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Gayton Lewis Family Portrait

Artist: Bradbrook, Frederick 1883 - 1906

Object Date: circa 1892

Full Collection: Willa Cather Foundation

Object Type: Photographs

Credit Line: PHO-250-049. Willa Cather Foundation Collections and Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska.

Context:

Fred Bradbrook, circa 1892. Richard Gayton Lewis was born in Illinois and came to Webster County to live and work with his uncle in the Catherton Precinct. He eventually acquired land in the area and married Mary Forbes. The family moved to Kansas several years after the death of their oldest son, Herbert, in 1900. 

L to R: Richard Gayton Lewis, Herbert Lewis, Eva Lillian Lewis, Francis Lewis, Gracie Lewis, and Mary Forbes Lewis

Inscriptions:

Gaton Lewis Family