DR. E. B. DOWNS
Dr. E. B. Downs commenced the drug business in Lewis in July, 1880, at his present location, on Main street. At that time he erected the building, at present occupied by him, which is 22x40 feet in dimensions. He handles a general line of drugs, and some school books, and attends in person to prescriptions. Dr. Downs was born in Berkeley county., Virginia, in 1827, and is a son of Charles and Anna Downs. He received his preliminary education in Virginia and Maryland. He attended three terms at Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and then engaged in the mercantile business in Virginia. In 1861 he studied medicine
with Dr. Fiser, near Toledo, Ohio, and in 1862 he attended medical lectures at Cincinnati Medical college. He has practiced
in several counties in Iowa, and also in Missouri, but since coming to Lewis has devoted his attention to the drug business.
He was married in 1868 to Jennie Okell. They have four children.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 537.
