By Lynn Townes
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — The James and Mary Stewart Lewis Family celebrated their 100th family reunion on Sunday at Mountain Grove Baptist Church in Pickens.   Many of your neighbors and acquaintances are in the lineage of this pioneering family, which has had untold influence on the communities across the country.

The Lewis Family have been a part of Upstate South Carolina since the mid-1700s when David Lewis and his bride, Ann Beeson Lewis, moved to the Pendleton District from Guilford County, NC.  Ann, a member of the Society of Friends, was disowned by family and faith for marrying “out of unity.”  Coming to Pendleton District they started a new

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