J. F. Lewis, M. D. (Biography)

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Taken from History of the State of Kansas, by William G. Cutler


J. F. Lewis, M. D. physician and surgeon, was born in Carroll County, Ind., in 1852, was raised in Adams County, Illinois and was educated at Maplewood High School, Camp Point, Ill.  In 1871, he took a medical course at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, and graduated in the spring of 1872.  He then began practice at Jerseyville, Ill., remained there until 1873, when he emigrated to Kansas, locating at Boston, Howard County, and in company with his father began practice under the firm name of Drs. J. B. Lewis & Son. In January 1879, they located at Howard, Elk County, and have been in practice since.  In 1879, took a course of medical lectures at the Bennett Medical College of Chicago, graduating in the spring of 1880.  They have had a large practice since locating in this county, their ride extending twenty miles out from Howard.  In 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Phebe Yancy, of Chautauqua County, Kansas.  They have one son-Guy.  He is a member of Hope Lodge, No. 155, A.F. & A.M., and Howard Lodge, No. 124, A. O.U.W., and of the State Medical Association.  He is coroner of Elk County.