Would like to exchange genealogical information about Jonathan LEWIS, born 1831 in probably Ashe County, North Carolina, who went to California in 1849 and settled in what was Fresno, later Madera County. He had at least 11 children by two or more wives, whose maiden names POSSIBLY are Sallie ISABELLE and Josephine JONES. Jonathan's children include: (surname LEWIS):
All born in California:
Benjamin, born ca 1862
Daniel, born ca 1864-7
Elizabeth, born ca 1868
Thomas, born January 1880
Franklin, born March 1884
George, born March 1886
Samuel, born August 1887
David, born October 1889
Mary Ann, born December 1893
Rosa, born April 1895
Hugh (or Hughey), born August 1898

Samuel LEWIS was a blacksmith and married Bessie DAVIS and had a brother-in-law named Albert BUSHMAN and nephews, Carl BUSHMAN and Clifford BUSHMAN.
Many of this family lived in the Coarsegold area.

Would especially like to find marriage information for the daughters or names of their husbands, and an obituary for Jonathan Lewis. He died 29 November 1900 in Madera County, California.