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Richard D. Lewis, agent of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway, was born in Wales June 13, 1844, his parents being Benjamin and Mary Lewis. In 1848 they immigrated to America, settling at Kaneville, Kane Co., Ill., where our subject grew to manhood. In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He then turned his attention to railroad work, entering the Chicago & Northwestern office at Chicago as a clerk. After three years had elapsed he accepted a position as clerk with the Union Pacific Railway at Omaha and Uintah, where he remained a year. He afterward passed two years at St. Louis with the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railway, one year at Poplar Bluff, eleven years at Little Rock, and nearly three years at Dallas, Tex. He then became a resident of Fort Smith, where he has been employed now about two years. Mr. Lewis was married at Sterling, Ill., to Miss Emily Elsey, who is now the mother of three daughters: Laura, Alice and Dora. Mr. Lewis is a member of the K. of P. and K. of H.