Samuel Levis

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Levis Family History in a nutshell
SAMUEL LEVIS was born 1779, and died 1830.  

He married MARY (POLLY) JOHNSON, daughter of ABRAHAM JOHNSON and ELIZABETH  
She was born November 5, 1789, and died February 4, 1863
	
Children of SAMUEL LEVIS and MARY JOHNSON are:

	i.	JOHN LEVIS
                b. July 17, 1807, Bristol, Pennsylvania
                d. September 11, 1893, Black River Falls, Wisconsin
                m. EMELINE GULLORD, 1851, Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin
                   b. March 17, 1821, Gulsbraden, Norway
                   d. October 17, 1888, Jackson Co., Wisconsin

	ii.	SAMUEL LEVIS
                b. January 6, 1810

	iii.	JOSEPH S. LEVIS
                b. April 4, 1811

	iv.	SARAH K. LEVIS
                b. May 9, 1812

	v.	WILLIAM K. LEVIS
                b. October 16, 1814, Bristol, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
                d. December 26, 1897, Osseo, Wisconsin
                m. (2) MARY ELIZABETH BLANCHARD, January 7, 1847, Black River Falls, Wisconsin
                   b. 1823, New York; d. 1907, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

	vi.	EDWARD W. LEVIS
                b. April 5, 1820, Pennsylvania
                d. April 2, 1903, Alton, Madison Co, Illinois
                   m. MARY; b. Abt. 1830, England

	vii.	ESTER LEVIS 
                b. poss. November 10, 1821

	viii.	MAHLON LEVIS
                b. February 29, 1824, Bucks or Delaware Co, Pennsylvannia
                d. November 10, 1914, Fresno Co., California
                m. (1) MARIA ELIZABETH OLDEN, September 26, 1853, Alton, Madison Co, Illinois
                   b. April 4, 1835, Ontario, Canada
                   d. October 30, 1903, Selma, California
                m. (2) LOVIE CRESWELL, November 3, 1904, Selma, Fresno Co., California
                   b. December 27, 1857, Missouri
                   d. February 10, 1943, Selma, California

	ix.	GEORGE M. LEVIS
                b. February 27, 1827
                d. Illinois
                m. MANDANA A. JONES, September 16, 1856, Madison Co, Illinois




Levis Bible


Levis brothers article from 1980 Banner Journal

Pages from Stories of Pioneer Days in the Black River Valley, 1948, that mention the Levis brothers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Will of Samuel Levis

Bill to Samuel Levis for Surveying Lands in Bristol, PA, Dated 1808. Addressed to "Dr. Samuel Levis." this must be the same Sam Levis, as he was seemingly the only one ever living in Bristol. This is the known instance that he is referred to as "Dr"


Mary (Johnson) Levis stone, Riverside Cem, Black River Falls, WI, on a cold January evening
"Mary, wife of Samuel Levis, Died Feb 4, 1863, Aged -?" (underground)