James P. Lewis b: 8 SEP 1869 Poor Fork, Letcher Co, KY d 22 May 1942 Georgetown, KY; s/o Wilson Lewis and Catherine Collier. James P Lewis occupation; banking commissioner, judge, Letcher Co KY; owner Lewis Wholesale Co Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; Extensive write up on Judge James P Lewis in History of KY by William Elsey Connelly. On Page 340- 341; appointed Secretary of State; Republican; m. 29 May 1895 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to Maria Caudill b 29 Jul 1872 d/o John Dixon Caudill and Mary Ann Green. Children of James P Lewis and Maria Caudill;

I. John Emerson Lewis

II. Ben Edison Lewis

III. Rosa Lewis

IV. James R Lewis

V. Gordon Roosevelt Lewis

VI. Homer Lewis

VII. Hazel Lewis

VIII. Wilson Lewis

IX. Dorothy Lewis

X. Powell Carroll Lewis

XI. Evelyn Marie Lewis