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EDWARD LEWIS HOUSE
605 St. Louis Street
Edward Lewis was born in Gonzales, Texas, April 10, 1869, the son of Judge Everett Lewis of Mississippi and Alice
Josephine Strictland of Missouri. He married Cayloma Ponton May 27, 1903, in St. Louis, Missouri, where Miss Ponton
held a position in the business college in Sedalia, Missouri. Cayloma, one of seven children, was born on November
18, 1873. She was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Ponton and Martha "Mattie" Kentucky Brown Ponton and the
granddaughter of Andrew Ponton, the alcalde of Gonzales during the Texas revolution. She had previously held a position
at a business college in Buffalo, New York. Edward was in the wholesale and retail hardware business with J.H. Boothe.
Together, they built the Boothe & Lewis Building on the east side of what is now Confederate Square. In 1909 Edward
purchased the lots for the house and completed their Greek Revival home in 1910. Edward died following surgery in
Houston on July 2, 1926. Following his death, Cayloma moved to San Antonio and lived in the St. Anthony Hotel until
her death November 27, 1962. They are buried in the Gonzales Masonic Cemetery.
Photograph By Clinton Hille - Historical Photograph Courtesy of Gonzales County Archives
