Unidentified AMP051-18990825-001
- Full Name
- Unidentified AMP051-18990825-001
- Biography
- In the month of August 1899, the son of Peter Lewin, age 15, was lynched near Lovejoy Plantation Road, Eclectic, AL by a white mob after being accused of shooting a white man. He was killed alongside his father, Peter Lewin, age 44. The son of Peter Lewin was born around the year 1894 to parents, Peter and Martha Lewin. He was one of twelve children and lived in the household among them. He was in the middle of twelve children in the Lewin household Some of his siblings ‘names included Emmanuel (Manuel), Daisy, Charles, Sarah, Peter Jr., Edward, Willie, Addie, Zedakiah, and Rose. After his death alongside his father, his mother remained in Elmore County, took on the role as the head of the household, rented out a farm, Cand became a farm conductor and employer. Around 1910, his mother and remaining siblings that lived in the household relocated back to Tallapoosa County, rented out a new farm, and became farm employers and laborers. His older sister, Daisy, had married Floyd Blue and had three children named Lillie Mae, John, and Doc. His brother, Manuel, moved away from Elmore and relocated to Brighton, Alabama. He also found work as a coal miner, married a woman named Nancy and had six children.
- Documented or Attempted
- Documented
- Birth Date
- Circa 1894
- County of Birth; County of Death
- Tallapoosa County; Elmore County
- Death Date
- August 00, 1899
- Age at Death
- 15
- Race
- Black
- Sex
- Male
- Researchers
- Anna Williams, Carson Silas
- Case Number
- AMP051-18990825-001
- Identified by:
- Alabama Memory Project, Jana Venable
- Mother
- Matilda Lewins
- Father
- Peter Lewins
- All other relatives
- Emmanuel (Manuel) (Sibling), Daisy (Sibling), Charles (Sibling), Sarah (Sibling), Peter Jr. (Sibling), Edward (Sibling), Willie (Sibling), Addie (Sibling), Zedakiah (Sibling), and Rose (Sibling), Nieces and Nephews: Lillie Mae, John, Doc
- Occupation
- Farmer
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