Night Watchman William “Willie” Lewis | Pennsylvania Railroad

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Age:     29
Served: 9 months
October 1894 to June 28, 1895

 

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Willie was born during 1866 in Eight Mile Precinct, Campbell County to James (a farmer) and Frances M. “Fanny” (Corey) Lewis.

About 1890, Willie was hired by the Pennsylvania Railroad and later worked as a Night Watchman after October 1894.

By 1895, Watchman Lewis and his mother were living Gladstone, near Woodburn Street.  He “bore an excellent reputation.”

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