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EDMOND D. LEWIS, farmer; P. O. Casstown; born in Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio; is the son of William C. and Elizabeth (Davis) Lewis; he was born in New Jersey and came to Ohio with his parents at an early day; she was born in Warren Co. William Lewis assisted his father during the war of 1812, hauling supplies for the army; his ancestors were from England, and his wife’s from Germany. William C. Lewis, the father, followed wagon-making during his life; he lived to be only about 37 years of age, dying October, 1832; his wife died about seven years previous. They were parents of four children, viz., Edmund D., Thomas, Cassie, and Elizabeth, dying in infancy. The subject of this sketch, being only 13 years of age when his father died, was bound out till he should arrive at majority, to Michael McGinnis, a wagon-maker; here he served his apprenticeship until 21 years of age, partly in Warren Co. and Brown Township, this county. When of age, Mr. Lewis established a manufactory of his own in Casstown, which he carried on for fifteen years, then sold out and bought the farm upon which he now resides. He was united in marriage, Jan. 26, 1843, with Deborah, daughter of Albert and Caroline (Throckmorton) Howland, who were natives of New Jersey, coming to Warren Co. soon after the war of 1812, and thence going to Miami Co. By this union they have had four children, viz., Cassie Ann, now Mrs. D. J. Whitmore; William A.; Lizzie M., now Mrs. Alonzo Hartley, living in Troy; and Thomas D. Mr. Lewis has been on the farm twenty-four years. He is a Republican, has held the office of Township Trustee six or seven terms, and last fall, was elected Real Estate Appraiser for this township, thus showing the confidence reposed in him by the community in which he lives. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for ten years, and his wife for eleven years.