Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . settlers of what are now the towns of Westerlyand Hopkinton, R. I., and the genealogy can betraced back six generations. His grandfather,Christopher C. Lewis, was the town clerk of Hop-kinton for more than forty years, and his great-grand-father. Dr. James Noyes, was a practitioner in 192 MEN OF PROGRESS. Westerly fifty years ago. His mother was thedaughter of Dr. Joseph D. Kenyon, late of Hopkin-ton. Thus it is seen that his professional t
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . settlers of what are now the towns of Westerlyand Hopkinton, R. I., and the genealogy can betraced back six generations. His grandfather,Christopher C. Lewis, was the town clerk of Hop-kinton for more than forty years, and his great-grand-father. Dr. James Noyes, was a practitioner in 192 MEN OF PROGRESS. Westerly fifty years ago. His mother was thedaughter of Dr. Joseph D. Kenyon, late of Hopkin-ton. Thus it is seen that his professional tastes, tosay nothing of his skill, were inherited from bothsides. His father died in Ashaway, R. I., in 1859,when James was but ten years old. He was edu-cated in the common schools of his native town andat Hopkinton Academy, spent one year at AlfredUniversity, Alfred, N. Y., and graduated in medicineat the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia 29, 1876, to Miss Lois Clarke, daughter of Hon. Hal-sey P. Clarke of Richmond, R. I., and the union hasbeen blessed by two daughters : Susie C, born July5, 1882, and Hattie D. Lewis, born Dec. 9, JAMES N, LEWIS. College, New York City, March 3, 1874. Beforegraduation he studied and practiced medicine fouryears with Dr. John D. Kenyon at Ashaway, R. his graduation he has practiced continuouslyin the town of Hopkinton, R. L, with the exceptionof four years spent in Killingly and Plainfield, Conn.,and for the last fourteen consecutive years in Asha-way. Owing to the long illness and subsequent deathof his father, Dr. Lewiss early life was spent in farmlabor and in teaching to obtain the means of com-pleting his education. But by perseverance, hardwork and strict attention to business, he accomphshedhis purpose in life, and now enjoys the fruits of asuccessful and lucrative practice. He was one of thecharter members, and is at present Vice-Presidentof the Washington County Medical Society, butalthough strongly Republica
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