Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 240.

I. W. LEWIS

     I. W. Lewis, whom his many friends in Salem address by the title of "Doc,"
is prominently identified with the local drug trade and has made this business
his life work. He was born November 17, 1890, in Dubuque, Iowa, and is a son of
T. W. and Estelle (Glew) Lewis, who established their home in Salem in 1906. For
many years the father followed the occupation of farming, acquiring a
comfortable competence which now enables him to live retired, and has reached
the age of seventy-two years.   
     I. W. Lewis received a public school education and at the age of fifteen
became a drug clerk. He was thus employed until 1918, when he enlisted in the
medical corps of the United States Navy, and was assigned to duty in the
bacteriological laboratory at San Francisco, California. After the close of the
war he resumed the work in which he was formerly engaged and acquired
proficiency in the art of compounding and preparing medicines. On June 16, 1926,
he became owner of the Darbv Drug Store, which was established in the early days
by Dr. M. E. Brewer and was subsequently acquired by B. L. Darby. Mr. Lewis
operates the business under his own name and has a fine store, located at No.
405 Court street. He carries a large stock of drugs and is accorded a liberal
patronage. His business is efficiently operated and he also owns a small farm,
situated seven and a half miles north of Salem. He, resides on the ranch, which
is productive and well improved.
     In 1920 Mr. Lewis married Miss Muriel Davis, of Salem, and both are
prominent in social activities of this locality. Mr. Lewis is a member of the
American Legion and the Salem Ad Club, while his fraternal affiliations are with
the Masons and the Elks. Stable in purpose and quick in perception, he has
steadily advanced and is a young man of genuine worth, esteemed and respected by
his fellow citizens.
     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.