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George W. Lewis. The milling and farming interests of Washington County, Ark., are well represented by Mr. Lewis, who was born in Floyd (now Johnson) County, Ky., May 30, 1822, being a son of Brackin and Matilda (Preston) Lewis. The father is a North Carolinian, born about 1801, and is still living, being a resident of Washington County, Ark., to which State he had come in 1885. He was married in Kentucky, and became the father of sixteen children, seven of whom are living: Moses D., Zacharius, John, Eliphas, George W., Rachel (Mrs. Wilson) and Emeline (wife of T. H. Robinson). Those deceased are Edie, Henry, Elizabeth, Peter, Nathan, Lydia, Sarah, Julia Ann and Millie. The mother of these children died in 1883. George W. Lewis was about eleven years old when he came to Arkansas, and remained with his parents until twenty-four years of age, when he married and began doing for himself, and has since been engaged in farming and the grist-milling business. He was also engaged in saw-milling for about three years during the war, and in 1865 was compelled to give up the business and go to Fayetteville for safety. He was married in 1845 to Miss Lettie Mills, a native of Indiana, and the following are their children: Sallie, Lydia (wife of B. F. Johnson), Lavinia (wife of Benjamin Ramey) and Matilda (wife of W. N. Jones). Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Republican in politics, a leading citizen of the county and a member of the A. F. & A. M.