U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis, Albert A. (1817-1902) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 400 Hon. A. A. Lewis, son of Charles and Rebecca Lynch Lewis, was born- Oct. 24, 1817, and died at his home in Weston at the ripe old age of eighty-five years. Mr. Lewis was a tailor by trade, and came to Sutton while quite a young man. He was a member of the County Court for several years, and was deservedly a very popular gentleman. On leaving Sutton in 1845, after a sojourn of a few years, he established himself in Weston, Lewis county, as a merchant, where he was successful in business until his death. He was a constant attendant at the Episcopal church, and was a member of both the Masonic and the Odd Fellow lodges. He represented the county of Lewis in the Virginia Legislature. Few men had more personal friends than Albert A. Lewis. He has related to the writer many interesting and amusing incidents that occurred in the early formation of Braxton county, trials and decisions of the County Court while he was serving in that capacity, manners and customs of the people, his; great admiration for the old settlers, his battle with a huge rattlesnake just beyond the Morrison gate at Laurel fork, and many other incidents. Mr. Lewis never married. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Register of Deaths, Lewis County, WV (Pages 16-17, No. 20) FULL-NAME: A. A. Lewis BIRTH-PLACE: Harrison County DEATH-DATE: September 13, 1902 at 85 years of age DEATH-PLACE: Weston, W.Va. MARITAL-STATUS: Single OCCUPATION: Merchant CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Senility BURIAL: Clarksburg ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------