Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Fri Aug 9, 1895 -- "Franklin Twp" Daniel Lewis of Franklin, Republican was born in Ripley Twp 4 miles west of Yountsville, March 15, 1862. He moved to Darlington in 1870 and has since resided there. He completed a common school education at Darlington spent one year in Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso and was graduated from a business college in Cleveland, OH in 1879. he was immediately employed by Bowers & Tribbett in their elevator at Darlington and was appointed telegraph operator at Colfax by the Vnadalia & Big 4 RR in Oct 1881. He was appointed telegraph operator and station agent of the Vandalia at Darlington Jan 1, 1894 and resigned the same Sept 1, 1894. When the People's Bank of Darlington was organized in 1893 he was elected President of the same. In August 1891, he engaged in dry goods and general merchandise business in Darlington with Albert Cox as partner. In 1893 the firm of Cox & Lewis built a new store room in dalrington 40 x 100' which is conceded by all to be the finest and best arranged store room in Montgomery County. Mr. Lewis is a popular and progressive citizen and no man stands higher.