Los Angeles-Yuba-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Lewis, Emma M. 1846 - 
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Author: Peter J. Delay

MRS. EMMA M. LEWIS.— A resident of California since 1864, Mrs. Emma M. Lewis was
born near Harvard or Roscoe, McHenry County, Ill., November 3, 1846. She is a
daughter of Samuel and Jane (Moulton) Garrett, natives of New York State who
came to Illinois and engaged in farming near Roscoe, McHenry County; and there
the father died. In 1864 the mother and children crossed the plains in an
ox-team train to Marysville, Cal. James Riley Garrett, the oldest child, took
the lead and watched over the family during their migration. Emma Garrett was
then a girl of eighteen. She well remembers the long journey, which was fraught
with so much danger. She resided in Marysville; and in 1868, on January 7, was
married to Abram Wallace Lewis, who was born in New York State in 1836, a son of
Ward and Susan Lewis, farmers in New York, who became early settlers of
Whiteside County, Ill. A. W. Lewis enlisted for service in the Civil War,
serving in the 7th Regiment, Illinois Infantry. In 1865 he came to California;
and Marysville and Yuba County were thereafter the scene of his operations until
he died. His death occurred on November 11, 1907; and his passing was mourned by
his family and a large circle of friends. He was a member of the Odd Fellow& and
the Grand Army of the Republic. 

    Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, six of whom are living:
Addie, Mrs. Standiford, of Pacific Palisades, Cal.; Nettie J., deceased; Edwin
Huntington, an ex-member of the State legislature and the present postmaster at
Marysville; Ward, deceased; A. Walter, president of the J. R. Garrett Company,
of Marysville; Arthur Garfield, residing in San Francisco; Everett R., of Butte
County; and Edna, of Pasadena. 

    After her husband's death, Mrs. Lewis continued to reside in Marysville
until 1914, since which time she and her daughter Edna have been making their
home in Pasadena. She is a cultured and refined woman of splendid attainments.
In her spiritual life and religious belief, she is a Methodist. 


Additional Comments:

HISTORY OF YUBA and SUTTER COUNTIES 
CALIFORNIA 
WITH 
Biographical Sketches OF 
The Leading Men and Women of the Counties Who Have Been Identified with Their
Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present 

HISTORY BY 
PETER J. DELAY 

ILLUSTRATED 
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME 

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1924


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