Margaret Matilda Lewis

1840 - 1919  (79 years)

• Name	Margaret Matilda Lewis  [1]
  Alternate birth	10 Apr 1839	Kentucky   [2]
  Birth	10 Apr 1840	Breckinridge County, Kentucky   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate birth	10 Apr 1841	Kentucky   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Alternate birth	1842	Kentucky   [10]
  Alternate birth	10 Apr 1842	Breckinridge County, Kentucky   [11, 12]
  Alternate death	22 Dec 1919	Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky   [6]
  Death	22 Dec 1919	Rome, Daviess, Kentucky   [2, 13, 14]
  Burial	23 Dec 1919	St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky   [6, 14, 15]
  Person ID	I3222	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph O. Lewis,   b. Abt 1814, Breckinridge County, Kentucky d. 27 Feb 1898, Cloverport, Breckinridge, Kentucky (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Ann Nancy Hinton,   b. 26 Dec 1810, Breckinridge County, Kentucky d. Apr 1842, Breckinridge County, Kentucky (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1834	Breckinridge County, Kentucky   [16]
  Family ID	F709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Isaac Newton,   b. 31 Oct 1836, Bullitt County, Kentucky d. 14 Jan 1893, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1859	Breckinridge County, Kentucky   [1, 11, 17, 18]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Ellen Newton,   b. 16 Oct 1860, Breckinridge County, Kentucky d. 8 Jul 1902, Parma, New Madrid, Missouri (Age 41 years) + 2. Joseph Sylvester Newton,   b. 12 Jan 1862, Breckinridge County, Kentucky d. 20 Aug 1939, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan (Age 77 years) + 3. Virgil Leo Newton,   b. 23 Feb 1866   d. 19 Jan 1937, Breckinridge County, Kentucky (Age 70 years) + 4. Anna Justine Newton,   b. 10 Mar 1868, Kentucky d. 7 Feb 1936, Stanley, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 67 years) + 5. Mary Etta Jane Newton,   b. 19 Apr 1870   d. 7 Aug 1950, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 80 years)   6. Hilary Franklin "Frank" Newton,   b. 17 Jul 1872, Breckinridge County, Kentucky d. 21 Jan 1919, Rome, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 46 years) + 7. Margaret Marcelline Newton,   b. 2 Dec 1874   d. 26 Aug 1961, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 86 years)   8. Lucy Jenny Rose Newton,   b. 5 Apr 1876   d. 4 Sep 1899, Rome, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 23 years) + 9. Sarah Frances "Fannie" Newton,   b. 7 Oct 1880, Liberty Hall, Breckinridge, Kentucky d. 15 Nov 1970, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan (Age 90 years) + 10. Frederick Thomas Newton,   b. 5 Mar 1882, Daviess County, Kentucky d. 1 Dec 1980, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky (Age 98 years)
  Photos		Lewis-Newton marriage bond
  Family ID	F3990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2019

  
  

• Photos		Margaret Matilda Lewis
  		younger Margaret Matilda Lewis

  
  

• Notes

  Listed in the 1911 Owensboro city directory as "Newton, Margaret (wid. Henry), bds. 819 Mulberry." The 1910 US census lists her as a "farmer" and as an "employer". Her death date has often been given as 16 Dec 1919, or (as on her Find a Grave page) 23 Dec 1919, but the actual date given on her death certificate is simply Dec 1919. The doctor (Edward Barr) states that he has been attending her since 1 Feb 1919 and that 16 Dec 1919 is the last date on which he saw her alive. His signature on the death certificate is dated 22 Dec 1919. Furthermore, the Owensboro Messenger for Tuesday, 23 Dec 1919, says she died "Monday morning", which would indicate the previous day, 22 Dec 1919, the same day her death certificate was signed. The death certificate also states, in agreement with the next day's story in the Messenger, that she is to be buried the next day, 23 Dec, at St. Raphael's. Owensboro Messenger, Tuesday morning, December 23, 1919: Mrs Margaret M. Newton, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed women of Daviess county, died Monday morning at 7 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Elder, in the St. Raphael neighborhood, after an illness lasting for several months. Mrs. Newton was born in Breckenridge County seventy-nine years ago, and her husband died in this county twenty-seven years ago. The deceased is survived by four daughters, Mrs. James U. Hayden, Mrs. Walter Elder, of the county, and Mrs. Clarence Hayden and Mrs. J. M. O'Bryan, of Owensboro; also three sons, J. S. and L. V. Newton of Daviess county, and S. T. Newton of Jefferson county. The deceased is also survived by fifty-six grandchildren and forty-eight great grandchildren. The funeral will take place from St. Raphael's Catholic church this morning at 9 o'clock with service by Rev. Father Higgins, with interment in the church cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3399] Declaration for Widow's Pension, by Margaret M. Newton, 19 Jan 1893. Copies held by F. X. Flinn and P & T Nielsen Hayden. [S12] Kentucky death records, 1852-1953, on ancestry.com. [S3469] Find a Grave page for Matilda Margaret Lewis Newton. [S312] John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County Maryland, His Descendants, by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1995., place only. [S4986] Newton family records, held by P & T Nielsen Hayden., date only. [S388] FamousKin.com. [S2229] 1860 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year only. [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year only. [S4021] 1910 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year only. [S2228] 1850 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S911] Our Cheshire Family by Patricia O'Connor. [S3486] "William Lewis", gedcom by Joe Lewis. [S3469] Find a Grave page for Matilda Margaret Lewis Newton., date and county only. [S3471] Owensboro (Kentucky) Messenger, 23 Dec 1919. [S3469] Find a Grave page for Matilda Margaret Lewis Newton., place only. [S1122] Notes and records of Francis X. Flinn (1953-living), great-great grandson of Henry Isaac Newton and Margaret Matilda Lewis. [S388] FamousKin.com., says "11 Feb 1859". [S3472] Henry I. Newton and Margaret Lewis marriage bond dated 11 Feb 1859, copies held by F. X. Flinn and P & T Nielsen Hayden.