FULTON COUNTY, GA - Newspapers Jan 12, 1875 - Atlanta Constitution Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Brenda Pierce" August 31, 1919 Atlanta Constitution (C) 2002 Brenda Pierce Transcribed 10/29/02 NOTED CONFEDERATE GENERAL WILL BE MISSED AT THE REUNION. ======================================================= Every year as the time for the annual confederate reunion comes around, those who remember past reunions, think with regret upon the many dearly beloved faces that will be seen no more among their comrades of the gray. Thinner and thinner grows the line of heroes, and, as they march past the reviewing stand; bearers of a flag that never knew dishonor that fluttered to the free winds of a glorious day long gone, there marches before them an ever length--ening line of those who have answered the last roll call and who have gone to receive that reward which awaits all true men and noble women. Among the beloved figures which will be missed from the coming reunion in Atlanta, is that of the late General Joseph H. Lewis, of Kentucky, than whom there was no braver general under the Stars and Bars. The Lewis Family is one of the oldest and most prominent in Kentucky. The last male descendant has passed to his rest, and the only remaining members of the family are daughters and granddaughters of General Lewis. Atlanta Descendants Mrs. Charles W. Tway, of Atlanta, is a granddaughter of the General. In a recent issue the Glasgow Times of Glasgow, Ky , old home of the family, speaks editorially as follows: For more than a "hundred years" measured by the never- ceasing tick of time, the Lewis family has, socially and in a business way, stood first and foremost with the people who knew it best. They have never deserted their friends, nor failed to courageously stand before their enemies. They have been strong men intellectually, morally, and financially, and their citizenship has been of that high type that breeds good men and virtuous women and makes the world better as it passes through. "Beginning there was the rough-and-ready pioneer, John Lewis, Sr., who gallantly fought with the Kentuckians of the squirrel-rifle brigade at New Orleans under "Old Hickory". He was a man of iron with a heart of gold who ate from his hands that he might lengthen his hours of toil as he wrested unwilling fortune from the hard battle of life, and whose efforts were crowned in the earlier, and better, days by the ownership of four thousand acres of fertile and virgin lands in the Barren river country. This was as man who founded the Lewis family, and to whom it owed its unfailing nerve, its splendid physique, its clean, high type of manhood and it dauntless courageousness, we doubt if the Lewises have ever risen about their founder. In line of descent John lewis Sr., was succeeded by his son, Joseph H. Lewis, lawyer, statesman, confederate general of renown, commander of the famous orphan brigade, probably the greatest body of fighting men the world has ever known, favorite son of Barren County for a generation, member of congress, judge of the Kentucky court of appeals as long as he chose to be elected, without fear and above reproach; with a character as white as the mountain top for honor and integrity. He died full of years and of honors, and was followed by his son, John Lewis, Jr. a successful man of affairs, founder of the Farmers' National Bank here and a leader in the business world, whose word was his bond. In the field of high endeavors he was succeeded by his son, George R. Lewis who forced the Farmers' National bank into its present pre-eminence as the leading finanical institution of Glasgow, and who died in early life, after accumulating a considerable fortune, before he reached the prime of his mental powers. What a record --what a proud record -- of clean, honest, endeavor, successful, struggle, remarkable success. Their family name, in the male line, is extinct. No sons survive them, and only chiseled marble will rescue them for a little time from the oblivion that sures comes at last to all humanity. Their work done, they are gathered unto their fathers among the people they loved so well, and by whom they were so well beloved. With folded hands o'er silent hearts they dreamlessly, fearlessly, await the final trumpet call to judgment. The storms that wreck the wintry sky No more disturb their deep repose than summer evenings' latest sign That shuts the rose. It was a great family and we shall not look upon its like again. Nor were the women of the Lewis name one whit inferior to the men of that virile breed. Mrs. Olivia Lewis Rogers, only daughter of the old pioneer John Lewis, Sr. is said to have been the most beautiful women of her day in Barren County. With a most magnetic and lovely personality, with intellectual charms of the highest order, in every respect she was a most gifted and beloved lady. Miss Eliza Lewis daughter of General Joseph H. Lewis, was until her marriage to S. H. Burnham of Lincoln, Neb., the reigning belle of southern Kentucky. She is now a resident of Lincoln, and he husband is a millionaire banker. The daughters of Mr. John Lewis, Jr. are gone from the old home at Glasgow, and are scattered far and wide; but they still live in the hearts of those who knew them in the years that are gone. The two young daughters of Mr. George Lewis are budding into beautiful womanhood, and promise to sustain the family heritage of good looks and brains. "But the Lewis name is extinct in its male descent. The book is closed forever, and all the older citizens of Barren County will drop a tear and regret that it is no more. "Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind -Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and days of o' land syne. "May peace, happiness and prosperity go with the last of the Lewises. May God's blessing abide with them forevermore, and may they ever bear in their hearts a memory of unsullied name that is their unperishable heritage. " All that for one granddaughter in Atlanta - Who was this epitath for? The Late General Joseph H. Lewis of Kentucky . =========== Atlanta Constitution Page 2 - August 31, 1919 (C) 2002 - Brenda Pierce Invited to Atlanta Russell Bridges, manager of the Alkahest Lyceum system, left Saturday for New York to see Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst, noted militant suffragist of England, in regard to filling an engagement on the Lyceum course in Atlanta this winter. He has already been in communcation with Mrs. Pankhurst and has received a letter from her, expressing her urgent wish to speak in the south, which she has never visited, during her tour of the states. She stated that she would speak Atlanta under Alkahest auspices if a satisfactory date can be arranged. If Mrs. Pankhurst is booked on the Alkahest program, she will be the eighth and final attraction for the series. Dates for the others were announced definitely by Mr. Bridges as follows: Overseas orchestra, (formerly of the 82d Division), ad Tom Skeyhill, Oct. 27; Orpheus Four of Los Angelese, Dec. 18; Metropolitan Singers, january 8; Irvin Cobb Jan. 16; Mary Peterson, Metropolitian prima donna, Feb. 12, Frances Ingmire, April 8; Dr. Stephen S. Wise, date not yet fixed. The sale of season tickets for the Alkahest course will open sometime in September, the date to be announced in a few days. Prices range from $2 to $3 per season ticket. ======================================== Announces Meeting of Humane Society A meeting of the humane society has been called for Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 2, at the board room of the YMCA 75 Luckie St. at 5' o clock p.m. by the president, James Morton. Plans dealing with the reorganization of the society will be discussed and the committees for the fall and winter work will be named at this meeting. All members of the society and others who are interested in the work of the society are urged to be present. ======================================= Dr. Charles O. Jones, of Altanta, superintendent of the Georgia Anti-Saloon league, left Saturday ....... to play in ...... wide prohibition to at an early date. (C) 2002 - Transcribed by Brenda Pierce - 10/29/02 - All Rights Reserved.