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Submitted: 2/27/14 • Approved: 7/11/16 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R28313-G0-S3
US Army
Mormon War
March 4, 1807 - January 1, 1874
Lewis was born in either Casey or Adair County, KY. He married Ann Jones Nov. 3, 1830 in Hardin Co., KY and died in Bourbon County, KS. Their children: William Harvey, Margaret Jane, Minerva, Mary Ann, Josephine, John Wesley, Francis Marion, Elizabeth "Clara", Zachariah Taylor "Zach", Rebecca "Ellen", Amanda Missouri.
Ann is buried in Bethel Cemetery, Near Stark, Neosho Co., KS where she went to live near her daughter "Ellen" after her husband's death.
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"A History of McDonough County", (Goodspeed) says, "Lewis Mourning came from Kentucky in July of 1833 settling near the town of Colchester, where the family remained about a year then removed to a small place about one mile East of the place and stayed here about a year making some improvements. He then moved on to Section 26 and five years later on to the place where his son William Harvey lived and had his brick yard. Some time previously, Lewis had operated the Bacon Grist Mill which stood about 2 miles North-East of Colchester."
This mill has long since disappeared but was probably situated on Crooked Creek later dignified by the name Lamoine River. The same book shows Lewis Mourning to have been a veteran of the "Mormon War" when the militia laid siege to Nauvoo and several people got hurt. This was a strong factor in the decision of the Mormons to leave Illinois.
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Evelyn Jones Christensen
Contributed on 2/27/14
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