About Joseph Horace Lewis
Lived 1824 – 1904 (aged 79). Joseph Horace Lewis was an American politician, lawyer and judge.
Joseph Horace Lewis (October 29, 1824 – July 6, 1904) was an American lawyer, military leader and politician. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and later a U.S. representative from Kentucky and justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the court of last resort in Kentucky at the time.
Early life and family Joseph H. Lewis was born near Glasgow, Kentucky on October 29, 1824. He was the son of John and Eliza Martz (Reed) Lewis. His father was a volunteer in the War of 1812, serving under Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.
After leaving the court, Lewis moved to a farm in Scott County, Kentucky near Georgetown, where he died on July 6, 1904. He was interred in Glasgow Cemetery.
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Who was Joseph Horace Lewis?
Confederate Army general (1824-1904)
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Joseph Horace Lewis was born on 29 October 1824 in Barren County.
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Joseph Horace Lewis died on 6 July 1904 in Georgetown.
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Joseph Horace Lewis was a politician, lawyer and judge.
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Joseph Horace Lewis was American.
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