Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . orn inExeter, R. I., February 26, 1842, son of James andMary (Sisson) Lewis. He is a direct descendantof John Lewis, who settled in Westerly about father, commonly known as Deacon Lewis, wasa captain in the state militia, and took an activepart in the bloodless campaigns of the Dorr war;he was the son of Col. Nathan B. and Sally(Richmond) Lewis. His mother was the daughterof Lodowick and Mary (Saunders) Sisson ofHopkinton, R. I. He
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . orn inExeter, R. I., February 26, 1842, son of James andMary (Sisson) Lewis. He is a direct descendantof John Lewis, who settled in Westerly about father, commonly known as Deacon Lewis, wasa captain in the state militia, and took an activepart in the bloodless campaigns of the Dorr war;he was the son of Col. Nathan B. and Sally(Richmond) Lewis. His mother was the daughterof Lodowick and Mary (Saunders) Sisson ofHopkinton, R. I. He received his early educationin the public schools, working on the farm subsequently spent several terms in privateschools, and took a commercial course at EastGreenwich Academy. He taught school for severalterms beginning in the autumn of 1859. Duringthe war of the Rebellion he enlisted as a privatein the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers, August13, 1862, and served until June 9, 1865, participat-ing in all the campaigns of the regiment, and act-ing for the greater part of the time as companyclerk and regimental postmaster, and serving in. NATHAN B. LEWIS. the color guard. Although not robust he was notabsent a single day from the regiment, and whenthe regiment came from the field after the battle ofCold Harbor, he was one of only seven in his com-pany who reported for duty. During the last three ii8 MEN OF PROGRESS. years he has been President of the Seventh RhodeIsland Veteran Association, an organization com-posed of the survivors of that regiment. After aterm in Greenwich Academy he taught schoolwinters until 1867. In the summer of 1866 hecanvassed in Maine for the Henry Bill PublishingCompany of Norwich, Conn., in Ohio in the sum-mer and autumn of 1867, and in New York thefollowing year. In 1869 he bought a farm inExeter and followed farming for three years. InJune 1872 he was elected Town Clerk of Exeter,and held that office continuously until Town C
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