J. Ben Lewis
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Obituaries
Eagle County Blade page 1 - August 18, 1904
DEATH OF J. BEN LEWIS. Descendant of the Noted Explorer and Early Settler Here.
J. Ben LEWIS was one of the early mining men of this district and in the early day was prominent in the organization of the county. The following concerning his death, which occurred on Monday, is from the Denver Republican of Tuesday:
J. Ben LEWIS, one of the pioneer mining men of the state and a brother-in-law of Attorney T. J. O'DONNELL of this city, died yesterday at the Race sanitarium at Boulder, aged 57 years. Mr. LEWIS was one of the pioneers of the Black Hills country, at Leadville and later resided at Red Cliff, where he engaged in mining and from which district he was elected a member of the Fifth State legislature. He was born in Missouri and was a descendant of General LEWIS, of the Lewis and Clarke expedition. He had always been active in mining operations until the exposure consequent to a trip to the Klondike in 1897 undermined his health. He returned last fall and since that time he had been steadily failing until his death yesterday. The funeral will be a private one and the interment will take place at Riverside cemetery.
