Re: Mary Elizabeth Kimbel 1833-1916
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In reply to:
Mary Elizabeth Kimbel 1833-1916
7/17/00
BINGO
Paula,
I'm pretty sure I have your gal.
Mary Elizabeth (Eliza) KIMBLE
b. 4 Oct 1833
Smyth County, VA
d. 13 Jan 1916
buried Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell VA
married 2 Nov 1855 to
William H. LEWIS b. 9 Feb 1830 in Tazewell VA
son of John LEWIS and Mary "Polly" HENNINGER
Mary's parents are William KIMBLE and Elizabeth DEBORD (DEBOARD)
I don't have any record of William being married before he married Eliza.
Here are the notes I have for Eliza in my files:
There was a "Certificate of Marriage Irregularly Returned"
for a William Lewis and an Elizabeth Kimbel on 2 Nov 1855.
She would have been about 23.
Mary E. Lewis is enumerated in the 1900 census as "mother" to George & Lucinda Lewis. Her birth is listed as Sept. 1833. I think I got Oct. from her headstone.
An interesting tidbit from the 1900 census: Mary E is listed as having given birth to 10 children, with 8 of them still alive in 1900.
As of30 Dec 1997 I only have 7 children listed for her. I guess there
are more I need to find, with at least one more who lived to adulthood.
I have much more info on descendents and ancestors for anyone interested. Mary Elizabeth is my Gr. Gr. Grandmother.
I look forward to hearing from other people researching this line (or should I say, other Cousins...)
Alana Kimbel Considine