BIOGRAPHIES: Lew THOMAS, Cumberland, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Vic Gulickson 4 June 2004 ************************************************************************ Lew Thomas, proprietor of the Cumberland Hotel, Cumberland, is one of the popular men of the city, and in excellent standing both with his townspeople and the traveling public. In public affairs he has served two years on the city council. He is a native of this state, born in Arena, Wis., July 16, 1873, son of William C. and Sarah (Hanop) Thomas. He was reared and educated in Dane County, and in 1880 came to Cumberland with his father, who here engaged in the dry goods business for several years. In 1895 the subject of this sketch entered into the hotel business with his mother, who for a time operated the Commercial Hotel at Cumberland. They bought the Shell Lake Hotel and operated it three years. They bought their present hotel in 1898, renovated it, and have since continued to operate it. Mr. Thomas is a member of Cumberland Lodge, No. 223, A. F. and A. M. Mr. Thomas was married June 30, 1909, in Cumberland, to Mildred Lawson, who was born Nov. 9, 1885, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hutton) Lawson, natives of Wisconsin, and now residents of Cumberland, the former being a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have two children: George, born Dec. 10, 1911; and John L. born May 1, 1915. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 1009. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm