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Lewis, Charles H

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 17, 1839, in Erie county, N. Y. He received his education at Cornell college, Iowa; and at the Iowa Law school.

During the war he served as a private soldier in the union army; and became sergeant-major of the twenty-seventh regiment Iowa volunteer infantry; and was adjutant of his regiment one year.

He has served as district attorney for the fourth judicial district of Iowa for four years; for sixteen years was judge of the same district, which at first consisted of over twenty counties; and he was a judge in the famous murder case of Rev. George C. Haddock. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Sioux City, Iowa; president of the Iowa Loan and Trust company; and vice-president of The Northwestern National bank of Sioux City, Iowa.

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