Family Group Sheet
NameEnoch Preston Lewis
Birth12 Feb 1878, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death17 Nov 1950, Elliottsville, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialDitney Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherIsaac C. Lewis (1846-1923)
MotherRhoda Ellen Templeman (1850-1933)
Marriage21 Sep 1909, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary May Tabor
Birth1 May 1885, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death29 Mar 1951, Elliottsville, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialDitney Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherBoone L. Tabor (~1854-<1900)
MotherSarah Francis Ward (1858-1937)
Children
Birth13 Apr 1910, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death7 Apr 1967, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseJeanie D. Coffey , 2C1R
Notes for Enoch Preston Lewis
Rowan Co., Ky birth report for 1878 lists Enoch P. Lewis, born 12 Feb 1878, father Isaac C. Lewis, mother’s maiden name Rodah C. Templeman.
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Enoch Preston Lewis, age 40, residence Vale, Rowan Co., Ky, born 12 Feb 1878, occupation timberman, employer Sam Bradley, Morehead, Rowan Co., Ky, nearest relative Mrs. May Lewis, Vale, Rowan Co., Ky.
His death certificate records Enoch Preston Lewis, age 72 years 9 months 5 days, born 12 Feb 1878 in Ky, died 17 Nov 1950 at home, Rt. #3, Morehead, Rowan Co., Ky, married, farmer, father Issac Lewis, mother’s maiden name Rhoda Templeman, informant Mrs. May Tabor Lewis (wife), cause of death congestive heart failure, burial in Ditney Cemetery.
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Enoch Preston Lewis, age 40, residence Vale, Rowan Co., Ky, born 12 Feb 1878, occupation timberman, employer Sam Bradley, Morehead, Rowan Co., Ky, nearest relative Mrs. May Lewis, Vale, Rowan Co., Ky.
His death certificate records Enoch Preston Lewis, age 72 years 9 months 5 days, born 12 Feb 1878 in Ky, died 17 Nov 1950 at home, Rt. #3, Morehead, Rowan Co., Ky, married, farmer, father Issac Lewis, mother’s maiden name Rhoda Templeman, informant Mrs. May Tabor Lewis (wife), cause of death congestive heart failure, burial in Ditney Cemetery.
Notes for Mary May Tabor
Her death certificate records Mary May Lewis, age 65 years 10 months 24 days, born 1 May 1885 in Ky, died 29 Mar 1951 in rural Rowan Co., Ky, widowed, father Boone Tabor, mother’s maiden name Sarah Ward, cause of death hypertensive arteriosclerotic heart disease, informant Mrs. Chester Butts, burial in Lewis Cemetery.
(Ditney Cemetery is also sometimes called Ditney-Lewis Cemetery because of the number of Lewis’s buried there.)
(Ditney Cemetery is also sometimes called Ditney-Lewis Cemetery because of the number of Lewis’s buried there.)
Notes for Enoch Preston & Mary May (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 6, p. 533, records the marriage on 21 Sep 1909 of Enoch Lewis, 30, son of Isaac Lewis born Morgan Co. and Rhoda Lewis, to Maye Tabor, 23, daughter of B. L. Tabor born Bath Co. and Sarah Tabor born Letcher Co., at S. F. Moore’s (bride’s mother Mrs. Moore) by Harvey Trent, witnesses C. W. Tabor, Ed Thomas, Lacy Tabor.
This was a double wedding of sisters to brothers, as the marriage of Jesse Lewis to Bertha Tabor was recorded the same day with all information the same except the names and ages of the bride and groom.
This was a double wedding of sisters to brothers, as the marriage of Jesse Lewis to Bertha Tabor was recorded the same day with all information the same except the names and ages of the bride and groom.
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, enumerated 30 April, lists on p. 12A as family #189:
Louis, Enoch, 31, farmer; May, wife, 25, first marriage for both, married 1 year, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Holley, son, 02. All born Ky Ky Ky.
This enumerator consistently spelled Lewis as Louis. The preceding family is headed by Enoch’s brother Samuel, and the five following families are headed by his parents and four other brothers (James, Jesse, John, and Thomas.)
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precint, enumerated 24 Jan, lists on p. 13A as family #237/240:
Lewis, Enoch, 40; Mary, wife, 34; Fanny, dau, 12; Vesta, dau, 10; Burnard, son, 8; Marce, son, 6; Chap, son, 4. All born Ky Ky Ky.
Louis, Enoch, 31, farmer; May, wife, 25, first marriage for both, married 1 year, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Holley, son, 02. All born Ky Ky Ky.
This enumerator consistently spelled Lewis as Louis. The preceding family is headed by Enoch’s brother Samuel, and the five following families are headed by his parents and four other brothers (James, Jesse, John, and Thomas.)
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precint, enumerated 24 Jan, lists on p. 13A as family #237/240:
Lewis, Enoch, 40; Mary, wife, 34; Fanny, dau, 12; Vesta, dau, 10; Burnard, son, 8; Marce, son, 6; Chap, son, 4. All born Ky Ky Ky.
