Muscogee County GaArchives Biographies.....James Lewis 1848 - Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Ga., Vol. II, 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga.
Published by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1895
Page 620

James A. Lewis, who is the head of a house which does perhaps the largest 
retail dry goods business in the city of Columbus, Ga., was born in Fort 
Gaines, Early (now Clay) Co., Ga., in the year 1848.  He resided in the town 
of his birth until he was about ten years of age, thence going to Eufaula, 
Ala., where he remained until 1866, and received the principal part of his 
education.  Soon after coming to Columbus, Ga., Mr. Lewis engaged in clerical 
work for his uncle, D.D. Gauley, remaining in his employ two years, when he 
was given an interest in the business, the firm name being Gauley & Lewis.  
This firm continued the dry goods business until the death of Mr. Gauley, in 
1878, at which time Mr. Lewis assumed the entire management and conducted the 
business alone about three years, after which he had several working partners 
in the business.  Mr. Lewis holds several important positions in the business 
world of Columbus, being vice-president of the Columbus Savings Bank and a 
member of the board of directors of the Third National Bank, and of the 
Columbus and Gulf Navigation Company.  In 1879, he was united in marriage to 
Miss Willie Hood, daughter of Dr. E.C. Hood, a prominent physician of Harris 
County, Ga.  She died in 1871*, leaving as the fruit of that union a daughter, 
Vernon.  In 1888, Mr. Lewis led to the marriage altar Miss Robena Bass of 
Columbus, Ga., the daughter of John H. Bass, a prominent citizen.  This union 
has been blessed by the birth of four children, viz.: Bass, Fannie E., James 
A., Jr. and Robert M.  A. Lewis, the father of the gentleman who heads this 
article, was a native of New York City, and came to Georgia in 1840.  He was 
in business for a time at Lumpkin, Stewart Co., Ga., thence moving to Fort 
Gaines, Ga., where he did business until 1858, when he removed to Eufaula, 
Ala.  In 1876 he came to Columbus, Ga., and was engaged in the shoe business 
until his decease, which occurred two years later.  He had but two children, 
both of whom survive him, viz.: James A. Lewis, the subject of this sketch, of 
Columbus, Ga., and Mrs. Fannie S. Shields, wife of W.S. Shields, of Atlanta, 
Ga.  Mr. Lewis is not a member of any church or secret order.

*This is the date (1871) given in the biography.  I would speculate that 
either the marriage date is incorrect or the date of death is incorrect.




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