The
following from the Grimsby Independent,
refers to the death of Mrs. Lewis, the aged mother of Mr. E. W.
Lewis.
"Mrs. Isaac L. Lewis
died at her home her on Sunday evening, after about a week's
illness, in her 84th year.
Deceased was one of the
oldest resident of this village and section, having spent upwards of
40 years in this vicinity.
She
was born in Townsend, Norfolk County, being a daughter of the late
Richard Wilcox, one of the U. E. Loyalists who would serve under no
other flag but that of the United Empire.
On
June 3rd, 1850, she was married to Mr. Lewis, and since that time
she and her husband had never been separated more than three days at
any one period.
A
husband and three children are left to mourn her loss, viz: Miss
Kate Lewis of Grimsby; C. B., of Prescott, and E. W. of Burlington.
