>From "History of North Washington" Published 1904
Ferry County Biographical Sketches

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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HON. LEW P. WILMOT
    Hon. Lew P. Wilmot resides about two miles east from Keller and is
engaged in mining.  He has been closely identified with the various leading
mining excitements throught the west since the days of Elk City's boom, and
is well known as an adventurous and active man in these villages.
    Lew P. Wilmot was born in Freeport, Illinois on January 30, 1839,
being the son of B.R. and Virginia (Hawkins) Wilmot, natives of Kentucky
and Virginia, respectively.  The father was one of the first settlers in
Freeport, being the first postmaster and the first county commissioner of
the county.  He moved to Wisconsin in 1841 and located in Platteville.
There he followed his trade of cabinetmaker, when in company with two others,
they built a schooner, intending to go down the Mississippi and then by
water to California.  Upon arrival in New Orleans, they found their craft
was not fit for the rougher voyage and so abandoned the trip.  They returned
to Wisconsin and later Mr. Wilmot went to Kansas.  In 1860 we find him at
Pike's Peak, after which he returned to Missouri, and in 1865 he came on to
Washington.  From this state he went to Idaho, where he died in 1887.
    Our subject was raised on the frontier and had almost no opportunity
to gain an education; still by his industry and careful habits of inquiry,
he becam well informed.  He remained with his father until 1862, then
attended the Elk City excitement, and mined there for a good many years.
In 1885, he came to Washington, locating on the Columbia and put in a ditch
to convey water for mining purposes.  The ditch was fourteen miles long and
on one flume he used over eighty-two thousand feet of lumber.  After this
Mr. Wilmot went to work for the government in Okanogan county and was thus
engaged eight years.  Then he moved to his present place just east of
Keller and has given his attention to mining since.
    In political matters, he is a strong Republican and is one of the
commissioners of Ferry County.  In 1878 he represented his section of Idaho
in the legislature and in 1882 held that responsible position the second
time.  He is one of the worty pioneers of the northwest and stands well in
this community.
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