. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . -5^^— IIOUGII quiet and imassuni-!« ilia ill bolli manners andmethod, Mr. Lewis lias en-j())-ed an unusually lon<r listof lienors in liis adoptedState. He was born at Claren-don, N. Y., Oot. 30, 1819, hisfather being of New Englandand his mother of Scotch par-rents, lie thus inherited pa-tience, economy, energy andintegrity. After receiving a com-mon-school education, James wassent first sent to Clarksoii Acad-em}- and then to Clinton
. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . -5^^— IIOUGII quiet and imassuni-!« ilia ill bolli manners andmethod, Mr. Lewis lias en-j())-ed an unusually lon<r listof lienors in liis adoptedState. He was born at Claren-don, N. Y., Oot. 30, 1819, hisfather being of New Englandand his mother of Scotch par-rents, lie thus inherited pa-tience, economy, energy andintegrity. After receiving a com-mon-school education, James wassent first sent to Clarksoii Acad-em}- and then to Clinton Seminary,in which he pursued the English classical cf)urse ofstudy. Fond from boyhood of military ticlics. heearly joined the State Militia, and was an activeand enthusiastic soldier. In he was madeSergeant, and in 1840 Lieutenant of the 215lhRegiment. Having to relv upon his own resources, he taughtschool in Western New York in lKHi-41-12, andthus earned and saved money enough to enablehim to ]nirsuc the study of law, which he began in1812 in tiie olticc of (iov. Ileury K. Selden. atClarkson. After completing his studies and secur-ing admiss
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