REV. LEWIS A. ARTHUR, who is one of the able men of the Protestant
Episcopal clergy in Nebraska, is the rector of the Episcopal church at
Grand Island. Zealous in the cause of religion and giving unsparingly of
the best that is in him, Dr. Arthur wields wide influence. Carried away as
the world is at the present time sometimes seems to be by materialism, a
strong guiding force is needed in every community to combat vicious
doctrines, and to supplant them with the wholesomeness, beauty, love and
sympathy expressed in the tenets of the church. Such is Dr. Arthur's
mission.
Lewis A. Arthur is of New England birth and ancestry, but the Arthur name
is not unknown in other sections as it is honorably recorded in the
nation's annals. Mr. Arthur was born in a manufacturing city of Burlington,
Vermont, and is a son of John A. and Harriet F. Arthur. With out mention of
early school advantages and favorable home environment, he was graduated
from the University of Vermont with the degrees of A. B. & A.M., and
subsequently from the General Theological Seminary, New York City, with
degree of S. T. B.
Dr. Arthur has been twice married. On June 29, 1887, he was united in
marriage to Miss Eunice Tripler, who died September 25, 1911. She was a
daughter of General Charles S. Tripler, Medical Corps, United States army.
On June 16, 1915, Dr. Arthur married April 16, 1915, Dr. Arthur has one
daughter, Eunice, who was married April 16, 1916, to William Ritchie, Jr.,
an attorney at law at Omaha, Nebraska.
History of Hall County
by Buechler, Barr, & Stough (Published 1920)
Transcribed by Larry Coates
