Lacrosse-Green County WI Archives Biographies.....Lewis, David R. December 1841 - 
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DAVID R. LEWIS, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. West Salem; born in Indiana, December, 
1841; his father died in Indiana; he came to Green Co., Wis., with his mother, 
when he was a child. He first came to La Crosse Co. when a lad, and worked for 
a time for Mr. McClintock, an early settler of La Crosse Co., also for Mr. 
Charles Cross, another early settler; he afterward returned to Green Co. He 
enlisted in 1861 in the 8th W. V. I., and served three years. Mr. Lewis was a 
brave and faithful soldier, and, with his regiment, participated in many of 
the most important campaigns and battles of the war, among which was the 
second day at Shiloh, battle of Corinth and Iuka, the siege of Vicksburg; was 
in Banks' disastrous Louisiana campaign, etc. He came to La Crosse Co. after 
the expiration of his term of service; he settled on the farm where he now 
lives; in 1868, he was married to Prudence Dunlap, a daughter of Samuel 
Dunlap; has two children - Arthur A. and George S. The father of Mrs. Lewis, 
Mr. Samuel Dunlap, was born in Virginia, removed with his parents to Ohio when 
he was a child, where he was married to Elizabeth A. Barrett; they came to 
Green Co., Wis., at an early day, and were early settlers of La Crosse Co. 
Mrs. Dunlap died June 9, 1880; Mr. Dunlap resides at his homestead on Section 
26; have ten children - six sons and four daughters; two sons and one daughter 
live in Kansas, the others reside in La Crosse Co.

Additional Comments:
From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 824 - 825.

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