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WALTER A. LEWIS
LEWIS, WALTER A., Auditor of Los Angeles County, California, was born in Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 30, 1864, the son of John Lewis and Julia Brewster (Clark) Lewis. He married Edith Blades at Pomona, Cal., May 3, 1892.
He started his education in the schools of Chicago, but left there in 1877; in 1881 went to high school, Kansas City, Mo., where he studied two years. Began in 1881 as weigh-master in Union Elevator, Kansas City, serving two years. Employed in Kansas City Branch Great Western Type Foundry, 1883-1886. Then went into printing business, until 1887, when he went to Pomona, Cal., where he still resides. He first went to work in California in the musical instrument establishment of R. S. Bassett, dealing in real estate on side. In June, 1888, went into real estate and insurance alone, continuing to January, 1911. That year he was elected Auditor of Los Angeles County on the Republican ticket. Mr. Lewis served ten years as secretary of Del Monte Irrigation Company, same with Irrigation Company of Pomona, and nine years as secretary Kingsley Tract Water Company, all of Pomona. Served in National Guard of California, 1887-1897.
Member Union League Club, Los Angeles.
Transcribed
by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 592,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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