Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. 
Cass County.

LEWIS C. HEWITT, Farmer, P.O. Asland, was born at Cape Newtown,
New Jersey, May 22, 1849.  At the age of 27 years he left home
and began working as a farmer, locating in Cass Co., Ill., where
he has since remained, engaged more or less extensively in
farming.  In 1877 he removed to his present place of residence,
located three miles west of Ashland.  His farm consists of 400
acres of choice rolling land, all under a high state of
cultivation.  He deals, to quite an extent, in stock of all
kinds.  He was married at Virginia, Cass Co., January 4, 1876, to
Miss Alice Long, who was born in Cass Co., Oct. 25, 1858.  She is
the mother of three children, viz., Jessie, Allie, and Lewis. 
Mrs. Hewitt was a daughter of Jesse and Maria (Grisby) Long, both
deceased. Thomas Hewitt, the father of Lewis, who was born in New
Jersey, was one of the early settlers of Menard Co., and still
follows the occupation of a farmer; he was born in 1823.  His
wife, Abigail Hand, also a native of New Jersey, died in, or
about, 1858, aged about thirty-four years.  She was the mother of
four children, of whom Lewis was the eldest.  Politically, he has
always been identified with the Democratic party.

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