CS Con Lewis, John Wood Sr. - C.S. Senator, GA

John Wood Lewis Sr.
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Born: February 1, 1801

Birthplace: Small Plantation in Spartanburg District, South Carolina

Father: Joel Lewis 1767 – 1815
(Buried: Lewis Family Cemetery, Inman, South Carolina)​

Mother: Mary Wood Machen 1781 – 1876

Wife: Sarah Maria Earle 1809 – 1867
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Georgia)​

Children:

Harriet Frances Lewis Brown 1836 – 1889​
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Georgia)​
Private Pickens Rowland Lewis 1838 – 1892​
(Buried: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Georgia)​
Mary Lewis Thomas 1840 – 1880​
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Georgia)​
Private Baylis John Lewis 1844 – 1913​
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Georgia)​
Mildred Earle Lewis Martin 1847 –​
Edward Earle Lewis 1849 –​
John Wood Lewis Jr. 1853 – 1914​
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Georgia)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


Attended Cedar Springs Academy​
Studied medicine under Dr. Richard Harris in Greenville, South Carolina​

Occupation before War:

Medical Doctor in Spartanburg, South Carolina​
1830 – 1831: South Carolina State Representative​
1832: Became an Ordained Baptist Minister​
1832 – 1839: Baptist Preacher near Greenville, South Carolina​
1839 – 1865: Baptist Minister in Canton, Georgia​
Organizer of Several Churches in Communities near Canton Georgia​
Owner of Iron Furnaces and a Mill near Canton, Georgia​
1845: Georgia State Senator​
Future Governor of Georgia Joseph Brown lived with Lewis's Family while he tutored his children.​
Lewis loaned money to Joseph Brown so he could attend Yale Law School.​
1858 – 1862: Superintendent of Western and Atlantic Railroad​

Civil War Career:

1858 – 1862: Superintendent of Western and Atlantic Railroad​
1862: Appointed in the place of Robert Toombs as Senator​
1862 – 1863: Confederate States Senator from Georgia​
1862: Member of Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads​
1862: Submitted resolution pledging Congress total commitment to Victory.​
1862 – 1863: Supporter and Advocate of Hard states’ rights position​
1862 – 1863: Opposed programs ranging from conscription to establishing a Supreme Court.​
1862 – 1863: Often sent resolutions questioning the army’s efficiency and railroad management.​
1863: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to C.S. Senate.​
1863 – 1865: Manager of Georgia’s interest in the great wells of Saltville, Virginia.​

Died:
July 11, 1865

Place of Death: Canton, Georgia

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Georgia
 
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