Merced County Biographies

A. A. LEWIS

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Although a resident of Merced only since 1922, A. A. Lewis has won for 
himself a place among the successful business men of the city as the agent for 
the Studebaker automobiles. Besides carrying a full line of cars he has a large 
stock of parts and supplies, all of which is housed in a concrete, fireproof 
building erected by the company at 842 Seventeenth Street. The business has 
steadily grown from month to month under his management. His birth occurred in 
Sierra County, Cal., on March 29, 1884, a son of David and Leah (Davis) Lewis, 
both natives of England, who came to California in 1871. The father, David 
Lewis, spent the greater part of his life in placer mining, but is now living 
retired with his wife in Plumas County.
        A. A. Lewis finished the grammar and high school courses, then took a 
business course; later he took a mining course in the Van der Nailen School of 
Mines in San Francisco, and for twelve years thereafter followed mining. From 
1907 to 1910 he operated the old Virginia mine at Coulterville. From 1911 to 
1912 he resided at Coalinga, Cal., where he was engaged in the oil business; 
then he returned to his mining operations and spent the following seven years in 
the quicksilver mines of Northern California. In February, 1919, he returned to 
Coalinga, where he was associated with Mr. Fluetsch in the Pioneer Garage and 
Machine Works, which they operated until 1922, when Mr. Lewis came to Merced and 
established his present business.
        The marriage of Mr. Lewis united him with Miss Eula McKeehan, a native 
of Warrensburg, Mo., and a graduate of the normal school there. Four children 
have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis: Leah Lillian, Artajean, Richard 
Kenneth and James William. Mr. Lewis is satisfied to make Merced his permanent 
home, where he takes a good citizen's part in all measures looking toward its 
prosperity and advancement. He is independent in his political views.
 
History of Merced County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1925
page 869-870