The family emigrated to the
United States in 1834, and settled on a farm in
Delaware County, New York. He attended the common schools, and then became a merchant in
Hamden at the age of 23. He married Janette Neish. Later he was also a contractor, and built about 20 miles of the
New York and Oswego Midland Railroad in 1870 and 1871. He was a
Republican member of the
New York State Assembly (Delaware Co., 1st D.) in
1872 and
1873; Supervisor of the Town of Hamden from 1875 to 1883; Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Delaware County in 1877 and 1878; again a member of the State Assembly (Delaware Co.) in
1881; and a member of the
New York State Senate (24th D.) in
1888 and
1889. Lewis died in his home in Hamden at the age of 64. ==References==