Lewis Family Cemetery
Sweet Springs, West Virginia

Note: Not all graves in this part of the cemetery have yet been located.

Map No.   Name(s)                                                       Birth Date                              Death Date

 89    Clement Austin Damen                                       June 16, 1900                            July 14, 1968          

 90     Margaret Damen                                                 Nov 11,'1911                            Nov 30, 1980

 91    unmarked  

 92    unmarked

 93    unmarked

 94    unmarked

 95    Henry Hendon Holmes                                              1853                                          1893

  96   Mennie Holmes *                                                   Jan 27, 1855                              Nov 17, 1923

 97    Dennis J. Stack                                                             (age 27)                                May 20, 1848

  98     unmarked (only base of headstone present)

 99    James Galt                                                                    (age 13 mo)                          Sept 10, 1816

100   Lavalette Floyd Holmes                                                                                            Sept 12, 1887

101   George Frederick Holmes                                         Aug. 11, 1820                          Nov. 4, 1897

102   Henry Lewis Bailey                                                    Feb, 1852                                Aug 18, 1881

103   unmarked

104   Cairn: erected by Miss Coralie Lewis in 1950s or 1960s over graves of

                   William Lewis                                                              1754                                         1811

             Ann Montgomery Lewis                                         1737                                         1808

 105   Susie, da. of W.M. & M.E. Reardon 

                                                                        (Age 7 yrs 9 mo)                                           May 26, 1885

106   Grover, son of W.M. & M.E. Reardon

                              (Age 7 yrs 10 mo 8ds                                  Feb. 1, 1892

107   Coralie Floyd Lewis                                                  Mar 17, 1881                            Oct 20,1966

    108   Florence Catherine Lewis                                         June 30, 1848                            Aug. 6, 1924

109   Mary Lynn Lewis                                                      Dec 18, 1876                             Nov. 26, 1916

110   Charles Patton Lewis                                                Aug 16, 1853                             Oct.5, 1914

111   Florence Catherine Lewis                                         Dec 22, 1872                              Dec. 15, 1889

112   Letitia Preston Lewis                                                 Dec 22, 1872                              Dec. 15. 1889

113   William Lynn Lewis IV                                            Apr 9, 1872                               Aug.9, 1872

114   Sara Letitia Lewis                                                     Apr 3, 1860                               Apr.3, 1860

 115A  unmarked lined with stones as found in archeological investigation.

115B  Anne Stuart Bailey                                                  Feb 15,1860                                 May 10,1938

   (modern marker; may be in wrong place; could be associated with #129

* Minnie)

116    unmarked

117    unmarked

118    John Floyd                                                                                                                     Aug. 21, 1837

119A John Lewis                                                                   1754

119B    Mary Preston,            wife of John Lewis,                1776                                         Feb 4,1821

"buried by his side"

120     unmarked (not completely defined)

121     unmarked (could be grave of Mary Preston, #119B)

122        John Lewis                                                               (age 4 yrs)                                      1803

123        Alexander Lewis                                                    (age 35 yrs)                                      1806

124        Mary Helen Jones                                                Aug 29, 1838                               June 1, 1921

125        Robert McClandish Jones                                    May 18, 1838                              Aug 24, 1913

126        Lavalette Lewis Keily                                           Oct 15, 1878                                May 2,    1957

127        William Lynn Lewis                                            June 13, 1844                               Apr 8,    1908

                                                                                                  (death date covered in concrete)

128   *GaryBreckinridge Woodville                                  June 21. 1863                                Dec 12, 1932                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               June  

       Sarah Lewis Woodville                                                Jun 21, 1870                                 Dec 14, 1962

129   unmarked

130   unmarked

131    unmarked

132   Letitia Floyd Lewis                                                                                                           Feb 16. 1886

133  William Lynn Lewis                                                                                                          Oct 16  1869    
134   unmarked

135   unmarked                                                                                                                                 
136  "Tom and Dinah, Faithful Slaves"                                                                                     d. 1800

137   unmarked

138   unmarked

139   unmarked

140   unmarked

141   unmarked

142   unmarked

143  unmarked

144  five names on four-sided column marker

       Mrs. Bridget Rowan (same as #145), b.County Mayo, Ireland

                                                                                      (Aged 66 yrs)                                        d. Oct, 1861

       Willie Rowan                                                         (Aged 6 mo)                                         Aug,   1868

       John J. Rowan, Died Winchester, Kentucky

                                                                                     (Aged 27 yrs)                                         Aug 10, 1882

       James V. Rowan, Died Low Moor, Va.

                                                                                      (Aged 18 yr)                                         June20, 1883

       Patrick J. Rowan, Died White Sulpher Springs, W. Va.

                                                                                      (Aged 25 yrs)                                        Feb 23, 1882

145  Bridget Rowan                                                    (Age 66 yrs)                                           Oct,   1861

                                      (-same as #144)

b. Parish Crosmaliny, County Mayo, Ireland

146  John T. Mulvihil                                                  June 14,   1857                                       Feb 14,   1862

147  Philip Preston Keiley                                                        1906                                                        1974

148  Madeleine Leclercq                                                          1909                                                         1997

149 Mary Fox, dau of Pat Fox & Sarah Lewis,

                                      Born at Allegheny Station, Va.

                                                                                     May 14, 1867                                         July 29,    1869

150 Timothy, son of Dennis and Mary Leary

                                                                                        (Aged 27 yrs)                                       March 9, 1889

151 Dennis Leary, Sr. Born in Castletown County, Cork, Ireland

                                                                                                   in 1819

                                                         Died near Callaghan, Alleghany Co., Va

                                                                                                                                                       July 23, 1884

152   Peter J. Leary                                                       (Aged 27 yrs)                                          Nov 13, 1887

153   Dennis J., Son of Dennis & Mary Leary            (Aged 31 yrs)                                           Dee 5, 1889

154  unmarked

155  Jane Leehy, Native of Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland

1784                                         Sept 15, 1869

156  unmarked

157 Timothy Leehy, born in Dingle, Dispoil Parrish, Kerry Co.,

                               Ireland                                      (Aged 52 yrs)                                               March26, 1870

Note:  Map numbers refer to a separate map, not posted.  The map and this list were done by archeologist, Ken Robinson when St. John’s Chapel in Sweet Springs was recovering the history of the associated cemeteries, The Old Catholic and Lewis Family Cemeteries, located on a nearby hill adjacent to the old William Lewis property known as Lynnside.This list of gravestone inscriptions is taken from a list that was made when the cemetery was mapped by archeologist, Ken Robinson to establish the location of Letitia Preston Floyd's grave.o:p>