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Male William Lewis Young Click to view William Lewis Young in the family tree

William Lewis was born in 1834 in Jackson Co., VA.  William Lewis' father was John Hickman Young and his mother was Sarah Tate.  His paternal grandparents were Mathias Gayhart I Young and Nancy Sarah Hickman; his maternal grandparents were Joshua Tate and Susanna Hinecker. He had five brothers and six sisters, named Mathias S., Simeon, John H. P., George Robert, Henry Fry, Mary Ann, Susan Catherine, Matilda A., Sarah Elizabeth, Nancy and Julia A..  He was the second oldest of the twelve children.  He died at the age of 53 in 1887 in Kanawha Co., WV.


William Lewis' family with Lavinia Edens

‌William Lewis and Lavinia were married in a religious ceremony on May 31st, 1855 in Kanawha Co., VA.  They had six sons and three daughters, named John A., Andrew J., Mary E., Wiley H., Silia, George R., Sarah A., Drucilla and Martha.


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