Author Archives: JEM

Robert Lewis | Threshing Machine

Robert Lewis partnered with Richard Kelley to form a threshing machine operation in Newton County, Missouri. Their business operated from the 1890s to at least the 1920s. The Lewis and Kelley farms were adjoining to each other. In her book, Lest We Forget, Jewell Lewis Campbell recalls a financial record from the Advance Thresher Co.Continue reading “Robert Lewis | Threshing Machine”

Cader Edwards | Baltimore Beginnings

Cader Edwards (1705-1782) was a Welsh maritime captain who followed the sea for thirty-three years. He claimed his home in Wales for many years as he sailed to “most parts of the known and civilized world”, until in 1750, he switched his home to Baltimore. He had a married sister living there and his parentsContinue reading “Cader Edwards | Baltimore Beginnings”

Jethro New | Guard for a Spy

Jethro New, originally from Delaware, died in Indiana in the 1820s, a veteran of the Revolutionary War and father of a dozen children, several of whom became politicians and religious leaders in Southern Indiana. In their biographies and family histories, they recount the tale that Jethro New, as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, wasContinue reading “Jethro New | Guard for a Spy”