NameLeroy Cole Lewis
BirthMay 1847, Harrison Co., Kentucky
Marriageabt 1875, Harrison Co., Kentucky
SpouseJulia Jackson
BirthMar 1861, Kentucky
Death5 Feb 1923, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Children
BirthJul 1886, Morgan Co., Kentucky
BirthSep 1888, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death1958
BirthMar 1894, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death31 Mar 1990, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Census Notes for Leroy Cole Lewis
1850 census of Harrison Co., Ky, enumerated 26 Sep, lists on p. 115 as family #843:
Leroy Lewis, 60, shoemaker, b. Va; Lucy, 47, b. Va; John, 25, farmer; Saml, 23; Charles, 21; Agnes, 18; Susan, 16; Emily, 14; Mary, 12; Cynthia, 10; Martha, 8; Leroy, 3. John Pope, 25, farmer; Abner Vanhook, 19, farmer; Michael Wilson, 25, farmer. All children and farm hands born in Kentucky.
Curiously, in the decade between 1850 and 1860, Leroy Sr. aged not at all, and his wife Lucy got 4 years younger. Charles aged only 6 years, and Susan only 5. Leroy Jr. tried to make up for it by adding on 11 years.
1860 census of Harrison Co., Ky, enumerated 4 Aug, lists on p. 117 as family #877:
Lee Lewis, 60, farmer; Lucy, 43; Charles M., 27; Susan F., 21; Cynthiana, 20; Martha J., 18; Leroy C., 14; Robert Rogers, 4. All born in Kentucky.
Census Notes for Leroy Cole & Julia (Family)
1880 census of Harrison Co., Ky, district 107, enumerated 5 June, lists on p. 4 as family #28:
Lewis, Coley, 28, farmer; Julia, 17, wife; Rebecca, 1, dau. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The reported age for Coley is low; he was recorded as age 3 in the 1850 census and age 14 in 1860.
1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Panthers Branch precinct, enumerated 2 June, lists on p. 2A as family #25/26:
Lewis, Leroy C., 49, b. May 1851; Julia, 39, wife, b. Mar 1861, married 25 years, mother of 5 children, 5 living; Rebecca F., dau, 21, b. Jan 1879; Lizzie, dau, 13, b. July 1886; Minnie, dau, 11, b. Sep 1888; Maymie, dau, 6, b. Mar 1894; Honnican, Elizabeth, boarder, 69, b. Nov 1830, widowed, mother of 10 children, 5 living, b. Illinois Illinois Ky. All except Elizabeth Honnican born Ky Ky Ky.
1910 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Panther’s Branch precinct, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 5B as family #84/85:
Lewis, Cola, 59, farmer; Julia, wife, 49, first marriage for both, married 35 years, mother of 5 children, 4 living; Mamie, dau, 16; Susan, sister, 65, widowed. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1920 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Panther’s Branch precinct, enumerated 21 Jan, lists on p. 10B as family #186/192:
Lewis, Leroy, 70, b. Ky Ky Va, farmer; Julie, wife, 58; Lizzie, dau, 33, widowed; Alline, granddau, 7; Augustus, 5, grandson. All except Leroy born Ky Ky Ky.
Two households above is the widowed Willie Perry, who would later marry the widowed Lizzie Lewis.