Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Lewis, William M. 1862 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

WILLIAM M. LEWIS

AMONG the old timers of Pawnee Rock and Barton County, none is better known than
 William M. Lewis who came to this part of the state in 1874. He was born at
Morrison, Illinois, April 12, 1862, and came here with his parents when he was
twelve years of age. His father located a homestead two miles west of Pawnee
Rock and began the work of developing the soil. William attended school in this
county and when he was twenty-one years of age began farming near Pawnee Rock.
He farmed for six years and then accepted a position with the Santa Fe Railroad
Company, and was with them for twelve years. One year of this time he was
employed in Rice County and the remainder of the time was agent at Pawnee Rock.
In 1900 he left the railroad company's employ and established a grain elevator
at Pawnee Rock which he has operated since that time. The elevator has a
capacity of 10,000 bushels and when established was owned by the firm of Logan &
Lewis, Mr. Lewis becoming sole owner in 1908. Mr. Lewis owns 260 acres of land
in Pawnee County which is worked by his boy, a fine residence in Pawnee Rock
which contains eight rooms in addition to closets, pantries, etc., a number of
town lots and private interests. He has served the town as mayor, has been a
member of the council, police judge and has been one of the most popular
citizens of the town, always standing for its best interests and advancement. He
was married in this county June 6, 1884 to Miss Delia Hall and they are the
parents of four children: Edna, 27 years of age, is now the wife of Dr. Button
of Great Bend; Harry, 25 years of age, is in the postal service; Charles, 23
years of age, is farming on his father's land near Pawnee Rock and Ruth, 20
years of age, is living at home. Mr. Lewis is one of the men who came here at a
time when the county was in its infancy as far as agriculture goes and has seen
it grow from an almost barren waste to its present high state of cultivation.

[photo] Lewis Elevator Pawnee Rock




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