Henderson County Texas
Athens City Cemetery
Ira Dabney "Boss/Bose" Lewis
Born May 12, 1847 Tishamingo Co. MS
Died May 2, 1915 Athens Henderson Co. TX
Boss Lewis served in the Civil War in
Co. E, Capt. Irwin Ruckers's 9th Tx Battalion under Col. Jameson.
He joined in June or July 1864 and was discharged May or June
1865. He served as a prison guard at Camp Ford, outside of Tyler
Texas. He was 17, but on his application for a pension men who
served with him said, "He served like a man." He
received pension # 25673. His widow Mary Elizabeth Perry Lewis
received pension # 50294.
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