Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers. "An Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties") Spokane, WA: Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905. p. 1004. CHARLES C. LEWIS is one of the younger men of Klamath county, who has demonstrated his ability to make a financial success in general -farming and stock raising as is evidenced by his present holding. He resides one mile south of Olene and his birth occurred on May 27, 1875, in Custer county, Colorado. His father, Leonard A. Lewis, was born in Indiana and served in the Civil War. He came to Colorado, where he did farming and stock raising and in 1885, journeyed west to Klamath valley. He settled on Round. Lake first and later went to Klamath Falls. That was his home until a short time previous to his death, when he went to Eureka Springs for his health. There in March, 1902, he passed into the world beyond. He had married Mary A. Bruner, a native of Iowa who survives him and is now dwelling in Klamath Falls. Our subject accompanied his parents on their various trips and received the balance of his education in the agricultural college at Corvallis. Owing to his father's ill health, he was obliged to stop the course and in 1896 he came home and engaged in stock raising. He purchased the old homestead and operated there until 1900 when he sold his property and purchased a farm where he now resides. It consists of two hundred and eighty acres, two hundred of which are agricultural lamp. Three fourths of this land is under cultivation and eighty acres are seeded to alfalfa. The entire alfalfa field is irrigated from large springs his farm. Mr. Lewis has improved the place with his own hands and has splendid buildings an orchard of all varieties of fruits and other things needed in the carrying on, of his farm. He formerly handled considerable stock but now has sold the stock and gives attention to raising grain and hay. On June 2, 1901, Mr. Lewis married Miss Caroline Stockwell and to them one child, Leonard, has been born. Mr. Lewis is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is a well known and substantial man. He started here with no means whatever and took hold with his hands to carve out his fortune. So well has he succeeded that he is now rated as one of the well to do citizens of the county and bids fair to be one of the wealthy men here in the near future. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2008 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.