LEWIS BOTTOMS CEMETERY

A hilltop acre at the corner of a farm owned by Jonathan Curtis, later purchased by John and Nathan Lewis and Daniel Richards for $10.00. First grave, 12-10-1841, Jacob son of Nathan and Catherine Lewis. Surnames found in the Lewis Bottom Cemetery: Archenbrenner Baird Blackburn Bloodgood Booth Brockman Buttolph Cantonwine Durham Dye Earheart Elson Evens Graham Hall Henry Hopper Kaufman Lewis Lint Ludden Mather McVay Miller Ogan Pickerill Porter Renfrew Rice Richards Scott Soden Stern Stodola Sutton Swallom (Swallum)

LEWIS BOTTOMS CHURCH

ABANDONED CHURCH It stands upon a wooded hill, Its spire pointed to the sky. Where once were ordered paths and neat A brambled jungle meets the eye. The windows all have broken panes And where a sweet-toned church bell tolled Is silence now on Sunday morns, Save for a blue jay's angry scold. Like drunken men the benches cling Unsurely to the sagging floor. Outside the brush, grown over-bold, approaches almost to the door. Upon the altar dust lies deep Where men and women knelt to pray; Is there, perhaps, for such things now A lesser need than yesterday?   Last church services was held on September 19, 1942. Building later destroyed by fire.

 

LEWIS BOTTOMS SCHOOL

The school was built in 1876.	The school closed in 1947.
Early class at the Lewis Bottoms school, 1896-97.	-------------------------------- MORE School Photos found in the book, Lewis Bottoms: Its Legacy and Lore --------------------------------
School photo 1945-1946.	Lewis Bottoms school reunion in September 2003.