WILLIAM JESSE LEWIS |
Lewis Home in Patterson, GA |
Born: August 12, 1889 Died: October 31, 1943 Married: Mary L. Tabor October 12, 1911 Father: J. Robert Lewis Mother: Mary Ann Johns |
CHILDREN Clyde Lewis Ruth Lewis W. Jesse Lewis Jr. Mary Love Lewis Martha Louise Lewis Ann Tabor Lewis |
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William Jesse Lewis was born and raised on his father's farm in Wayne County, Georgia (now Brantley). He continued to farm to some extent all of his life, but his principal occupation was as a station agent and telegrapher for the Atlantic Coastline Railroad. He grew tobacco and cotton on his farm. He was station agent at the RR depot in Offerman, Georgia. He met Mary Lydia Tabor at his brother Perry's house. She and her brother were boarding there while she was attending telegraphy classes. After the marriage, the couple made their home in Patterson, Georgia. He loved the mountains of North Carolina where his wife grew up and took the family there every chance he got. He built a vacation cabin on Tabor land in the Brush Creek Community of Swain County, North Carolina in 1934. He was 5' 9" tall, heavy set with red hair, and was called Jesse by his friends. He was a jolly man, well liked around town, and was an avid fisherman. He was a member of the Patterson Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge and was active in civic affairs in Patterson. All the children were born in Pierce County, Georgia.