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Watertown NY Daily Times - 3/4/1912

Beaver Falls, March 4.-James P.
Lewis, one of the best known and
wealthiest residents of Lewis county,
died at the Hotel Belmont in New
York at 9:30 Sunday night, following
a week's Illness of indigestion ana
ptomaine poisoning. Mr. Lewis returned
from Porto Rico a week ago
and was taken ill immediately on his
arrival in New York. It is believed
that his sojourn in the tropics had
weakened his constitution so that he
could not withstand the disease. Mr.
Lewis was a paper manufacturer and
was widely known in northern New
York.
Mr. Lewis was born in Northville,
Fulton county, Feb. 14, 1815,a son of
the late Hiram and Margaret Lewis.
About 40 years ago he came to Beaver
Falls, and shout 80 years ago h e became
interested in the Beaver Falls
Pulp & Paper Co.,the first mill in this
village. At that time there was but a
small settlement here, but the
water power on the Weaver river afford
ed a good site for a mill. In time Mr.
Lewis acquired the sole ownership of.
this mill and continued to own it until
the time of his death.
In later years Mr. Lewis became instrumental in organizing other paper
mills, the Lewis, Slocum and LeFevre
pulp mill and the J. P. Lewis Pulp &
Paper Co.,in both of which Mr. Lewis
was a heavy stockholder. It was
through the agency ot these mills that
the village of Beaver Falls grew to a
population of about 500, the mills being
tbe only industry in town, and in
them the greater part of the male population of the town was employed.
Mr. Lewis was also president of the
Thousand Island Park Association.
Mr. Lewis was married to Miss Julia
E. Slocum several years ago and she
died a year ago last October, He is
survived by one son, Harry F. Lewis,
of this village, who is connected with
the paper industry here;one daughter,
Mrs. Grace L. Cornwall, of Detroit,
wbo was married last November; and
three sisters, Mrs. A. N. Van Armam,
Mrs. Emeline LeFevre and Miss Ella
Lewis, all of Beaver Falls.
Mr. Lewis had served as supervisor
from the town of Croghan and had also
been water commissioner of Beaver
Falls.
- Last January Mr. Lewis went to
Porto Rico on a pleasure trip and returned
to New York Iast Monday. He
was taken sick immediately on his arrival
in New York and his condition
became serious. With him when he
died were his son and daughter.
The body will arrive here today
where the funeral will be held Wednesday
afternoon. The body will then
be taken to Northville where the burial
services will take place Friday.

Family/Spouse: SLOCUM, Julia E. Julia (daughter of SLOCUM, Humphrey and Caroline) was born about 1845 in New York; died about Oct 1910 in Beaver Falls, Lewis County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. LEWIS, Harry F
2. LEWIS, Grace L

Hiram + Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]