Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Lewis, G. W. 1835 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  G. W. LEWIS, manager Co-operative Company's store, Robinson, was born April 5,
1835, in Montgomery County, Penn.; his father, who was a physician, removed to
Carroll County, Ohio, when subject was very small, and when he was four years
old his father died The family soon after removed to Columbiana County, Ohio,
where he made his home until 1870, when he came to Crawford County, Ill., and
engaged in farming, in Hutsonville Township, on a farm of 200 acres, which he
still owns. Having had several years' experience in merchandising in Ohio, he,
in 1877, took the position of manager of the Co-operative Company's store in
Robinson, and after one year returned to the farm, but was recalled by the
stock-holders of the store, and has held the position of manager ever since. He
was married in 1859 to Miss Elizabeth Calvin, a daughter of Robert Calvin. They
have six children living-Mrs. Jeanette J. Brown, Douglas A., Fernando W.,
Clement L., John V., and Loretto L.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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