Joseph Horace Lewis
Born: October 29, 1824
Birthplace: Barren County, Kentucky
Father: John Lewis 1793 – 1877
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky)
Mother: Eliza Martz Reed 1801 – 1878
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky)
1st Wife: Sarah Hensley Rogers 1828 – 1858
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky)
Married: November 29, 1845 in Glasgow, Kentucky
2nd Wife: Cassandra “Caddie” Flournoy Johnson 1831 – 1907
(Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky)
Married: 1883
Children:
Captain John Lewis 1847 – 1910
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky)
Sarah Lewis Hall 1849 – 1871
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky)
George R. Lewis 1852 – 1873
(Buried: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky)
Eliza Lewis Burnham 1854 – 1940
(Buried: Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska)
Education:
1843: Graduated from Centre College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Glasgow, Kentucky
1850 – 1855: Kentucky State Representative
1856: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Representative
1860: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Representative
Civil War Career:
1861: Established a Camp near Cave City, Kentucky
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 6th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
Served in the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1863 – 1864: Brigade Commander of Kentucky Orphan Brigade
1863: Brigade Commander at the Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia
1864: Brigade Commander in the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign
1864: Bruised in left breast by shrapnel at Jonesboro, Georgia
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1870: Attorney in Glasgow, Kentucky
1868: Kentucky State Representative
1870 – 1873: United States Congressman from Kentucky
1870 – 1873: Member of House Committee on Accounts
1873 – 1898: Judge of Kentucky State Court of Appeals
1898 – 1904: Farmer in Scott County, Kentucky
Died: July 6, 1904
Place of Death: Scott County, Kentucky
Age at time of Death: 79 years old
Burial Place: Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky
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