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Born 1859
From Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead (1907)
A. P. LEWIS.
A. P. Lews is a well known farmer living on section i6, Highland township, and in connection with the further improvement of the fields he is also engaged in stock-raising, making a specialty of shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. Mr. Lewis is one of the native sons of Iowa, his birth having occurred September ii, 1859. in Polk county, about four miles west of Des Moines. His father, Jonathan Lewis, was born in Indiana and came west to Iowa in the later '40s. He ])re-empted land in l'(j]k county and later removed to Dallas county, while in the year 188 1 he arrived in Guthrie county, where he still makes his home, being a resident of Highland township. In early manhood he was united in marriage to Miss Eveline Newton, who was born in Indiana, in which state the wedding was celebrated. She is also living and they are a highly esteemed couple in Guthie county. Of their family of nine children seven are still living in this county.
A. P. Lewis spent his boyhood and youth upon the home farm and when a lad of six summers he was sent to school, where he mastered the branches of learning which usually constitute the curriculum of the district school. When not occupied with his text-books his time was largely devoted to farm labor and he remained under the parental roof until twenty-two years of age, when he entered a general store in Booneville. spending the succeeding four years as a clerk and bookkeeper in the store, the postoffice and the express office at that place. On leaving there he went to Rawlins county, Kansas, where he spent one year on a ranch, but believing that Iowa furnished better advantages he returned to this state. After about six months spent in Bayard, he bought a farm in Cass county Iowa, and resumed the occupation to which he had been reared, making his home there for five years. At the end of that time he sold his place in Cass county and purchased eighty acres of land on section 16, Highland township, Ciuthrie county. This farm is still his property and he now operates it with good results, annually harvesting gratifying crops because of the practical care and labor which he bestow upon the fields. He likewise raises shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs, and his place in all of its appointments is well equipped for general farming and stock-raising.
On the 15th of November, 1883, Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Julia A. Flinn. a daughter of D. N. Flinn. a resident of Dallas county, Iowa. They now have one son, Ivyl E., who was born January 15, 1892. The parents attend the services of the Methodist Episcopal church and contribute to its support. Mr. Lewis is a republican in his political views and for four years he has served as justice of the peace, discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity and basing his decisions upon the law and the equity in the case.
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