Papers, 1837-1973.

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Papers, 1837-1973.

State historian and archivist; educator. Draft of "A History of Marshall Academy," with notes by co-author Lawrence J. Corbly; photoreproductions of memoirs by Lucie and Virginia Lewis, including a history of the Stone and Lewis families of Mason County, West Virginia; photographs.

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Lewis family.

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Marshall University

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Corbly, Lawrence Jugurtha.

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Lewis, Lucie.

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Stone family.

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Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912

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Virgil A. Lewis was born near West Columbia, Waggener District, Mason County, (West) Virginia, on July 6, 1848, the son of George W. and Lucy Edwards Lewis, both of pioneer Mason County families. Upon the death of his father in 1858, Mr. Lewis, the oldest child, went to work to support the family. Working as a printer's assistant, and later as a shipping clerk, he continued his education, later teaching and serving as principal in Putnam and Mason Counties. He also read law and was admitted to t...

Lewis, Virginia.

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