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Toney married Nettie A. Allen on 13 May 1914 in , Reynolds County, Missouri, United States. Nettie was born on 18 Apr 1895 in , Reynolds County, Missouri, United States; died on 19 Mar 1971 in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Ellington City Cemetery, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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12 Feb 1846
Birth
Tennessee, USA

1850
Age: 4
Residence
Madison, Missouri

1860
Age: 14
Residence
Liberty, Iron, Missouri, United States

1870
Age: 24
Residence
Township 32 Range 3 East, Iron, Missouri, United States

1880
Age: 34
Residence
Logan, Reynolds, Missouri, United States
living with Thomas and Elisabeth Dickson (Elizabeth Chitwood Dickson, dau of William and Cecelia Whitecotton/W-Cotton Chitwood)

1881
9 Aug
Age: 35

Marriage to China CHITWOOD
Reynolds, Missouri
Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Name: Eli Lewis Marriage Date: 9 Aug 1881 Marriage Location: Reynolds, Missouri Spouse Name: China Chitwood

1900
Age: 54
Residence
Logan Township (South Half), Reynolds, Missouri

1910
Age: 64
Residence
North Logan, Reynolds, Missouri

1920
Age: 74
Residence
Logan, Reynolds, Missouri

1930
22 Jan
Age: 83

Death
Reynolds, Missouri, USA

1930
25 Jan

Burial
Bethleham Cemetery, Reynolds, Missouri
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From "An Irish Legacy_ by Jancet Kochevar pg 213-214

THE FAMILY OF ELI AND CHINA (CHITWOOD) LEWIS
Eli Lewis, second son of John and Emiline, was born in
1846 in Liberty Twp., Madison Co., Mo. He was listed as
6, 14, and 22 in the 1850-60 & 70 census records. He was
working on the farm at age 22. He was found in Logan Twp.,
Reynolds Co. 1880 census boarding with the Thomas Dickson
Family. Elizabeth Dickson, the wife, was the younger sister
of my great grandmother Helen Chitwood who married John
A. Dunn. John and Helen's son William was living next door
with his wife and daughter. Eli was listed as 33 and a farm
laborer. His younger brother Eliab was living in Lester-
ville Twp. with his wife and baby. Eli finally married 09-
Aug-1881 to China Chitwood, both of Webb's Creek, Reynolds
County, the groom swearing that China was over 18. China
was a double cousin to my Helen and her sister Elizabeth.
Their father William Chitwood married Cecelia Whitecotton,
and China's parents were Andrew Chitwood and Elizabeth
Whitecotton, so brothers married sisters. The name was changed
to Cotton with W. as a middle name, probably because it
sounded Indian. China's father Andrew had been murdered
at his door by bushwhackers in 1863 during the Civil War.
She was born 28-Feb-1858 in Ruble, Reynolds Co., Mo. She
and Eli lived on Webb Creek after their marriage and were
members of Bethlehem Baptist Church. When I ran queries
on Eli's family in the Reynolds County Courier and Genealogy
Society, I received many replies. One lady, a Chitwood des-
cendant, stated: "I remember Eli Lewis and his wife China-
they were highly regarded and known as Uncle Eli and Aunt
China. They had two children- Rev. Tony Lewis and a daughter
Rose who everyone called Rosey. She was married to Eli Mitchell
The family is buried at Bethlehem Cemetery (Except Tony)."
Eli was listed on a Personal Property Tax List of Reynolds
County for 1890, as was his brother Eliab. I have not seen
1900 census records on either of their families, but have
marriage and cemetery records and the information I received
from the queries. The daughter Rosa was born 26-Feb-1885
on Webbs Creek and married to Eli Mitchell, and they were
childless. Rosey died 04-June-1977 and Eli died in 1980.
They are buried in bethlehem Cemetery where her parents
are. The son Rev. Tony or Toney Rockwell Lewis was born
22-Sept-1890 on Webbs Creek. He married Nettie A. Allen
of Reynolds Co., the daughter of William W. and Louisa C.
(Ball) Allen. Nettie was born in 1895. They had 4 children:
1. Douglas, a minister who died Ca-1975 and his sons were
in Texas as of 1987. 2. C. Burnell, minister who lived in
Jefferson City, Mo. and has step-children (as of 1987).
3. Wanda, died age 16. 4. Jimmey Bob, died age 2.

Rev. Toney Lewis, son of Eli and China, had a long
and distinguished career as a Baptist minister and was well
known in Reynolds and Iron Counties. The information on
his children came from Alice Carter of Piedmont, Mo. who
grew up in the area and knew the family and Barbara Smith
of St. Louis, a fellow researcher on the Chitwood-Cotton-
Smith families. Rev. Toney Lewis was the one who conducted
the funeral services for Mary Lee Dunn, grand-daughter of
Eliab, who was Emiline (Dunn) Lewis' brother. Nettie A.
Lewis died 1971 and Rev. Toney died 27-Jan-1981 and both
are buried at Ellington City Cemetery, Ellington, Mo.
China (Chitwood) Lewis died 14-Sept-1924 at Ruble, Mo. age
66 yrs.6 mos. and 16 days. Besides her immediate family,
she was survived by one brother H.T. Chitwood, and two sis-
ters, Mrs. Sallie Wadlow and Aunt Laney Barnes. Her obit-
uary was printed in the Ellington Press 13-Nov-1924. Her
husband Eli Lewis died 1930 and they are buried at Beth-
lehem Cemetery, Reynolds Co., Mo.

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Eli married China Chitwood on 9 Aug 1881 in , Reynolds County, Missouri, United States. China was born on 28 Feb 1858 in Ruble, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Sep 1924 in , Reynolds County, Missouri, United States; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Reynolds County, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1850 Federal Census - Madison County, MO - lists him as age 30

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John and Emaline sold 5 acres of ground to the Methodist Episcopal Church South in a warranty deed dated 10-Sept-1870 and filed 8-Mar-1887. It was recorded in book 33-Pg-611 Iron County and $50 was paid for the land. It was in Section 28, Twp. 21 N Range 3 E and was a little North of where Little Carver Creek runs into Carver Creek. In the mid 1880's, the Lewis and McKenzie families built the church that would be known as Emily's Chapel sharing in the labor and cost of materials. Janet's dad's cousin Kathyrn (McKenzie) Vickery said her father helped to build the benches when he was 15 and he was born in 1871.

- from "An Irish Legacy" by Janet Kochevar.

John married Nancy Emiline Dunn on 09 May 1842 in , Madison County, Missouri, USA. Nancy (daughter of Robert Andrew Dunn and Mary Brown) was born on 24 Sep 1825 in , , South Carolina, USA; died on 29 Jun 1887 in Annapolis, Iron County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Emily's Chapel Cemetery, Iron County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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