Biographical Sketch of Charles J. Lewis, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Charles J. Lewis, P. O. Alma, Mo.  Was born in Wood county, Va., June 25,
1834, and is the son of George B. Lewis, a native of Loudon county, Va.,
and for several years sheriff of Wood county, Virginia.  He moved to this
county in 1850, settled in Middleton township, and for some years was one
of the judges of the County Court.  He died October 26, 1864.  Charles
was raised on his father's farm.  August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B,
1st Missouri Cavalry, under Gen. Shelby, and served to the end of the 
war.  He was wounded at Westport.  After the war he came home and turned
his whole attention to farming, and now has 430 acres of land.  He was
married November 28, 1872, to Miss Lillian H. Lake, daughter of Thomas M.
and Almira H. Lake, of Fauquier county, Va., and by this union has three
children: Charles M., George V. and Leon H.  He is a member of the Grange.

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