New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-31
LONG ENHANCEMENT ENDS.
MERCER GARNETT-LEwIs RECONCILED
TO HIS FAMILY.
HIS WIFE. WHO WAS FORMERLY \ CLOAK MODEL"
ADMITTED TO THE MOST EXCLUSIVE so
Getty IN HoBoKEN AFTER MIS-
UNDERSTANDING EXISTING
FOR FIVE YEARS.

FOR FIVE YEARS.
There was gathering in Trinity Episcopa'
Church. at Seventh and Washington SITS hooo"eH'
Thursday las. to witness the baptism OF ch'io
In the party were Of the bes;-kno"n peop.e o'
Hoboken members Of the stevens and Lewis iami-
lies The baptismal font OF the stevens family was
used This font was erected TO the memory o. John
Lewis by the Stevens family shortly a'tei lis deaih
four years ago.
The child baptized il grandson of Mrs f. =. {.
Lewis widow OF Colonel T.. F. {. Lewis anu
grandnepbew by marriage OF Mrs. Marin" D.
Stevens the present head OF the stevens fanny
The baptism OF the child marked the reconciliation
OF his father with his relatives. from whom n nad
been more or less estranged for several years. IL
also marked the recognition OF a marriage "hich
wel-known people tried in vain to proven; ana
which for years they refused TO recognize
The Lewis family is descended from Betty Wash
ineton. a sister of President Washington. who mar
ried Fielding Lewis OF FredericksourS Va the
late Colonel f. T. G. Lewis United States Min
lister TO Portugal during President Clevelands hrst
term. Colonel Lewis died five years ago HIS oidest
direct descendant Is f.. A. 8. Lewis MT Lewis -
graduate OF Princeton in the class or ~ ne was
admitted 10 the bar as an Attorney In 1894 ard az
counsellor In 1897. He Is now OF the law hrni OF
Besson Stevens and Lewis Mrs Lewis was A
widow when she married Colonel Lewis. She vas
Mrs Garneii. and n the line OF her marriage mad
one son. Mercer Garnet He has since been adopted
into the Lewis family and IS now Mercer Garnett-
Lewis He is twenty-eieht years Old and has AL
ways it Is said been his mothers favori'e child
Some years ago Mercer Garnet Lewis met Miss
Mamie Teatom daughter Of James Tea'om. FOR
merly a shoe dealer in Frst-st Hoboken. At tha'
time Miss Testom was employed cloak model
In large New York store. and WAS considered A
mosf beautiful giri. Mercer Garneti-lewls feI
violently in love with her. He had many rivals
and like himself. they were from among the sons
Of wealthy families Colonel Lewis objected most
strenuousiy 10 his stepson's attachment 10 the girl
He claimed that her family was not VIVA II should
be and based his claim tho fact that her father
had been arrested suspicion Of poicy-payins
and had once served term In the SNAKE I'm f'hl-
Tertiary for thus offending The law. A the lime
Gsrnett-Lewis met her Miss Teaiom was ABOUT
twenty years old.
Desuite Colonel Lewis the couple continued to be
friends and figured in coaching trips and many gay
times Colonel Lewis expostulated with his step
SON cautioned and warned him once. In me nope
of breaking off the alta rhmeni. Colonel Lewis sen"
mis- sfcpson TO Europe. and ~ another Tine sem
him on n long Western trip. lie wis also placed
upon Il weekly allowance, which l. sdid 10 nave
been small in comparison with what he had Tor
merry received
soon after the death OF Colonel Lewis. Mercer
Garnett-Lcwis left home. and dropped out OF So
cietv II was not announced that ne married Miss
Teatom but he had. and the fact WAS known 10
most Of the persons In the circle In whicn ne ana
his relatives moved. The Lewis family declined to
recognize the wife OF Garnett-Lewis. and the mat
ter was dropped , -, ,.,..o, o,,ts
1.-Two I'm 4 handsom. mansion IN RIVER - 'l.dr
L'ifth-st In HobOker. On January fecfp ION
was given for former Governor Fiowe. ana his
Marty which was about to sail on the steamship
Eormaunia for Europe While the reception was
in proeress a number Of persons saw Mercer Gar,
evils enter the house. but he ola not JOIN IN"
"a herring in the parors. II is now SAID that neS9
tiations had been in progress between MN ana nls
,rother and halfbroiher for some time. looking 70
ward his re-entry into social ahairs ana tha' me
consent Of All tho members OF The Lewis ana ste
cons families had been secured for the recoghl.ion
~ Inviss beautiful wife. Rumors OF thls
snread but that I, had been accomplished was not
known II ia said that the meeting between 't'-
nett-I,ewis and his mother was arranged lor ~
hour OF the reception through an error on the part
Of mutual friend -. a.. ,,o os,raroo
mont had come 10 an end vas on THURSDAY last,
when The child which WAS born three months ak1
was taken to the church: and In the presemce oa
the Lewis and stevens families. baptized IN me
family font The baptism was performed ny ,he
Rev T. CLAYTON Mitchell. the rector OF the churcn'
The infant was named John Mercer stevens Gar
nott-Iewis ,. -. 49,. ss.,,s,, ,.,s
Mr. Mitchell said last night that the baptisfn "Ss
nrforn1e1 i'm thu font with the fun approval OF me
families and that the members OF potn lamllIts
uere present so far possible. Garner he "'0
md his family are at the Lewis mansion.