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Francis Draper Lewis was a Pennsylvania lawyer who co-founded the law firm Morgan Lewis at Philadelphia in 1873 with Charles Eldridge Morgan, Jr.

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Early life and marriage

Born in Boston on August 29, 1849, his parents were Ann Homer (née Kidder) Lewis and Joseph W. Lewis, Lewis Brothers & Company dry-goods wholesale merchant. [1] [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]

On April 28, 1887, he married Mary Humphreys Chandler, daughter of Charles Wesley Chandler (1833 - 1882) and Julia Adelaide Peabody. [lower-alpha 3]

Education and career

Lewis graduated from Amherst College in 1869, then from Harvard Law School in 1871. [8] He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1872 and began his practice in the offices of John Christian Bullitt. [9]

On March 10, 1873, Lewis and Charles Eldridge Morgan, Jr. co-founded law firm Morgan Lewis, [10] which became Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in 1883.

Notes

  1. ↑ Lewis was a descendant of James Draper, an early settler of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and of Puritan pioneer Georges Lewes (1600 - 1663), an early settler at Plymouth Colony. Lewis, a clothier-turned-farmer, also became an early surveyor of highways, and was appointed constable of the town of Barnstable in 1651. [2]
  2. ↑ His first cousin, William Draper Lewis, [3] became Dean of University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1896.
  3. ↑ Chandler was the great-granddaughter of noted American pioneer physician, [4] Jesse Chandler (1764 – 1814), who succumbed to a severe fever known as "the cold plague" in 1814, [5] (later referenced as "Erysipelatous fever" and "Epidemic Erysipelatous Inflammation"); [6] Dr. Chandler's brother, Captain John Chandler, is the namesake of Chandlersville, Ohio. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Hunsicker, C. S. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; a history, by Clifton Swenk Hunsicker, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., USA, 1923, page 632. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Swift, C. F. reprint of Amos Otis Papers, in Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Volume 2, F. B. & F. P. Goss Publishers and Printers, Barnstable, Mass., USA, 1890, page 118. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Draper, Thomas Waln-Morgan The Drapers in America, J. Polhemus Printing Company, New York, USA, 1892, pages 67-68. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ Chandler, Barb "Emigration and Settlement", Edmund's Community Courier, February 20, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ Ohio HS Ohio History, Volume 3, Ohio Historical Society, 1890, page 254. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ Allen, J. A. "Epidemic Erysipelatous Fever", by Jonathan A. Allen, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, reprinted in the New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, 1844.
  7. ↑ Cutter, W. R. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Volume 4, by William Richard Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913, page 1916. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  8. ↑ Derdak, T., et al International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 2, by Thomas Derdak and Tina Grant, St. James Press, USA, 1999, page 332. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ Hunsicker, C. S. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; a history, by Clifton Swenk Hunsicker, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., USA, 1923, page 632. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  10. ↑ UPENN "Charles Eldridge Morgan (1844-1917), PENN Biographies, University of Pennsylvania, 1995.
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