MRS.WILLIAM T. LEWIS, LIME SPRINGS, HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA.
Born at Llidardau, near Bala, Wales, in 1821.Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Lewis. In 1842 he emigrated with his parents to Lewis county, N. Y., where the family resided many years.
In 1850 he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elinor Watkins, of Deerfield, N.Y., where her father was a very prominent elder of the C. M. church. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis continued to reside in Lewis county until 1866 when they moved to Foreston, Iowa, and located on a farm where they prospered greatly.
On the 18th of May, 1893, however, he was fatally injured by being thrown under his wagon in a runaway and died on the 26th of the same month.
Mr. Lewis was brought up religiously from his youth and was well versed in his bible. He was always faithful and active in all the services of the church and was leader in the organization and maintenance of the Foreston Welsh church.
In March, 1870, he was chosen an elder and performed the duties of the office with exceptional fidelity. He rendered great service to the church, also, as leader of song. He left surviving his estimable wife and four children : Thomas Lewis, of Miner, S. D., John, Ella and Wellington, of Foreston, Iowa.