3, column 1:
"Married- On Saturday, Mr. Howell Lewis, of Fredericksburg, to Miss Nelly Pollard of this city."
In "The Virginia Herald" (Fredericksburg, Va.), Saturday, January 18, 1823, page 3, column 4:
"Died- On December 26, 1822, at his residence in Mason County, Va. (now W.Va.) Howell Lewis. He had been one of the private secretaries to President Washington in 1792 and 1793. He leaves a widow and nine children."
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Virginia Lewis, person ID KJMD-HSK. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Howell Lewis, person ID LZPL-R4Y. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Fielding Lewis, person ID L6NV-YWX. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Ellen Hackley Pollard, person ID L4YS-87Y. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Virginia Lewis, person ID KJMD-HSK. (Reliability: 3).