Lewis, S. P.

LEWIS

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/19/2008 at 13:46:36

S. P. Lewis

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.163, Macedonia Twp.)
S. P. Lewis, farmer, P. O. Macedonia, was born in New Jersey in December, 1837; his father, Samuel Lewis, was born in New Jersey in 1808, and migrated to Ohio in 1838, settling first in Warren County, then in Shelby County, where he raised his family, and where he now lives, employed as a shoemaker and a farmer. Subject's mother, Catharine (Lake) Lewis, was born in New Jersey in 1807, and died in 1862; she was the mother of six children, two of whom are living. Mr. Lewis enlisted in the army in September, 1861, and served till July 20, 1865; he was at the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Fort Donelson, Atlanta, Ga., and with Sherman in his march to the sea. After returning from the war, Mr. Lewis remained in his native county in Ohio till March, 1866, when he came to Macedonia Township, first settling west of Old Macedonia, where he lived till 1872, when he bought his present farm of 160 acres, at that time unimproved. Mr. Lewis was married in this township in August, 1866, to Catharine Roush, born in Highland County, Ohio, in November, 1842; daughter of John and Rebecca (Rhodes) Roush, he born in 1800, and she in 1806, both living in Marion County, this State. The union has resulted in five children - George A., Mina L., Frederick W., William B. and Bennett. Mr. Lewis is a Republican.