BIO: Eli LEWIS, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 185.
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  LEWIS, ELI, was a native of York county, Pa., born about 1750, and 
the first settler of the town of Lewisberry.  He was a printer by 
profession, and had the honor of establishing the first newspaper in 
Harrisburg - the Harrisburg Advertiser - in 1789.  This was purchased 
by Mr. Wyeth in 1792 and changed to The Oracle of Dauphin and 
Harrisburg Advertiser.  Major Lewis was a soldier of the Revolution, 
and a gentleman of considerable literary acquirements.  He was the 
author of a poem entitled "St. Clair's Defeat," printed in a small 
32mo. at his office, copies of which are exceedingly rare.  He died at 
his residence at Lewisberry on Sunday, February 2, 1807, aged 57 years.  
He was the father of Chief Justice Ellis Lewis of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania.