Yuba-Sutter County CA Archives Biographies.....Lewis, A. Walter 1877 - 
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Author: Peter J. Delay

    A. WALTER LEWIS. — Among the outstanding business men of Marysville is A.
Walter Lewis, the president and general manager of the J. R. Garrett Company. He
was born at Marysville, April 26, 1877, a son of Abram Wallace and Emma
(Garrett) Lewis. A. W. Lewis crossed the plains to California in 1863
accompanied by his family; he settled in Yuba County and engaged in delivering
water from the mountain springs to the residents of Marysville. At the outbreak
of the Civil War he joined Company C, 6th California Infantry, and was sent to
Arizona. In 1865 he returned to California, where he was discharged; and here he
took up the barber's trade, which he followed throughout the remainder of his
life. He is survived by his widow, who is now living in Pasadena, Cal. 

    A. Walter Lewis finished the grammar school courses in Marysville and spent
two years in the Marysville High School; during vacations he worked for the J.
R. Garrett Co., beginning in a minor position and working up through the
different departments. As early as 1901 he became a stockholder and was elected
a director in the company. On the resignation of Harold Comforth as secretary in
1909, A. Walter Lewis was elected secretary in his stead; and after the death of
J. R. Garrett in 1912, Mr. Lewis assumed the management of the business for Mrs.
J. R. Garrett, who had become president of the company. When Mrs. Garrett passed
on in 1918, Mr. Lewis was elected president and manager of the company. He gives
his time and attention to the duties and details of this position, which he is
filling with his usual ability. 

    This company is one of the oldest and largest wholesale grocery
establishments in the Sacramento Valley. It has a very large trade, extending
into the mountain counties and into the State of Nevada, and from Sacramento on
the south to Ashland and Klamath, Ore., on the north. Lately they have added
another concrete warehouse to their already large capacity, and also erected a
bean-cleaning plant, their combined floor-space capacity now reaching
approximately 66,000 square feet. The company had been incorporated by Mr. J. R.
Garrett in 1895 with a capital stock of $200,000, which sufficed until July,
1909, when the capital was increased to $550,000; and it has continued at this
figure till the present time, although there is now a surplus of $150,000. 

    Aside from the management of this large company, Mr. Lewis is also
interested in ranching and horticulture in both Yuba and Sutter Counties. 

    The marriage of Mr. Lewis united him with Miss Maud Martin, born in Nebraska
but reared in Marysville. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are the parents of four children:
Lorene; Elizabeth and Alice, twins: and Mildred. In politics, Mr. Lewis is a
stanch Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of Corinthian Lodge, No. 9, F. &
A. M., in which he is a Past Master; Washington Chapter, No. 13, R. A. M.;
Marysville Council. Royal and Select Masters; and Marysville Commandery, No. 7,
K. T., in which he is Past Commander. He is also a member of Sacramento Lodge of
Perfection; a charter member of Ben Ali Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; a
Past Patron of the Order of the Eastern Star; and a trustee in the Masonic Hall
Association. He is a Past Exalted Ruler of Marysville Lodge, No. 783, B. P. O.
E.; a Past President of Marysville Parlor, No. 6, N. S. G. W.; and a member of
the Woodmen of the World and of Oriental Lodge, I. O. O. F. He was the first
president of the Marysville Rotary Club, and is a director in the Chamber of
Commerce and also of the First National Bank of Marysville. Mr. Lewis takes a
decided interest in educational matters and serves as trustee of the Marysville
union high school and the grammar school. He is fond of all healthy sports,
especially fishing and baseball. During the World War, Mr. Lewis served as
chairman of the Red Cross, Yuba-Sutter Chapter. 


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HISTORY OF YUBA and SUTTER COUNTIES 
CALIFORNIA 
WITH 
Biographical Sketches OF 
The Leading Men and Women of the Counties Who Have Been Identified with Their
Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present 

HISTORY BY 
PETER J. DELAY 

ILLUSTRATED 
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME 

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1924


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