Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Lewis, Jonathan Craven 1879 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

JONATHAN CRAVEN LEWIS.

    Jonathan C. Lewis, one of Franklin township's best-known and most
progressive farmers, clerk of that township and for years actively identified
with the promotion of the best interests of that community, is a native son of
Marshall county and has lived here all his life. He was born in a log cabin on a
pioneer farm in section 26 of Franklin township, June 5, 1879, son of William
and Maria (Bruitt) Lewis, pioneers of Marshall county, further mention of whom
is made elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Lewis died in 1913.

    Reared on the home farm in Franklin township, Jonathan C. Lewis received his
schooling in the old school house in district No. 105 and remained at home, a
valued assistant to his father and his brothers in the labors of developing and
improving the home place, and remained at home until he was twenty-one years of
age, when he began working on his own account, taking employment as a farm hand
at seventeen dollars a month, and was thus employed for five years, at the end
of which time he married and rented a farm in Guittard township, on which he
made his home for two years. He then, in 1907, rented the place on which he is
now living, a part of the old home place. His father gave him eighty acres and
he has continued to make his home there, he and his family being very
comfortably situated. Some years ago Mr. Lewis built a new house, to which he is
now making an addition, which will increase the size to a nine-room house of two
stories, with heating plant. He also built a barn on his place and his farm is
well improved and skillfully cultivated. He now owns a full quarter of a section
of land, is quite extensively engaged in the raising of Shorthorn cattle and is
doing very well. Mr. Lewis is a Democrat and is now serving the public in the
capacity of clerk of Franklin township, a position to which he was elected in
1913, and is giving his most thoughtful attention to the public business.

    On March 22, 1905, Jonathan C. Lewis was united in marriage to Ottilie Hahn,
who was born at St. Joseph, Missouri, April 24, 1880, daughter of George and
Ottilie (Engler) Hahn, natives of Germany, who were the parents of fourteen
children, of whom Mrs. Lewis was the fifth in order of birth and all of whom are
living. George Hahn was born in Germany on May 2, 1839, and remained in his
native land until he was twenty-four years of age, when he came to this country
and settled at St. Joseph, Missouri, where he established himself in business.
Ten years later he returned to the Fatherland and there married Ottilie Engler,
who was born in Germany on January 21, 1865, and with his bride returned to St.
Joseph, where he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1907. His
widow is now living at Osawatomie, this state.

    To Jonathan C. and Ottilie (Hahn) Lewis five children have been born,
namely: Gladys, who was born on December 14, 1905; Beulah, October 20, 1907;
Mildred, January 26, 1910; Herbert, October 9, 1912, and Esther, November 15,
1914. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis take a proper interest in the general social activities
of their home community and are helpful in promoting all worthy causes thereabout.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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