Background
Lewis, Ceylon Harris was born on December 6, 1849 in Tully, New York, United States. Son of Osymandus and Caroline A. (Harris) Lewis.
Lewis, Ceylon Harris was born on December 6, 1849 in Tully, New York, United States. Son of Osymandus and Caroline A. (Harris) Lewis.
Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1873, and Master of Arts, 1876, Doctor of Laws, 1914.
Assistant district attorney, 1881-1883, district attorney, 1884-1886, Onondaga County. Practiced at Syracuse. since 1877. Member Lewis & Crowley.
Vice president Merchants National Bank & Trust Company.
Baptists can be referred to as the ‘people of the Book’, because the Bible gives time proven principles of living for every area of life, including marriage, child rearing, family, relationships, finances, and spiritual living.
Member Lewis & Crowley. Member New York Constitutional Convention, 1894, State Board Tax Commissioners, 1905, 06, State Board Social Welfare, 1915-1935. Trustee Colgate University, 1899-1926.
Clubs: Citizens’, University, Skaneateles Country.
Married Jennie M. Heffron, July 6, 1876 (died 1900). Children: Robert H., Edmund H. Was admitted to bar, 1877.