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Anna Belle (Miner) McCormick
(1881-1927)

Anna Belle (Miner) McCormick was born on Feb. 2, 1881 in Connellsville, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of Henry and Eliza (Swink) Minerd (or "Miner.").

On Sept. 24, 1898, when she was age 17, Anna Belle married 21-year-old George Walter McCormick (1877-1947), the son of Noble and Priscilla (Spriggs) McCormick.

Anna Belle is seen at right in an oval portrait, date unknown.

The McCormicks had two children – Noble McCormick (born 1900) and Margaret May (McCormick) Lewis-Myers-Cowdery (1902). Sadly, Noble died as a youngster after suffering from diphtheria in about 1904. The boy’s death was a terrible shock to the family.

Daughter Maggie as a youngster was taken into the home of her grandparents, Henry and Eliza Miner, where she lived until age 12.

According to the excellent book The Lewis Family of Oliphant Furnace, PA, Walter "worked as a yard boss for H.C. Frick [at Oliphant] … [He] used to take a train to Point Marion, then bring back a number of horses to Connellsville." He was a baseball fan and enjoyed listening to games on the radio. He especially admired New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth.

Sadly, Anna Belle died at age 44, on Oct. 4, 1927, after a series of strokes. Her death occurred in Somerset, Somerset County, PA. The funeral was held at the home of her parents in the Davidson Hill section of Connellsville. She was laid to rest in nearby Chestnut Hill Cemetery.

Walter never remarried and outlived his wife by two decades. For many years he resided at 201 East Fayette Street in Connellsville. He passed away at age 69 on March 16, 1947. He also was buried at Chestnut Hill.

~ Daughter Margaret "Maggie" (McCormick) Lewis Myers Cowdery ~

Daughter Margaret "Maggie" McCormick (1902-1975) married Lindsey Chester Lewis (1899-1974), the son of Martin J. and Ellen (Swaney) Lewis. He served in World War I, World War II and the Korean Conflict.

Their children were George Lewis, James Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Jack Walter Lewis, Hazel Abraham and Eleanor Miller.

Later in life, after she and Lindsey divorced, Maggie married men named Myers and Cowdery.

Margaret and Lindsey Lewis, and with their family of children

Lewis Reunions continue to be held today. The 1999 reunion was held at Bradys Run Park in Beaver County, PA. The 2009 event was on July 25, 2009, at Yogi Bear's Jelly Stone Park in Mill Run, Fayette County. In 2011, the reunion was held at the Buckaloons campground near Warren, PA, hosted by Dwayne Lewis.

Many thanks to our cousins Jack Lewis and Thomas Lewis for their permission to use their book, The Lewis Family of Oliphant Furnace, PA, as source material for this biography.

Lewis Reunion, Bradys Run Park, Beaver County, PA, 1999