OBITUARY.
HENRY D. LEWIS.
Another veteran of the war for the
Union has been mustered on, gone on
into that unknown country where
"Just across the sunset border,
In the old symmetric order,
There shall meet one vast alignment,
Our Grand Army of the Dead."
Henry D. Lewis died at his home on
North street, Baldwinsville, Friday,
April 8, 1898, at 11:55 p.m., after the
most intense suffering his illness hav-
ing been of long duration.
Deceased was one of a family of
seven, six sons and one daughter,
children of George and Sally Bassett
Lewis, and was born in West Amboy,
Oswego county, N. Y., June 1, 1831.
His father was one of the pioneers of
that section, having moved from Otse-
go county to West Amboy when that
region was a vast wilderness, their
nearest neighbor being four miles dis-
tant. The son, Henry, received an
education in the schools of his locality,
and as a young man learned the car-
penter and millwright trade. He en-
listed at Constantia in Company C,
101st regiment New York State Volun-
teers, and on the expiration of his term
of enlistment again pursued his trade,
being especially proficient as a mill-
wright. Mr. Lewis was married at
Durhamville, Oneida county, July 2,
1864, to Mina E. Burnam, and their
married lives were passed at Camden,
Phoenix, and since 1877 they have
resided here. While health permitted
Mr. Lewis was actively engaged, but
for the past nine years he has been an
invalid with rheumatism and heart
trouble. He was confined to the house
for about four weeks prior to his death,
suffering intensely and death came as
a release from the ills of life. A good
citizen, quiet and unostentatious, Mr.
Lewis leaves a record for honorable
dealing and uprightness of whihc his
family may be proud. Besides his wife
he is survived by two sons, Edwin H.
and Willard W. Lewis, and a daughter,
Clara M. Lewis. Three brothers and
the sister also survive him.
Funeral services were held at the
house Monday at three p. m., con-
ducted by Rev. Edward A. McMaster,
pastor of the Presbyterian church, he
using as his text the words found in I
Cor., vii:29, "Brethren, the time is
short." Members of the G. A. R.
attended the funeral in a body. Inter-
ment was made in Riverview cemetery.
