Ancestry of
Chester P. Lewis

(1844–1884)

Chester P. Lewis

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Asa Fay Lewis 
  • Mother:
  • Esther Stevens   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Jan 1844 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Tompkins County, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 or 14 JUL 1884 
  • Death Location:
  • Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Notes: 

  • Chester Lewis's death record gives his birth location as Athens, Pennsylvania. Other records state that he was born in Tompkins County, New York, possibly in the city of Ithaca. The latter location seems more likely to be accurate.

• Marriages for Chester P. Lewis

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  • Spouse:
  • Fannie M. Alexander

• Sources for Chester P. Lewis

  • ¹ Federal Census, NY, Tompkins County, 1870, Ithaca, p. 36, Image 36 of 254.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, Tompkins County, 1850, Ithaca, Image 13 of 162.
  • ³ Federal Census, NY, Tompkins County, 1860, Ithaca, p. 89, Image 89 of 172.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/10/2025).
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Death record for Chester P Lewis.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for Andrew L Fraser and daughter Grace L Lewis.
  • ⁷ New York, U.S., State Census, 1865, Tompkins County, Ithaca, p. 49, Image 26 of 146.
  • ⁸ New York, U.S., Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865, Record for Chester Lewis.
  • ⁹ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, App No 140560, Cert No 128647, Pension record for Chester P Lewis.