Lewis Bourne Bohannon
Birth: Sep. 17, 1812 in Virginia
Death: Aug. 13, 1884 in Stokes Co., NC
married
Nancy Ruth Harris (daughter of Elizabeth Martin Harris (1787 - 1860)
born Bet. 1817 - 1819 in Stokes Co., NC
died 1893 in Stokes Co., NC.
Lewis Bohannon's parents are unknown. Although the tombstone appears to say he died in 1874,
Lewis and Ruth both show up on the 1880 census in Peter's Creek.
His son was made the administrator of his estate in October, 1884.
Ruth Bohannon
Birth: Jun. 28, 1818
Death: Jul. 18, 1893
Stokes County
North Carolina, USA
Burial:
Bohannon Family Cemetery
Lawsonville
Stokes County
North Carolina, USA
9 children
1-John Bohannon, born Abt. 1840.
2-Emma/Emily Bohannon, born 1844
3-Ruth Eliza Bohannon
born 6-2-1846 in Stokes Co., NC
died 4-18-1919 in Snow Creek Township, Stokes Co, NC
married 1-17-1868 in Stokes Co., NC to
William Henry Spencer
4-Mary A. Bohannon
born Abt. 1850
married Joseph Martin
5-Harriet Bohannon, born Abt. 1852.
6-William Thomas Bohannonborn Abt. 1854 in Stokes Co., NC
married Mary Paulina Moore; born Abt. 1860 in Snow Creek Township, Stokes Co., NC.
7-Nancy Vestina Bohannon
born 4-19-1856 in Snow Creek Township, Stokes Co., NC
died 12-13-1898 in Snow Creek Township, Stokes Co., NC
married 1-22-1874 in Snow Creek Township, Stokes Co., NC to
James Shield Smith
born 1-10-1852 in Snow Creek Township, Stokes Co., NC
died 1-17-1900 in Snow Creek Township, Stokes Co., NC77,78.
8-Rosetta Bohannon, born Abt. 1858
9-Lucy B. Bohannon, born Abt. 1861.
8 children
1-Anna V Spencer born about 11-1868
married 1-8-1888 to William R Beasley born about 1861
2-John Alexander Spencer born 6-26-1870 died 1-25-1951
married 12-13- 1891 to Rachel Hill born 8-15-1872 died 3-4-1917
remarried 12-5-1917 to Paulina Martha Hill Moorefield born about 1877 died after 1920
3-Martha Martin Spencer
born 10-10-1872 Snow Creek township Stokes co NC
died 1-12-1948
married 10-26-1890 to
Walter Hiram Smith
4-Lewis Lincoln Spencer born 12-28-1874 died 1-11-1960
married 2-2-1896 Nancy Ida Smith born 6-16-1872 died 12-11-1930
5-William Thomas Spencer born 2-1878 died 1958
married about 1898 to Hartie F Hawkins born about 1877 died 1960
6-Seth J Spencer born 6-1881 died after 1920
7-Eva Eliza “Mamie Spencer born 11-21-1883 died 6-15-1966
married 1-22-1899 Samuel Tilden Williams born 3-12-1877 died 1-28-1947
8-Maggie Helen Spencer born 6-1887 died 10-12-1964