. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ren, two ofwhom died in infancy and twelve came to Illi-nois and settled in Montgomery county. Wil-liam A. Lewey arrived in 1855 and beganworking as a farm hand by the month, beingemployed principally by his brother-. Heearly learned the value of industry and energyas a foundation upon which to build success, ami his life has ever 1 n characterized by diligence and perseverance. He was employedat farm labor until after the breaking out ofthe Civil war. when, responding to his coun-trys call for troops to preserve the Union, heenlisted on the
. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ren, two ofwhom died in infancy and twelve came to Illi-nois and settled in Montgomery county. Wil-liam A. Lewey arrived in 1855 and beganworking as a farm hand by the month, beingemployed principally by his brother-. Heearly learned the value of industry and energyas a foundation upon which to build success, ami his life has ever 1 n characterized by diligence and perseverance. He was employedat farm labor until after the breaking out ofthe Civil war. when, responding to his coun-trys call for troops to preserve the Union, heenlisted on the 18th of August. 1862, as aprivate of Company D, One Hundred andTwenty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry,with which he served for three years. Afterreaching Tennessee he was taken ill and to the hospital at La Grange, Tennessee,and afterward to Jacksonville, almost a yearhaving passed before he was able to resumeactive duty. He was promoted corporal atJacksonville in 1863. He served on guardduty at the supply post for some time, was also. ME. AND MBS. WILLIAM A. LEWEY LIBRARY OF TH£ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PAST AMi PEESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY 143 engaged in guarding railroads, and in Au-gust, 1865, he was honorabh discharged andmustered out of the sen ice. Mr. Lewey has been thrice married. In1867 he wed,I,.,I Miss Rachel Griffith, whodied in March, 1878, and lie later marriedEebecea Chamberlin, who died in 1888. Onthe 23d hi October, 1891, ho was united inmarriage to Miss Leuvenna Thacker, a daugh-ter of T. A. Thacker and a native of thiscounty. In the fall of 1866 Mr. Lewey purchased hispresent farm, upon which he took up hSsabode the following year, and has since madeit his home, lie has here eighty acres ofarable laud on section 17, Hillsboro township,and he has made all of the improvements uponthe plan. It. is now well equipped with mod-ern facilities and its neat and attractive ap-pearance is due to his untiring energy, strongdetermination and laudable ambition.
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