Bible records of Ephraim Lewis & Hannah Davison - Hawkeye Heritage, FHL 977.7 D25h, v.7., also on the internet - includes birthdates of all children & deathdate of Mary and Wife & Marriage dates.
1820 Census - Venango Twp., Erie, Pennsylvania, "Tyler Lewis".
1830 Census - Venango Twp., Erie, Pennsylvania, "Tyler Lewis".
1840 Census - Linn County, Iowa.
1850 Census - Linn County, Iowa.
1856 State Census - Marion Twp., Linn, Iowa.
1860 Census - Maine Twp., Linn, Iowa - Martha & Mary residing with Moses E. McKinney.
Venango Township, Erie County, Pa, Tax Records - Tyler Lewis - 1823-1831; Wilbert L. Lewis listed in 1835.
Middlebrook Church Records, Venango Twp., Erie, Pennsylvania.
Linn County Iowa Marriages.
LaSalle County, Illinois Marriages - Zipporah H. Lewis.
"Pioneer life in and around Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from 1839-1849", page 14-16. - Ephraim T. Lewis.
Linn County, Iowa Land Records.
Probate of Ephraim T. Lewis - Linn County, Iowa.
Probate of Margaret G. Lewis - Linn County, Iowa.
Death Certificate of Sarah Jane; Obituary of Sarah Jane.
Death Record of Zipporah H. Lewis - Butler County, Iowa.
Evergreen Cemetery Records of Sarah Jane - Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa - gives parents names as E.T. Lewis and Read.
Oakhill Cemetery, Pittsford Twp., Butler, Iowa - Zipporah H. Lewis Niece.
Springfield Cemetery, Brown Twp., Linn, Iowa - Burial of Horace Nathan Brown & 2nd wife.
Jordan's Grove Cemetery, Maint Twp., Linn, Iowa - burial of Margaret O. Lewis Finson.
Family Records.
1833 & 1834 Personal Property tax lists of Berlin Twp., Huron County (later Erie County), Ohio.
1834 & 1835 court records - Huron County (later Erie County), Ohio - Ephraim T. Lewis.
History of Erie County, New York - 1879, by Hudson Tuttle. To Huron county in 1816, married Elizabeth Hine, died 1851, age 55, wife married Oliver Peak. 6 Children - Lyman, Charles, Baldwin, Luther, Clarinda, Mary (Mrs. Raws). Lost 4.
Servied War of 1812, and was a prisioner at Halifax prison until the end of the war.
Wilbert Luther and Charles were soldiers in the Iowa Infantry - E-32. Both killed int he war.
The Sons of Samuel moved to Iowa in 1855.
1820 Census - Vermillion Twp., Huron, Ohio - 200100-00100.
1830 Census - Vermillion Twp., Huron, Ohio - 211001-10011.
1840 Census - Vermillion Twp., Huron, Ohio.
1850 Census - Berlin Twp., Erie, Ohio.
1860, 1870 Censuses - Berlin Twp., Erie, Ohio.
1880 Census - Shell Rock Twp., Butler, Iowa - Elizabeth Peak, 79.
1830 Census - Huron, Huron, Ohio.
1840 Census - Huron, Erie, Ohio - 'Esquire Barret'
1850 Census - Huron Twp., Erie, Ohio.
1870 Census - Swanton Twp., Lucas, Ohio - Squire Barrett.
Benjamin was in the Civil War.
History of Erie County, Ohio - Rachel Barrett.
9 children born according to history.
1840 Census - North East, Erie, Pennsylvania.
1850, 1860, 1870 Censuses - Ripley, Chautauqua, New York.
1855 Census Ripley, Chautauqua, New York - Wilbert's birthplace as Ontario Co., NY.
1840 Census - Huron, Erie, Ohio - Female age 60-70 in Household (likely Zipporah Lewis).
1850 Census - Huron, Erie, Ohio.
1860 Census - Huron, Erie, Ohio.
1870 Census - Limestone, Kankakee, Illinois.
1880 Census - Martinton, Iroquois, Illinois.
1880 Census - Hackberry, Polk, Nebraska - Benjamin Downing (married), George Downing (Single), Henry Downing (Married).
A Mrs. Downing died April 1887, aged 74 years, Iroquois County, Illinois obituaries.
Probate of George S. Downing - Kankakee County, Illinois.
1870 Census - Martinton, Iroquois, Illinois - Living with Brother Z. B. Downing. No Wife.
1885 Census - Hackberry Prect., Polk, Nebraska - Single.
1895 Census - Eureka Twp., Cheyenne, Kansas - Single.
1900 Census - Eureka Twp., Cheyenne, Kansas - Single, with neice May Downing May 1869, single.
1925 Census -