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         LEWIS CASS WONNELL, carriage and house painter, of Wapello, was born in Port Clinton, Ohio, Feb. 13, 1848, and is the son of James and Julia (Streeter) Wonnell. His father was born in Maryland, and his mother in Vermont. Lewis received his primary education in the common school, and took a two-years scientific course at Adrian College, of Adrian, Mich. He was reared on a farm on the shores of Lake Erie, and learned the carriage painter’s trade at Sandusky, Ohio. He came to Wapello, Iowa, in 1869, and worked at his trade in the carriage factory of George Erbes, of this city, for several years, and has subsequently worked both at carriage and house painting. He was married at Wapello, Dec. 31, 1874, to Miss Anna B. Mincher, daughter of Edward and Eliza I. Mincher. Mrs. Wonnell was born at Wapello, and her mother was a daughter of Mr. Key, one of the early pioneers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Wonnell have one child, a son, Charles Lyman, born at Wapello, Aug. 8, 1880.

For several years Mrs. Wonnell has carried on the millinery business, and has had the only establishment in her line in the city since 1879. Mr. Wonnell is a Democrat in politics, and a prominent Mason, being a member of Wapello Lodge No. 5, A.F. & A.M., of which he has held every office, and is now Secretary.