Collin Co., TX - Obituaries - Grundy Lewis
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~McKINNEY DEMOCRAT-20 May 1909~

Grundy Lewis Passes Away
Grundy Lewis aged, 72 years , one of Collin Counties best known
citizens, died Thursday night  at his home seven  and a half miles  west
of town, after an illness of about ten days duration. Mr. Lewis was born
in Tennessee and commanded a company from that state durig the Civil
War, in which he served with gallantry as a soldier of the Confederacy.
In 1859 he married Miss Lavinia Bryant and is survived by her and the
children.
In 1868 he moved to Texas and Collin County and has been a citizen of
this county for over forty years, leaving hundreds of friends to deplore
his death. The burial tok place Saturday afternoon at Walnut Grove
Cemetery in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. We
extnd condolence to all to whom his death has brought bereavement.

My Note~Felix Grundy Lewis was born-8 Oct. 1836 Cocke Co. Tennessee.and
died-13 May 1909. 
He and wife Mary Lavenia BRYANT had 12 children: Andrew Jackson, William
Francis, Texas, Anne, Edwin, Elizabeth, Martin, Mary, James, Charles,
Lawrence & Benjamin LEWIS.

KMN-13 Dec. 2002