Bio of LEWIS, Charles E. (b.1858), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 294-297
CHARLES E. LEWIS
Charles E. Lewis, engaged in the grain commission and stock brokerage business
in Minneapolis as senior partner in the firm of Charles E. Lewis & Company, was
born on a farm in Williams county, Ohio, November 11, 1858, and educated in the
local schools there. He came to Minneapolis in 1881 and was employed in the
general passenger department of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad for three
years. Later he became associated with the Western Union Telegraph Company, with
which he continued for a year and on the expiration of that period was made
office manager for Pressy, Wheeler & Company, brokers and dealers in grain and
stocks, conducting business in the old Harrison and Smith building at Third
street and Marquette avenue. Mr. Lewis remained with the company until October,
1888, when the firm failed and he then established a business of his own,
opening an office under the name of Charles E. Lewis & Company. This style has
been continued to the present time and his partners in the business are Todd W.
Lewis and Leonard S. Alien. They conduct an extensive brokerage business and are
connected with the principal exchanges of the country, being members of the New
York Stock Exchange, New York Cotton Exchange, New York Produce Exchange, Boston
Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Board of Trade,
Chicago Stock Exchange, Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, Duluth Board of Trade,
and Winnipeg Grain Exchange. The company not only conducts a grain commission
business but also deals in stocks and bonds and few firms are so thoroughly
conversant with the market or have directed their efforts along more
progressive, substantial and resultant lines than Charles E. Lewis & Company.
Mr. Lewis is also well known as a gentleman farmer, having valuable farm
property at Lewis, Wisconsin, the village having been named in his honor. He has
become widely known for the progressive and scientific methods which he has
instituted in connection with the cultivation of his land and the raising of
stock on this place, which is known as the "Seven Pines Farm." He specializes in
Holstein cattle. Another notable feature of his place is his trout raising, for
on his farm he has a brook trout preserve. In the town of Lewis he has
established a bank, a creamery, a hotel and has also built many bungalows, a
general store building and a church edifice which was erected at a cost of ten
thousand dollars, and which is known as the Lewis People's church. Mr. Lewis
takes justifiable pride in his farm and in the town, which has been built along
the most progressive lines, and there he spends two or three days each week.
On the 20th of November, 1884, Mr. Lewis wedded Mary E. Norris, who was born and
reared in Hannibal, Missouri, where their marriage was celebrated. Mr. Lewis is
preeminently a business man, but one of vision, and his advanced ideas and
ideals have found expression in practical efforts for their fulfillment. His
political allegiance is given to the republican party but he has never been
ambitious for office. Socially he is identified with the Minneapolis Club,
Minneapolis Athletic Club, Minikahda Club, Lafayette Club, and the Automobile
Club and he also holds membership in the Bankers Club of New York city, the
Chicago Athletic Association and the Minnesota Club of St. Paul.