samuel augee lewis's identity was a mystery. it was said that he was from baltimore. we had several problems with his line. first, it was said that he was from baltimore. his middle name augee was spelled incorrectly. and we also had the issue with the common name. i was able to find through a wonderful website called paroots.com that he actually was from westchester county, pennsylvania. and volunteerism is the backbone of genealogy. several volunteers posted several things that enabled me to find information on this wonderful family. i learned that his brother, caleb, was working for the railroad as an executive and his brother was criticized for hiring practices in 1860. that criticism may have led him to not choose a nepotistic position in hiring his brother. and may be the reason that his brother joined the navy. his brother was in charge of union troop movements during the civil war and lincoln's funeral train. a volunteer from findagrave.com photographed samuel augee lewis' mother, hannah mendenhall's grave. so we have located it. if the navy should choose to e