Job Lewis
- Born: Cir 1828, Glascoed, Monmouthshire 42,240
- Marriage: Catharine Williams on 24 Feb 1859 in St. Mary's Church, Usk, Monmouthshire 92
- Died: Jul 1865, Glascoed, Monmouthshire aged 37 646,647
Cause of his death was Accidental death: Fall from hay wagon (Back and other injuries).
General Notes:
Job died in July 1865 after a tragic fall from a hay wagon. The Usk Observer reports it thus . . .
AUGUST 5, 1865. GLASCOED DEATH FROM A FALL IN A HAY FIELD.- On Monday last, an inquest was held at the house of Mr. Abraham Jenkins, Little Mill, on view of the body of Job Lewis, farmer, Glascoed., who met with his death under the following circumstances. It appeared that on the evening of the previous Friday, deceased was employed in a field loading a wagon with hay, and having told the man in charge of the horses to move on, he lost his balance, and falling to the ground on his back, he so injured his spine that he died the following day. Mr. Thomas, surgeon, Pontypool, saw deceased some time before he died, but the injuries he had received were of such a nature as to render medical skill unavailing. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. 647
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Farmer, 1861, Lower Cwm, Glascoed. 42
Job married Catharine Williams, daughter of Herbert Williams and Unknown, on 24 Feb 1859 in St. Mary's Church, Usk, Monmouthshire.92 (Catharine Williams was born circa 1831 in Panteg, Monmouthshire, died in 1896 in Glascoed, Monmouthshire 648 and was buried on 31 May 1896 in Monkswood, Monmouthshire 648.)
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