George W. Lewis
George W. Lewis, of Blue Creek, is a son of William Lewis and Nancy Ann Lanthorn, and was born on Scioto Brush Creek in Adams County, March 22, 1841. His grandfather was Philip Lewis, who came to Scioto Brush Creek Valley in 1795. He was a wagon-master in the Revolutionary War. He first married Betsey Wasson. by whom he had two sons, Philip and Thomas. His second wife was a widow McBride nee Anderson, a native of Ireland. By his second wife, Philip Lewis had four sons: William, born 1804; Lot, in 1806; Elijah, 1811. and Enoch, 1813. Of these, William, the father of our subject, had eleven children, six sons and five daughters. George W., our subject, being the seventh child. He married February 28, 1864. while at home on a furlough, Miss Martha A. Brooks, daughter of Leonard and Jane Ousler Brooks, who has borne him ten children; Rosa B., Sewell E., Alvie T., Myrta E., Arvada A., William R., Arville, dying in infancy; G. Blaine, Iva V., and Harriet J. George W. Lewis enlisted in Company D, 24th O. V. I., at West Union, May 27, 1861, and also belonged afterwards to Company D, 18th O. V. I. He was mustered out at Augusta, Ga., October 9, 1865. He was wounded at Shiloh. and took part in the great battles of the war, such as Cheat Mountain, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and others. He is a staunch Republican, while his father was a Whig. He was for many years the leader of his party in Jefferson Township. He is not a member of any church, but leans toward Methodism.
From "History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900