Biographical Sketch of George W. Lewis, Gentry County, Missouri

>From "History of Gentry and Worth Counties", Biographical Sketches of
the Bench and Bar, St. Joseph, Mo.: National Historical Company, 1882.

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Judge George W. Lewis.  Among the early settlers from Virginia was 
Judge George W. Lewis.  He is a native of Monroe County, West Virginia,
where he was born December 26, 1821.  He was the son of Charles and
Mary Lewis; his mother's maiden name being Alderson.  He commenced the
study of law in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia, with Samuel
Price, who was afterwards Governor of that State.  After obtaining a
license to practice law, he started for the "Far West," wending his way
to Gentry County, Missouri, reaching Albany, the county seat, October,
1846.  The country was then thinly settled, and of course litigants 
were few.  When Judge Lewis arrived he found two lawyers in Albany; the
first two in the county, having preceded him only a few months.  The
field being already occupied, and the Judge's pecuniary circumstances
being such as to require an immediate effort on his part, whereby he
could supply his present wants and emergencies, he taught a school in
Athens Township.  In 1849, he became probate judge of Gentry County,
which position he filled for two consecutive terms, with credit to him-
self and in an acceptable manner to the people. He was also prosecuting
or county attorney, serving in that capacity for a term of four years.
He married Miss Nancy Peery, of Grundy County, Missouri.  By this union
they have one child, Mrs. Ida C. Holden, who is a resident of Albany.
Judge Lewis has attended strictly to his profession, and has been an
indefatigable worker, accomplishing much for himself and the cause of
his clients.  The Judge is a fair illustration of what honesty, economy
and energy will accomplish.  He has retired from the active practice of
his profession, and is now enjoying the fruits of his long years of 
toil, surrounded with the comforts of a pleasant home, and the compan-
ionship of genial friends.  He has ever been regarded as a good lawyer
and safe councelor.

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