. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . Mlf. AND MliS. ! LEWEY LIBHARtOF THE• 10 PAST AND PRESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY •.si manhood, and his industry has formed the basisof very desirable and gratifying success. Hisbirth occurred December 10, 1855, on section28, Eillsboro township. His father was OliverLewey, whose sketch appears on another pageof this volume. The boyhood days of Christopher C. Leweypassed in the usual manner of farmer lads, inattendance on the district schools and in farmwork, for he early became familiar with thelabor of field and meadow. He


. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . Mlf. AND MliS. ! LEWEY LIBHARtOF THE• 10 PAST AND PRESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY •.si manhood, and his industry has formed the basisof very desirable and gratifying success. Hisbirth occurred December 10, 1855, on section28, Eillsboro township. His father was OliverLewey, whose sketch appears on another pageof this volume. The boyhood days of Christopher C. Leweypassed in the usual manner of farmer lads, inattendance on the district schools and in farmwork, for he early became familiar with thelabor of field and meadow. He has neversoughi to change his occupation but has alwaysengaged in the tilling of the soil, and has foundit a profitable source of income, because he haslabored diligently and persistently. The farmwhich lie now occupies has been his home sincehe was five years of age, with the exceptionof eleven months spent in Hillsboro, and hehas imc hundred and seventy acres in his homeplace and eight; acres on section 25. of thesame township. He carries o


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