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Robert Lewis (1856-1935) had around 35 acres of strawberry fields on his farm in Newton County, Missouri.

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”