See also
| Husband: | Birdseye Blakeman LEWIS (1888-1917) | |
| Wife: | Franc Pinkerton nee WOODWORTH (1882-1945) | |
| Status: | Never Married | |
| Marriage | ||
| Name: | Birdseye Blakeman LEWIS | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John Van Buren LEWIS (1848-1909) | |
| Mother: | Marianna BLAKEMAN (1852-1906) | |
| Birth | 23 Feb 1888 | New York, New York, USA |
| Death | 3 Nov 1917 (age 29) | France |
| Burial | 1917 | Thiaucourt-Regniéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. |
| Saint Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
| Name: | Franc Pinkerton nee WOODWORTH | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1882 | St Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Death | 1945 (age 62-63) | Manhattan, New York, USA |
BIRDSEYE LEWIS FALLS IN DITCH
Millionaire Aviator Breaks Machine
SAN DIEGO APRIL 1 1916. Birdseye B.Lewis, wealthy New York aviator, poloist, and all-round sportsman, who left here Thursday in an aeroplane, with the announced intention of flying to New York City, got 125 miles on his way before misfortune overtook him. Word received here last night from Lewis, said that he, in attempting to cross Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, lost his way, and in volplaning to the earth, landed in an irrigation ditch at Beaumont,30 miles north of San Bernardino. He was uninjured, but his machine was badly damaged.
According to the word received her, Lewis has telegraphed to Dayton, Ohio, for new parts and that when his aeroplane is repaired he intends to resume his cross-country flight.
Legacy for the Veseys: In the same document, he left a bequest of $1,000 to his sister, Anna R. Vesey, whom he listed as living at Stowell House, Templecombe, England. This was Anna Blakeman Lewis, the wife of your second cousin Arthur Henry Vesey.
The New York Times
The New York Times
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