Jarrett O. Lewis Family Collection

2/12/2024

The Jarrett O. Lewis Family Collection contains dozens of photographs and a few family documents and ephemera of a Stewart County Lewis family. Jarrett O. Lewis (1877-1954) was the son of George Rufus Lewis (1844/1920) and Martha Oneal (1844) of Stewart County.

Jarrett Oneal Lewis and Ella Esterlee Walker married in Stewart County in 1904. They had 6 children, 2 of whom survived to adulthood, Virginia (Lewis) Honeyman (1912-1958) and Jesse Lahiff Lewis (1920-1962). Esterlee Walker had a brother who lived in Miami, Florida, and some of the photos are of that Walker family.

In 1957, Fannie (Hembree) Patterson, a widow with two young daughters, married Jesse Lahiff Lewis. They had no children together. After Jesse died, in 1966 Fannie married W. Cecil Richardson (1918-2000), son of Benjamin F. Richardson of Stewart Co.

In 2022, the collection was donated by Jane (Smith) Bagwell of Stewart County. The collection was given to her by a ‘Lewis family member’ a number of years ago, consisting mostly of Lewis family photos – mostly unlabeled – and a few documents. Some Patterson and Richardson photos appear in the collection as well.

The collection includes the family Bible of Jarrett and Esterlee Lewis, the funeral register of Jarrett O. Lewis, and the Naval training manual of their son Jesse L. Lewis.

Individuals identified in the photos include:

Crawford, Frank - unknown, but sent from the Presidio, San Francisco, CA
Hembree, Fannie (1927-2017) – wife of Jesse L. Lewis, James W. Patterson & W. Cecil Richardson
Honeyman, Russell F. (1919) – husband of Virginia Lewis
Honeyman, Russell O. (1950) – son of Russell & Virginia (Lewis) Honeyman
Ledford, Tommie
Lewis, Jarrett C. (1920-1921) – infant son of Jarrett & Esterlee Lewis
Lewis, Jarrett O. (1877-1954) – husband of Ella Esterlee Walker
Lewis, Jesse Lahiff (1920-1962) – son of Jarrett & Esterlee (Walker) Lewis
Lewis, Virginia (1912-1958) – dau. of Jarrett & Esterlee (Walker) Lewis; wife of Russell F. Honeyman
Patterson, James W. (1925-1950) – husband of Fannie Hembree
Patterson, John Wesley (1892-1980) – father of James W. Patterson
Patterson, Annie (Darnell) (1896-1962) – mother of James W. Patterson
Walker, Flora (Sharp) – wife of M. Clinton Walker
Walker, M. Clinton – brother of Esterlee (Walker) Lewis
Walker, Ella Esterlee (1878-1968) – wife of Jarrett O. Lewis
Walker, Nancy - niece of Esterlee (Walker) Lewis
Walker, Ruth - niece of Esterlee (Walker) Lewis

A list of the items in the collection can be found on the Finding Aids page.