The Holt County sentinel., 1911-07-21
HON. J. p. LEWIS DEAD.
Prominent Attorney and Citizen
Passes Away Suddenly.
Following q Rapid
Decline in
Health.


many years comes 70 Us in the death
Of John Perry Lewis, the well.known
attorney. Who passed from this life
last Friday afternoon. July :. Mr., II
Lewis has been in falling health for
the past six months and had gradual.
- fallen away in body until lie vas
but shadow Of his former self. Al.
though lie had. upon the advice OF
! his son, br. T.. a. Lewis. taken treat
ment at an Omaha hospital, at Excel.
sior Springs and at home. his decline
had been steady and fast, a. his sick.
ness could not be checked or his sui.
feriDgs alleyiated. Death came sud. |
denly on the day stated, a. lie had
| Just written some letters and tele-
phoned down town for his son o come |
for him with his automobile. 10 bring |
him down town. Arriving al the
home, the Doctor waited Tor MS
father TO come out and was appriSed
by his mother that lac would be- there |
Ia a moment, having stepped out.
Waiting a little longer and growing
uneasy. an invest igat ion disclosed the
lifpless form of Mr. Lewis In an out.
building, where lac had been suddenly
stricken. The report Of his death
came a. a great shock 10 our citizens,
for although II was known that his
condition vas critical. lac had been
able to come 70 town and be about
the home.
Mr.. Lewis death removes from the
AtchisOn county bar an attorney who
has been active In practice since his
admission In ls61. Never term OF
court convened here but that Mr..
Lewis was identified with some OF the
important cases, for such was his
know ledge OF the real estate and
equity laws that his services were
ever In demand and litigation once
placed In his hands was treated as
only one thoroughly versed In his pro.
fession can treat II. His has been q
busy life and his practice has been
tremendous, but. even at that, al.
though he acquired some property,
lac had by no means accumulated the
fortune which would have become
. tina, OF a man who charged for his
: every service at It's true value. Many
are those who have proiited through
: his nowledge, but have had to pay
but lightly for the work Of brain
). that had few equals. Many times q
V request for the knowledge Of the
u amount of fee some one was owing
?: him would be met with the reply,
!. "There are no charges" And thus
u II was throughout his life he was
o always serving and giving the best
j. there was In him without thought OF
v what the returns would be and, seem.
u ingly, caring less.
Funeral services we're conducted at
i the home, Sunday afternoon. july .,
:. at 3 o'clock, by Rev. G. V. Lanius, as.
q sisted by Rev. q. :. Cox and Rev. X.
e j. Spokesman.
: John Perry Lewis was born at Mon.
y trose, Lee county, Iowa, on March 10,
q ls45, the son Of John Lewis, q native
Q OF New York, and Lydia Snow Lewis,
q native Of Vermont. In his It'll year
= his parents moved from Iowa to
j. Atchieon county, locating In Irish
u Grove vicinity. After residing there
y two years they moved to what Is still
Y known as the Lewis homestead, five
@ miles south or Rock Port. There the
u family lived through the b0yhood of
Mr.. Lewis and In that vicinity he oh.
g tanned the first principles Of the edu-
q cation which afterward became his.
q lie taught several terms Of schools
+! and with the money SO earned at
J. tended college at Tabor, Ia, and the
State University Of Michigan, al Ann
X Arbor. lie graduated from the law
u department Of the Michigan Cnivers-
e ity In 1867 and after teaching one
u year of school was admitted to the
bar In Rock Port. by Judge Heron,
u then Presiding Judge Of the Circuit
d Court, lie had practiced law here ever
', since, and very successfully so, at
u tanning "A prominence, distinction and
J. reputation which made him known
|" not only at home, but abroad as we'll
" He Vas Prosecuting Attorney OF
Is Atchison county during l0O5-6. liz
81 was elected Representative Of Atchi
u son county In the eth General AS
g sembly, In 1872; for twenty-five years
|" he was a director of the Rock Por,
J. school district; was mayor of Rock
T. Port one term and member of the
T. Board of Aldermen several terms
'e was President Of the Rock Port
;, Langdon & Northern Railway fOl
~ several years, serving In that capacit.
at the time Of his death. Their,
. launched that did not have his sane