John M. Lewis
John M. Lewis, blacksmith, Jefferson, was born June 22, 1833, in Jefferson. His education was acquired in the schools of the village. He partly learned his trade under his father, and in all has now wielded the sledge about twenty-five years, of which twenty years have been under his present employer, Jacob McNeal. He served 100 days in the late war, in Company C., One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Ohio National Guards, commanded by Col. robert Stevenson, and returned home september, 1864. On October 5, 1873, he was married to Frances Toops, a native of Jefferson, at the residence of John White, in London, Ohio. Two children have been given to this union, viz., Quinn B. (deceased) and Gracie
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]