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Bethel Holmes

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Dr James Lewis tintype

This photo of Dr. James Lewis is in the Lewis Family Bible. Dr James Lewis was the first doctor in Union County, Iowa 1855. He quarantined the town of Afton during an outbreak of smallpox and served as Union Co Coroner 1867-1869. He died January 14, 1878 and is buried in Greenlawn cemetary.

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James Lewis died Jan 14, 1878

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Bethel Holmes

Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.

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