Background
Lewis, Virgil Anson was born on July 6, 1848 in W. Columbia, West Virginia, United States. Son of George W. and Lucy (Edwards) Lewis.
Lewis, Virgil Anson was born on July 6, 1848 in W. Columbia, West Virginia, United States. Son of George W. and Lucy (Edwards) Lewis.
Academic education; honorary Master of Arts, West Virginia University, 1893. Admitted to bar, 1879, but later abandoned law for educational and literature work.
Worked in printing office when a boy and became half owner West Virginia Monitor. Founded Southern Historical Magazine, Charleston, West Virginia, 1892. Editor public West Virginia School Journal, 1892-1897.
State superintendent free schools, 1893-1897.
Member State Board Public Works, 1893-1897. Commissioner of state printing, 1893-1897.
President Board of Regents State Normal School, 1893-1897. State historian and archivist, since 1905.
Delaware Southern States Industrial Congress, Asheville, North Carolina, 1892.
Member and secretary West Virginia commission Jamestown Exposition, 1907. Organized West Virginia History and Antiq. Society, 1890. Author: History of West Virginia, 1889.
Life and Times of Anne Bailey, the Pioneer Heroine, 1891.
Graded Course of Study for Country and Village Schools of West Virginia, 1894. History and Government of West Virginia, 1896.
Story of the Louisiana Purchase, 1903. Early Education in West Virginia, 1904.
Civil Government of West Virginia, 1905.
Member State Board Public Works, 1893-1897. Member and secretary West Virginia commission Jamestown Exposition, 1907. Organized West Virginia History and Antiq.
Society, 1890.
Mason. Member Grand Lodge of.
Married Elizabeth Stone, October 31, 1886.