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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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WESLEY LEWIS, of the firm of Gates & Lewis, mining operators, was born in Ripley County, Ind., in 1846, and was reared to the farming industry. In 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Sixty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and after an active service of six months, he was taken prisoner and subsequently paroled. January 6, 1864, he re-enlisted as a veteran in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-third Indiana Infantry, and remained in active service until the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. After the war, he returned home and engaged in farming until 1867, when he came to Kansas and engaged in farming until 1877, when he took up the present industry, which he has actively followed since. He has a family of three sons— George Frank and Fred. He is a member of Frank Blair Post, G. A. R.
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