Hopkins CO. TX - Obit for David C. Lewis

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DAVID C. LEWIS, another valiant son of the old south, a brave crusader of
the Cause that was lost, has obeyed the final summons, and has taken his
abode across that mystics line that separates time from eternity. He was
born in or near Murfreesboro in Weatherford County, Tennessee, February
7, 1839, where he lived with his parents until 1856 when they migrated to
the Lone Star State and settled near Daingerfield in Morris County. Here
he grew to manhood, living upon a farm. In 1861, true to his southern
manhood, espoused the cause of the Confederacy and offered himself on the
altar of his country. He enlisted as a private in Co. N, of the 1st Texas
Legion of which organization a man by the name of Barnhardt was Captain
and a Dr. Hawkins of Daingerfield was Colonel. Later on a man by the name
of Whitfield was Colonel but consequently was made a Brigadier General of
the Confederate Army. Most of Mr. Lewis^Ò service was east of the
Mississippi River. He saw service under that splendid soldier, General
Sterling Price, and was also under Van Dorn for a time. He participated
in many sanguinary engagements, among which might be mention, Corinth,
Iuka, and Franklin. In the battle of Franklin, Mr. Lewis was captured and
sent to Nashville, where, after a short time, he was sent to Louisville,
Kentucky, and from there to Baltimore, Md. In a few short months he was
exchanged and immediately re-entered the service. The balance of the war
he was in the Trans-Miss. Dept. At the conclusion of the war he returned
home, after taking oath of allegiance at Jefferson, Texas. In 1874, he
moved to this section and for three years lived on a farm belonging at
that time to Wm. Rippy. In 1877, he bought the farm on which he was
living at his death. He was a member of the Hopkins County Lodge No. 180,
A.F. and A. M. He died at his residence some three miles west of Cumby
last Saturday night, March 13th, and was laid to rest in the Friendship
cemetery. Hopkins Lodge of Masons had charge of the body and laid this
brother away in accordance with their time honored custom. The religious
services at the Friendship Church was conducted by Rev. Fred S. Rogers,
assisted by Rev. H. M. Cowling. Written by R. W. Harris (Hopkins County
Echo. Fri., Mar. 26, 1920) (Friendship cemetery is over the line from
Hopkins, in Hunt County.)