Life History

Notes

• In 1870, Frank's mother is not in the household.  Rebecca Hackney Lewis died about 1868, some time after or at Franklin's birth of in July 1867,  Franklin is usually referred to as Frank, with the first name only found as the initial P, as on hiis gravestone.  But in the 1910 census, his stepmother is reported living in his household and he is listed in the census as Pleasant F Lewis, filling out his name, which most genealogies lack.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 5 July, Civil District 7, PO not rptd, page 4, Hse/Fam #24
  John B Lewis 46 M Farmer $1000 Real Estate value or $600 Personal Wealth Rptd born Tenn [b abt 1824]
  W Henry Lewis 21 M Farmer born Tenn [b abt 1849]
  Catharine A Lewis 17 F Keeps House born Tenn Cannot write [b abt 1853]
  Elizabeth Lewis 12 F At Home born Tenn [b abt 1858]
  Mary Lewis 10 F At Home born Tenn Cannot read or write [b abt 1860]
  James T Lewis 8 M born Tenn [b abt 1862]
  Cordelia A Lewis 6 F born Tenn [b abt 1864]
  Franklin Lewis 3 M born Tenn [b abt 1867]
  
  In the 1880 census, he is Frank.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 1 June, Civil District 7, District 171, page 8, Hse/Fam #74
  Lewis, John B  W M 56 Married Farmer TN TN TN [b abt 1824]
  Lewis, Harriett  W F 35 Married Keeping House TN TN TN [b abt 1845]
  Lewis, Adaline  W F 26 Dau At Home TN TN TN [b abt 1854]
  Lewis, Jane  W F 20 Dau At Home TN TN TN [b abt 1860]
  Lewis, James  W M 18 Farm Labor TN TN TN Cannot write [b abt 1862]
  Lewis, Cordy  W F 15 Dau House Keeping TN TN TN Cannot write [b abt 1865]
  Lewis, Frank W M 13 Son Farm Labor TN TN TN Cannot write [b abt 1867]
  Lewis, Emet W M 7 Son TN TN TN [b abt 1873]
  Lewis, Fred W M 5 Son TN TN TN [b abt 1875]
  Lewis, Binford W M 4 Son TN TN TN [b abt 1876]
  
  There is a marriage record that matches Frank (Pleasant) and Altha closely, but it is in Missouri.  The groom in this record appears to be the son of John B Lewis and Rebecca Hackney.  But his middle initial here is E, while their son's name was Pleasant Frank.  The bride here is Alta J Clark, close to Altha J or Altha S Clark reported for Pleasnt Franklin Lewis of Jefferson Co TN.  And we have no other record placing Frank & Altha in Missouri.  Further this record reports they married in February 1905, but the 1910 census reports that Pleasant F and Altha J Lewis have been married 0 years (meaning they had been married less than a year.
  
  Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
  Pleasant E Lewis of Elmer, Macon County, Missouri, over 21
  Alta J Clark of Elmer, Macon County, Missouri, under 18
  Marriage 23 Feb 1905 Macon, Macon, Missouri by J P Holman, JP, Hudson Township, Macon County
  Filed 23 Feb 1905
  Bride's Father, consenting, Preston Clark
  
  1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 6 May, New Market, District 74, Page 16A, Hse #253,Fam #264
  Lewis, Pleasant F Head M W 42 Married 0 yrs TN TN TN Farmer Owns [b abt 1868]
  Lewis, Altha J Wife F W 35 Married 0 yrs b TN TN TN [b abt 1875]
  Lewis, Harriet Mother M W 65 Widow 4 children/3 living TN TN TN [b abt 1845]
  
  P Frank Lewis
  Birth Jul 21, 1867
  Death Jan 16, 1945
  Spouse Altha S Lewis (1890 - 1967)
  Burial Nance's Grove Cemetery, New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Created by Virgil & DeAnna Hancock Jun 08, 2003
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #7555975, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7555975

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 5 July, Civil District 7, PO not rptd, page 4, Hse/Fam #24
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 1 June, Civil District 7, District 171, page 8, Hse/Fam #74
• 4. 1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 6 May, New Market, District 74, Page 16A, Hse #253,Fam #264