It’s Family Time~James A. & Esther Adeline (Sides) Lewis Family

James A. Lewis and Esther Adeline Sides were  married about 1857. This is based on the birth of their first borne child, a daughter, borne 15 September 1858. A marriage document has not been located for this event. 

James A. Lewis was born about 1829 in Iredell County, North Carolina. His parents are unknown. Esther Adeline Sides, daughter of Daniel Sides and Esther Dry, was born on 14 Nov 1835 in Iredell County, North Carolina.

James A. Lewis and Esther Adeline Sides had 3 children before he enlisted into the Civil War on  August 10, 1862

        i.    Prudence V "Prudie" Lewis was born on 15 Sep 1858 in Iredell County, North Carolina. She died on 11 Mar 1943 at the age of 84 in Iredell, North Carolina.
         ii.    John Bell Lewis, born abt Aug 1860, Iredell County, North Carolina; married Annie  Gray, 17 Dec 1884, Iredell County, North Carolina; died 1 Mar 1887, Iredell County, North Carolina.
         iii.    Nelson Alexander Lewis, born 9 Apr 1862, Iredell County, North Carolina; married Nancy Elizabeth Summers, 22 Nov 1898, Iredell County, North Carolina; died 24 Jul 1940, Olin, Iredell, North Carolina.

James did not return home from the Civil War. He was captured at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1-3, 1863 and interred in Point Lookout POW Prison in St. Mary's County, Maryland. James A. Lewis died on 10 March 1864 at the age of 35 in Point Lookout, St. Mary's, Maryland. Cause of Death not Reported.

His widow, E. Adeline Lewis, claimed his effects on 17 December 1864. She never remarried.

 

Esther Adeline Sides Lewis moved back into her parents home until their death and then lived with her brother Noah Sides. She died on 7 Jan 1907 at the age of 71 in Iredell County, North Carolina.

Esther Adeline Sides Lewis is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed. 

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     1. 1860 U. S. Census, Iredell County, North Carolina, population schedule, South of the River, Iredell, North Carolina, Page: 253(Stamped); Line 22, Dwelling 1071, Family 1034, Household of James LEWIS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 15 March 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 902.
     2. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 24 March 2020), entry for James A. Lewis, Private; Co. "C", 4th Reg't Infantry; Confederates.
     3. Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), Volume 4, page 42, James A.. LEWIS.
     4. 1850 U. S. Census, Iredell County, North Carolina, population schedule, Iredell, North Carolina, Page: 404B (stamped); Line 4, Dwelling 6, Family 6, Household of Danl SIDES; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 14 November 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 634.
     5. 1870 U. S. Census, Iredell County, North Carolina, population schedule, Concord, Iredell, North Carolina, Page: 43B(Stamped); Line 22, Dwelling 124, Family 122, Household of Daniel SIDES; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 15 March 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1144.
     6. 1880 U. S. Census, Iredell County, North Carolina, population schedule, Concord, Iredell, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 140, Page: 35D (stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 61, Family 61, Household of Daniel SIDES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 8 November 2016); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 968.
    7. 1900 U. S. Census, Iredell County, North Carolina, population schedule, Concord, Iredell, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0090, Page: 4A/76 (Stamped); Line 25, Dwelling 68, Family 69, Household of Noah SIDES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 15 March 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm T623,.