Submitted by John E. Elggren, Great Grandson William Crawford Lewis, pioneer of 1847, was born at Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, November 24, 1830. He was the son of Benjamin Lewis,…
Upon arrival in Salt Lake City they had very little food or other provisions. They were required to subsist on plant roots to supplement the little other food they had. The next year they experienced the cricket infestation and lost most of their crop. The rigors of the struggle to travel west plus chills and other conditions had taken their toll on Jess’s health.