Wilkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lewis, Thomas Jasper August 7, 1862 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Hinson wildrose1965@bellsouth.net April 2, 2008, 10:19 pm From The Christian Advocate Thomas Lewis is a resident of Dooly County, Georgia, died at the Huguonot Springs, Virginia August 7, 1862 of typhoid dysentery, born in Greene County January 19, 1804 being in his 59th year. The deceased has been from the time of our separation from the old government, devoted to our Sunny South and one among the foremost to contribute to the support of the new government. He had made three trips to Virginia, to visit and administer to a fond son who had early volunteered in defense of his country, and who had been for months prostrated with disease, and had exerted himself a great deal in arranging matters properly to return home with his afflicted son, and on the eve of his starting for home was taken down, when death claimed him as his own, far away from his family, to save his sick son in a distant land, there to rest until the last Trump shall sound, and bid the sleeping millions rise. Mr Lewis was not a member of any church, but a professor of the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. His faith was that of the Primitive Baptist, though a constant attendant of the house of worship among the different denomations. He has left a wife, and three sons, and a daughter, besides innumerable friends to mourn his loss, which will be felt by more than soliders families. He was always one among the first to contribute to their necessities. But weep not, dear friends, for we feel assured that our friend only sleeps to awake and shine forth at the last day. Additional Comments: This clipping from the Christian Advocate, was in the Bible, that belonged to Thomas Lewis, now (1978) in the possession of C Teasley Lewis, great grandson of Thomas Lewis. Thomas Lewis, was the son of Richard Lewis and Elizabeth Ann Rogers. Thomas, is buried at The Mt.Veazear-Lewis Cemetery, Dooly Co Ga. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/wilkinson/obits/l/lewis8751gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb