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Born 1840, Holmes County
From The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio (1884), Portrait and biographical record of Tuscarawas County, Ohio (1895)
EDWARD C. LEWIS, physician and surgeon, Dover, Ohio, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, December 26, 1840. His father, William, born in Philadelphia, Penn., a descendant of May. Lewis, of Revolutionary fame, and of the celebrated Canby family, moved to Ohio in 1831, and there engaged in farming. His mother, Nancy, is a Virginian by birth. Our subject received his education in Berlin High School, Fredericksburg Academy, Ohio, and at New Wilmington, Del. In 1857-58, he taught school for six months at Maysville, Ohio. He studied medicine for four years under Prof. Hamilton, of Columbus Medical College, with clinical advantages. He was two years a pupil of the eminent Prof. Joseph Pancost, of Philadelphia, where he graduated with first honors at Jefferson Medical College in 1862. The clinical advantages there, under Prof. Da Costa, were exceptionally good, and it is, doubtless, in a great measure to the experience there acquired that he owes the great success which has attended his practice (it being the most extensive in this part of the State), and given him so distinguished a place in the profession. In 1862, he passed a successful medical and surgical examination before the United States Navy Board in New York. After leaving college, he was offered, and declined, the position of Surgeon to an Ohio regiment In the same year he accepted the commission of Surgeon to an army hospital at Louisville, but afterward resigned and established himself at New Philadelphia. While there, he was Physician to the County Infirmary. At the expiration of two years, he removed to Dover. He was for some years President of the Tuscarawas County Medical Society, and is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society. In 1877, he was tendered the chair of Jurisprudence in the Columbus Medical College, and at present is a member of the Board of Censors of Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio. He has given special attention to surgery, performing amputations near the hip-joint, removals of the mammary glands, including the axillary glands, extirpation of the eye, exsection of tho long bones and tracheotomy. He has also obtained eminence as a surgical obstetrician. Taking an active interest in politics, he has served as Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee, and has always furnished labor and means for the honest advancement of his friends. As a literary essayist, Dr. Lewis has acquired an enviable reputation, and has furnished many valuable contributions to the medical journals of the country. He served as a member and President of the Agricultural Society of Tuscarawas County for thirteen years. He is President of the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Home, and has given efficient support to the lines of railway that traverse his county. He is also Surgeon for the Marietta, Pittsburgh & Cleveland Railroads. In 1873, he was elected, on the Democratic ticket, to the Sixtyfirst General Assembly, where he was a member of several important standing committees and Chairman on Benevolent Institutions. Declining a renomination to the House in 1875, he was elected to the Senate of Ohio by a larger majority than was ever previously given to any one upon the State or county ticket in his district He is the author of several reformatory measures, and won a reputation and an influence gratifying to his constituents and creditable to himself. In the county convention in 1880, he carried Tuscarawas County for
Congress, and in Congressional convention received other support, but was defeated by his competitor claiming his second term. He is now retired from public life, devoting himself to his profession, although many of his friends are very desirous that he should again become the Congressional standardbearer of his party. Personally, he combines the attributes of an agreeable, polished gentleman. On October 22, 1852, he married Mary E., the highlyaccomplished and only daughter of the late lamented Dr. Joseph Slingluff, of Dover, Ohio. The results of this union are four children, one living — Anola S. Lewis. Mrs. Lewis died March 31, 1880. This event was, to her husband, a bereavement of more than ordinary severity. A graduate of * the Cleveland Female Seminary, she was a woman of superior natural endowments and possessed a remarkable strength of mind and independence of thought. Her literary tastes were of a high order, to which she gave wide exercise by earnest study and extensive reading. Born and reared in luxury, her early life was uninterrupted sunshine, while her sweetness of temper and amiability of disposition — marked traits in her character — brought to her married life a harmony and a happiness seldom equaled. For years previous to her decease she was an invalid and a great sufferer, but patience, resignation and cheerfulness often concealed from the outside world her secret sorrow. Her noble qualities of mind and heart, crowned by a deep and earnest piety, rendered her the cultured, Christian lady that she was. On April 26, 1882, he was married to Mary G., only daughter of Hon. Chauncey N. Olds, a distinguished attorney of Columbus and formerly Attorney General of Ohio.
As printed in The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
DWARD C. LEWIS, physician, surgeon, and ex-Legislator of Canal Dover, is a native of this state, having been born in Holmes County, December 26, 1840. His parents were William and Nancy Lewis, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania and a descendant of Major Lewis, of Revolutionary fame. William came to Ohio in 1831, and during the remainder of his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. His wife was a Virginian by birth, and traced her ancestry back to the celebrated Canby family.
.Our subject received his education in the Berlin High School, of his native county; Fredericksburg Academy, located in Wayne County; and at New Wilmington, Del. At sixteen years of age he passed an examination before the Wayne County Board of School Examiners, receiving a certificate for three years, and taught the Maysville school for one year. He subsequently commenced the study of medicine, and for four years remained a student under the renowned J. W. Hamilton, Professor of Surgery in the Columbus (Ohio) Medical College, during which time he also had the advantage of the clinics of the hospital of the Ohio Penitentiary.
The succeeding two years Mr. Lewis was a pupil of the eminent Prof. Joseph Pancost, of Philadelphia, Pa., in which city he also graduated with first honors from the Jefferson Medical College in 1862. While studying in that institution the opportunities furnished him for clinical instruction under Professor Da Costa were exceptionally good. The hospitals of the city were crowded with sick and wounded soldiers, and every description of physical disease and surgical operation came under his observation; and it is doubtless due in a great measure to the experience there acquired, under the guidance of his renowned instructors, that he owes the great success which has attended his practice (it being the most extensive in this part of the state) and the distinguished place he holds in the profession.
In the spring of 1862 Dr. Lewis passed a successful medical and surgical examination before the United States Navy Board in the city of New York. After leaving the Jefferson Medical College, in the above year, he was offered, but declined, the position of surgeon of a regiment of Ohio volunteers. The same year, however, he accepted the position of surgeon of one of the United States army hospitals at Louisville, Ivy., but, after a brief experience with hospital gangrene, resigned the commission and established himself at New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, this state. While there he was physician to the county, and after the expiration of ture years removed to Canal Dover, where he still resides. He has officiated as President for many years of the Tuscarawas County Medical Society, and is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society.
In the year 1877 Dr. Lewis was tendered the Chair of Jurisprudence in Columbus College, and at present is a member of the Board of Censors of Starling Medical College, of Columbus. He has given special attention to the department of surgery, and among the operations successfully performed by him may be mentioned those of amputations near the hip joint, removals of the mammary glands, including the axillary glands, extirpation of the eye, exsection of the long bones, and tracheotomy.
Taking an active interest in politics, the Doctor has served the Democratic party by officiating as
Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. As a literary essayist he lias an enviable reputation, and his many valuable contributions to the medical journals of the country reflect great credit upon his scientific and professional attainments. He has taken quite an active part in public affairs, and has been identified with various important projects having for their object the advancement of the interests of the county. lie has served as a member and President of the Agricultural.Society of Tuscarawas County- for thirteen years, and has given efficient support to the lines of railway traversing the county. He is also surgeon for the Cleveland & Tuscarawas Valley and the Marietta, Pittsburg & Cleveland Railroads. In 1873 he was nominated by acclamation and elected on the Democratic ticket to represent the county in the Sixty-first General Assembly, where lie was a member of several important standing committees and Chairman of the Committee on Benevolent Institutions. Declining the nomination to the House of Representatives in 1875, lie was nominated by acclamation in the joint convention of the Eighti tenth Senatorial District, and was elected to the j Senate of Ohio bjr a larger majority than was ever ! previously given to any one upon the state or county ticket in the district.
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October 22, 1862, Dr. Lewis married Mary E., the highly accomplished and only daughter of the late lamented Dr. Joseph Slingluff, of Canal Dover. To them were born four children, only one ! of whom is living, Anola S. Mrs. Mary Lewis died ] March 31, 1880. This event was to the husband a bereavement of more than ordinary severity. A i graduate of the Cleveland Female Seminary, she was a woman of superior natural endowments, and i possessed a remarkable strength of mind and independence of thought. Her literary tastes were of a high order, to which she gave wide exercise by earnest study and extensive reading. Born and reared in luxury, her early life was uninterrupted sunshine, and her sweetness of temper and amiability of disposition— marked traits in her character-brought to her married life peace, harmony, and happiness seldom equaled. For years previous to her decease she was an invalid and great sufferer, but patient resignation and cheerfulness often concealed from the outside world her secret sorrow. Her noble qualities of mind and heart, crowned by a deep and earnest piety, rendered her the cultured Christian lady that she was.
April 26, 1882, Dr. Lewis married Mary G., only daughter of Hon. Chauncey N. Olds, a distinguished attorney of Columbus, and formerly Attorney-General of Ohio. To them have been born two children, Chauncey Olds and Caroline Woodruff. In the fall of 1881 the Children’s Home of this county was established. The Doctor was appointed a Trustee for the same for three years, and has held that position for fourteen consecutive years, during which time he has served as President of the board, and during the entire time has donated his services as physician and surgeon to the inmates of the home free of charge. The Doctor has been actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession for thirty-five years in Canal Dover, New Philadelphia and surrounding country, and has enjoyed a larger practice during this time than any other physician in this part of Ohio. He has been successful in accumulating a fortune, the result of his intelligence and indomitable energy. Within the last year he purchased four hundred acres of land, situated between New Philadelphia and Canal Dover, where he is raising line stock, and has a large dairy, from which he is furnishing milk to the people of the two towns.
As printed in Portrait and biographical record of Tuscarawas County, Ohio (1895). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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