Background
Lewis, Daniel F. was born on March 28, 1849 in Brooklyn. Son of William Butler and Mary Ann (Fernald) Lewis.
Lewis, Daniel F. was born on March 28, 1849 in Brooklyn. Son of William Butler and Mary Ann (Fernald) Lewis.
Educational public schools.
Entered service of Brooklyn City Railroad Company as ticket agent, 1868. Later in secretary’s office, becoming assistant secretary, 1880, treasurer, 1882, director, 1883, president, 1886-1895. Also ex-president Brooklyn Heights Railway Company, Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, Bay Ridge Park Improvement Company.
Engaged with investments, March 1, since 1911. Director Bay Ridge Park Improvement Company, Brooklyn & Canarsie Realty Company, Citizens’ Light, Heat & Power Company (Lawrence, Kansas), United States Title Guaranty & Indemnity Company, New York & Long Island Realty Company, Equity Land & Developement Company, Brooklyn & Rockaway Beach Railroad Company. Vice-president, director Commercial Corporation of America.
Ex-president Street Railway Association of New York Home: 149 Sterling Place, Brooklyn. Office: 30 E. 42d St., New New York.
Married Mary Barnard Van Vleck, of Orange, New Jersey, March 22, 1903.