History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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Lewis was for some years editor of the Frankfort Commonwealth^ and
at his death, of the National Unionist, Lexington, Ky. He*'/. July 19,
1865, in Danville, Ky. His widow resides in Frankfort, Ky.
CHILDREN.
1967. Joseph £., b. July 16, 1841, in Frankfort, Ky.; m. (1), Jan. 29, 1S63,
Miss Emma Caroline Abbett, dau. of Rev. Wm. Mc-
Dowell Abbett, a Methodist minister and a first cousin
1968. William T., b. April 29, 1843, d. 1844.
of Gov. Leon Abbett of New Jersey. She was b. July
16, 1844. Children by this marriage were, Margaret
Abbett, b. Aug. 14, 1865 ; William Abbett, b. Dec. 10,
187 1 ; and George Wythe, b. March 13, 1875. He m.
(2), May 24, 1882, Miss Kiturah Thornton. Children
by this marriage are, Marion Todd, b. Oct. 14, 1885 ;
Alexander Thornton, b. May 6, 1887. He is a general
gauger for the U. S. Gov. Resided in Louisville, Ky.
1969. John F., b. Nov. 9, 1844, in Frankfort; ;//., Dec. 6, 1877, Miss
Mary Sneed, dau. of James Landon Sneed. She was
b. May 17, 1849. Children, James Sneed, b. April 30,
1879; John Wythe, b. March 24, 1881 : William Herndon,
b. Jan. 2, 1S83. Residence, Louisville, Ky.
1970. GeoTge A., b. June 24, 1846, in Frankfort, Ky.; ;//., Feb. 17, 1874,
Miss Alice Giltner. He is editor and publisher of
the Frankfort Roundabout, and publisher of the Ky.
Law Reporter. Also is Grand Master of the Grand
Council of Ky. Royal and Select Masons. Henry
Giltner, Mrs. Lewis' father, was a prominent farmer
of Franklin Co., whose grandfather came to this
country from Holland and whose family are supposed
to be heirs to a large estate in that country, no children.
Co. took its name from the fact that Mr. Lewis and his son John rode over it together so
often in attending Orange Co. Courts. His children were, Anne ;
May 6, 1731
Mary
John ; ;
Zachary. b.
; Elizabeth; Mourning; Lucy; Dorothy; Waller, and Benjamin. Of these,
Col. Zachary Lewis, a soldierof the Revolution, was with Washington at Braddock's defeat,
b. May 6, 1731, d. July 21, 1803; m., May 8, 1771, Ann Overton Terrell, dau. of Richmond
Terrell, of Louisa Co., and his wife Ann, dau. of William Overton. She was b. Sept. 3, 174S,
d. Nov. 30, 1820. Their children were, Anne Overton; Richmond; Cadwallader ; Mary
Waller; John, b. Feb. 25, 1784; Eliza; William, and Addison Murdoch. Of these, John
Lewis, b. Feb. 25, 1784, in Spotts. Co., d. Aug. 15, 1858, in Franklin Co., Ky.; m., Nov. 21,
1808, Jean Wood Daniel, dau. of Travers Daniel, and sister of Judge Peter V. Daniel of U.
S. Supreme Court. She was b. 1786, d. Jan. 3, 1853. Mr. Lewis was a distinguished school
teacher. His school was famous, and was called "Llangollen,'' and was near the North
Anna river, not far from Lewis Store, Spotts. Co. He was also a poet of no mean gifts, and
a writer of fiction. His published works were " Flowers and Weeds of the Old Dominion,"
" Young Kate or the Rescue," "There's a Destiny that shapes ourends," "Mammoth Cave,"
"Wanderings in the Green Run Country," etc. He moved to Franklin Co., Ky., in 1S34,
and bought a farm which he named " Llangollen " after his Va. estate. Their children were,
Frances Anne ; Cadwallader; Elizabeth Travers ; George Wythe, b. Feb. 9, 1815. who ;//.
Mary Jane Todd [731]; Mary Overton ; John Moncure ; Jean Wood ; Richmond Addison ;