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LEWIS, J. W.

City: Paris

LEWIS, J. W., attorney-at-law; born Henry Co., Tenn., 1850; Scotch-Irish-English descent; son of C. S. and Patience J. (Hunt) LEWIS; his father was a farmer; was educated in the Paris high school; graduated from Lebanon Law School in 1876; he began life as a farmer; married Anna PRITCHETT in 1877, and Anna DANCE in 1892; president of board of trustees of the Hermitage; was State Senator for two terms, and State’s Attorney-General for 14 years; Democrat.