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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Knox County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  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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A. W. Lewis, a prominent and leading citizen of Knox County, is a native of Maryland, and was born October 5, 1835. He is a son of Aaron and Nancy C. (Adams) Lewis, the former a farmer of Dorchester County, Md., where he died in September 1843, and the latter a resident of Knox County, where she lives with our subject. A. W. remained with his parents in Maryland until twenty years of age, and then came to Knox County, Mo., where he has since resided. In 1858 he located upon a farm in Bourbon Township, where he lived three years, and then settled in Salt River Township, where he is now in possession of a farm of 490 acres, all well improved and cultivated. He is quite extensively engaged in stock-raising, and ranks among the leading farmers of the county. In 1858 he was married to Rachel Richardson, daughter of Ole and Anna Richardson, by whom he has had ten children, six now living, viz.: M. Noble, Minnie C. (wife of Rudolph Wright), John A., Maxie E., Stella G. and Leona R. August 1, 1862, our subject enlisted in the Confederate Army, Ninth Missouri Regiment, and served until the close of the war, participating in the battles of Perry Grove, Little Rock, Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, and at the last named battle received a wound in his right shoulder from the effects of which he has never entirely recovered. He is a stanch Democrat, but he never sought nor held office. He is a member of the Masonic order; his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South, which was built at Novelty through the persistent efforts of our subject, who is a public-spirited man, and greatly interested in the growth and welfare of the community in which he lives.

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This family biography is one of 204 biographies included in the Knox County, Missouri portion of the book,  The History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri published in 1887.  For the complete description, click here: Knox County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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