Athens County OhArchives Biographies.....Lewis, Abner May 12, 1821 - December 30, 1886
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Source: HOCKING VALLEY OHIO, 1883”, Vol 1. Chapter XXIII, Page. 675, Reprinted by HOCKING COUNTY CHAPTER OHIO GENEALGY SOCIETY 2000:
Author: HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY OHIO, 1883

Abner Lewis, farmer and blacksmith, P. 0. Frost. His parents were Jonathan and 
Nancy (Randolph) Lewis. They came to Ohio in 1812, and located in Belmont 
County, then moved to Morgan and then to Athens County, where they died after 
living to the ripe old age of eighty-three years. Abner was torn in Belmont 
County, Ohio, May 2, 1821. He was educated in Ohio, and has followed farming 
and blacksmithing. He now owns forty acres of land on section 11, and also 
works at his trade. During the war he worked one and a hall years as 
Government blacksmith under General Rosecrans. In 1842 he married Joanna, 
daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Deweese) Grimes. By this union there were 
five children—Hannah, born April 17, 1843, wife of Benjamin Dailey; Nancy M., 
born Jan. 14, 1845, wife of John Lewis; George G., born July 2, 1847, married 
Minerva Goodwin; Amanson, born Nov. 13, 1850, married Elizabeth Black, living 
in Warren County, Ohio; Joanna T., born March 24, 1853, wife of Jacob 
Kerschenschlager, of Chillicothe, Ohio. Mrs. Lewis died April 30, 1856. Mr. 
Lewis married in 1856, Mary Ann, daughter of Shepley and Nancy (Nice) Martin. 
By this union there were five children, only one living—Mary, born Aug. 4, 
1861, wife of James Robinson, of Madison County, Ill. Mrs. Lewis died July 22, 
1867, and Mr. Lewis married Mary Ann, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Hull) 
Hartley. She was the widow of Benjamin Hart, who died in the army. She had 
three children—John, born July 25, 1857; Eliza Jane, born April 26, 1860, wife 
of Charles Thompson; Benjamin Frank lin, born Nov. 10, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. 
Lewis have five children—Elizabeth, born Nov. 30, 1868; Edna, born Jan. 14, 
1870; Sarah, born March 26, 1873; Henry, born May 11, 1875; Eda, born Oct. 
8,1877. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the Baptist church. Politically he 
is a Republican.



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