Virgil A. Lewis | |
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Born | West Columbia, Virginia, United States | July 6, 1848
Died | December 5, 1912 Mason City, West Virginia, United States | (aged 64)
Alma mater | West Virginia University (M.A., 1893) |
Occupation(s) | Historian, teacher, lawyer, mayor |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Stone (m. 1886) |
Virgil Anson Lewis (July 6, 1848 – December 5, 1912) was a lawyer, teacher and historian of the U.S. state of West Virginia, as well as (for one term in 1891) mayor of Mason City, West Virginia. His state history was used in West Virginia schools for five decades; Lewis was the first State Historian and Archivist of West Virginia (1905–1912).[1]