Family register
Madison Horton Lewis
Madison Horton Lewis (15 July 1896 – 1969) was born in New York, New York to Edward B. Lewis and Hope Horton Lewis. He married Elizabeth Sanford Lewis. His children were Elizabeth Madison Lewis McLean, Joan Lewis Jewett and Mary Hope Lewis. He died in 1969, in Warwick, Orange County, New York.
Life and records
Lily's obituary names father Madison H. Lewis; Political Graveyard: born 15 Jul 1896 NYC, married Elizabeth Sanford 20 Sep 1924; death about 1969 Warwick.
WWI Distinguished Service Cross, Capt., U.S. Army. Ice cream manufacturer (Borden). Married Elizabeth Sanford 20 Sep 1924. Death about 1969 (age 72 in a Chicago Tribune listing; Lewis Green created in his memory in 1970). Search-engine snippets often state Sunday 9 Feb 1969; that exact day was not verified from a dated page image and is not recorded as fact.
Family
Sources
- Chicago Tribune death listing: Madison H. Lewis, 72, director of the Borden company from 1936 until retirement last month; in Warwick, N.Y. Age 72 plus birth 15 Jul 1896 implies death about 1968–1969. Exact calendar day not independently verified from a dated page image.
Madison H. Lewis, 72, a director of the Borden company from 1936 until retirement last month; in Warwick, N.Y.
- Grandson of Elizabeth M. L. McLean (Lily) and named among her five grandchildren, grouped with Elle Reynolds and Margaux Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds listed as Lily's daughter and Hal Reynolds as son-in-law.
she was the daughter of the late Madison H. and Elizabeth (Sanford) Lewis, long-time, esteemed residents of Warwick
- Husband/partner of Eliza Teach per grandmother Joan Lewis Jewett's 2024 obituary parenthetical 'Eliza Teach (Thomas)'; surname not given.
Joan was born in Warwick, New York in 1930 ... Her parents, Madison and Elizabeth Lewis, had a lovely home on East 73rd Street and a weekend/summer house in Warwick, NY. She was the middle of three sisters – Hopie, Joan and Lily
- WWI Distinguished Service Cross citation for Capt. Madison H. Lewis, hometown New York, NY.
Madison H. Lewis Home Town: New York, NY ... Distinguished Service Cross ... The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Madison H. Lewis, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville-Savoye, France, August 18, 1918.
- Named as father of Mary Ann Cassell in Pelletreau 1907, quoted on James Madison Horton Find A Grave.
Mary Hope, born August 8, 1869, married Edward B. Lewis, of New York City, and has children: Madison Horton, born July 15, 1896, and Edward Buckleigh, Jr., born December 15, 1900.
- Political Graveyard: born 15 Jul 1896 in New York, NY; of Manhattan and Warwick; WWI Army; ice cream manufacturer; married 20 Sep 1924 to Elizabeth Sanford; son of Edward B. Lewis and Hope Horton Lewis.
Lewis, Madison Horton (b. 1896) — also known as Madison H. Lewis — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Warwick, Orange County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 15, 1896. ... Relatives: Son of Edward B. Lewis and Hope (Horton) Lewis; married, September 20, 1924, to Elizabeth Sanford.
- Lewis Green in Warwick created in 1970 by Elizabeth Sanford Lewis and her daughters in memory of Madison Horton Lewis, so he was dead by 1970.
The large lawn area is officially named “Lewis Green” and was created by Elizabeth Sanford Lewis and her daughters in memory of her husband Madison Horton Lewis in 1970.