DR. ROBERT NEBINGER LEWIS

Dr. Robert Nebinger Lewis, son of Dr. Webster and Ann (Nebinger) Lewis, was born in Lewisberry, July 30, 1799.  He attended the village school and after reading medicine with his father, went to Philadelphia, where he completed his medical education.  He practiced medicine for a time at Strinestown and Lewisberry, and then located permanently in his profession in the borough of Dover.  Here he became a prominent and influential citizen as well as a successful physician.  Dr. Lewis was an ardent abolitionist and during the days of slavery, his home at Dover was one of the stations of the Underground Railroad.  He died March 16, 1846.  Clay E. Lewis his eldest son became a prominent citizen of York and was cashier of the western National Bank.  He was the father of Elli Lewis, Treasurer of the York Trust Company