Thursday, November 09, 2006

Rev. Charles Lewis (Black minister)

Rev. Charles Lewis officiated at the following (Black) Monroe County marriages:

1882 -
Charles Paxton Bradley & Georgia Williams, 5/24/1882

Note that Rev. Charles Lewis was the husband of Mary E. Lewis. He can be found on the 1900 Census, Greenbrier County, Fort Spring District where he is listed as a Black male, age 55, born May 1845 at Virginia. He was a Clergyman & had been married for 24 years to Mary E. (age 44). Also in the household were Willie (14), Lillie L. (11), Malan M. (9), Roland O. (7) & Cornelious R. (5)

There was another Rev. Charles Lewis in Summers County. He appears on the 1880 Census for Summers County at the Pipe Stem District, Black Male, 58, preacher of the gospel, with his wife, Ann (35).

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