Charley B. Lewis
Charley B. Lewis, proprietor of a bakery and lunch room at 194, West Sixth street, came from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cincinnati in the year 1861. His father, Thomas C. Lewis, now living, owned the rolling-mills of that place, the only one west of Pittsburgh, in which mills Charley learned the business of machinest. The property is now owned by his brother-in-law, George Baylis, who is probably one of the wealthiest men in the State. Mr. Lewis was for three years after coming to Cincinnati a driver of a bakery wagon, for which he received one dollar per day. From this he was promoted to a clerkship, and in 1866 he bought out the entire business, since which time he has run it himself. He also owns the building at 206.
From: History of Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1881; Compiled by: Henry A. Ford, A.M. and Mrs. Kate B. Ford; Publisher: L. A. Williams