Durham, N. N.  "Spokane and the Inland Empire: History of the City of Spokane
and Spokane County Washington."  Vol. 2.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912.

WILLIAM S. LEWIS

William S. Lewis is a practicing attorney in Spokane and is the author of
various historical articles pertaining to eastern Washington. He was born at
Hamden, Delaware county, New York, July 21. 1876, and in 1884 came to the west
with his parents, William A. and Fannie B. (Shaw) Lewis who in that year brought
their family to Washington. William S. Lewis, then a lad of eight years, entered
the public schools here and passed through consecutive grades to his graduation
from the high school. He afterward became a pupil in the Leland Stanford Junior
University of California, where he pursued the study of law and following his
return to Washington was admitted to practice before the bar of this state in
1898. He has since followed his profession and is now associated with his
brother, Marshall L. Lewis. They have been accorded a good clientage, which is
indicative of the fact that their work in the courts is satisfactory to those
who employ them. They are careful and painstaking in the preparation of cases,
and strong argument and logical deduction are features in the presentation of
their causes before court or jury.

On the 16th of January, 1911, William S. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss
Hildegarde J. Johannessen, a daughter of Carl J. Johannessen, of this city. Mr.
Lewis is a man of considerable literary ability, as is evidenced by the
historical articles which he has written pertaining to the history of eastern
Washington. In politics he has always been a republican and is now allied with
the progressive wing of the party, but has never been a candidate for office,
preferring the retirement of private life to the publicity of the political
field.

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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in June 2017 by Diane Wright.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.