DR. R. A. LEWIS,
Born in Spotsylvania county, Virginia, April 4, 1824, was a son of
John Lewis, born in that county, son of Zachary Lewis, jr., of Virginia,
who was a captain and colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolution, and who was a son of Zachary Lewis, sr., of Virginia, son
of Robert Lewis of England, son of Jean Lewis, a French Huguenot,
emigre to England. The mother of Dr. Lewis was Jean W., daughter
of Travers and Frances Daniel. His parents are no longer living. He
was educated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, and
was graduated there in medicine on March 4, 1847. He practiced in
Williamstown and in Franklin county, Kentucky, until 1852, then
came to Richmond, Virginia, where he has been continuously in practice
ever since, except when interrupted by the war.
He entered the Confederate States Army in July, 1861, as assistant
surgeon of the 21st Virginia Infantry, and was made surgeon of the
21st Virginia regiment, then of the 3d Georgia regiment. Later he
took charge of the Winder hospital, at Richmond, then organized and
superintended the Stuart hospital, at Richmond, until the close of the
war. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian church at Richmond;
also a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners.
In Richmond, Virginia, November, 1851, Dr. Lewis married Margaretta
Gillian Mitchell, and their children were three sons: John M.,
Waller M., Richmond. Mrs. Lewis was born in Stafford county, Virginia,
where her father, James Mitchell settled from Scotland, and she
died in November, 1879, aged fifty years.
