George I. Lewis was born in the city of Albany, Conn. [sic], in April, 1816, and died in North Loup, Neb., Oct. 5, 1889, being in the 74th year of his age.
While quite young, brother Lewis was apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade, and after completing his apprenticeship, he moved with his parents, at the age of 19 years, to Allegany Co., N. Y. Soon after he became a Christian, and was baptized by Eld. Ray Green, uniting with the Second Alfred Church. He was married to his first wife, Miss Maranda Fuller, Dec. 31, 1837, who died suddenly Aug. 8, 1845. Oct. 24, 1845, he married Mrs. Susanna Allen, daughter of Eld. Henry Burdick, who, at that time, was pastor of the Seventh-day Baptist Church at Newport, R. I. This wife died last April. Considerable of Bro. Lewis's life was spent working at his trade among those who kept Sunday, but he was always faithful in the observance of the Sabbath. Bro. Lewis has been a member of several of our churches where he has lived, and in all these he has been a faithful brother and an earnest servant of Christ. For several months past he has felt that his work was done, and has only been waiting for the messenger from the "celestial city." Funeral services were held at the church, Oct. 6th, sermon by the pastor, from Psalm 37: 37, "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace." G. J. C.
