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Smoking stand from old Galloway door finds home in Christopher
Louie E. Lewis of Christopher preserves a two foot high walnut smoking stand made from his great grandfather Robert M. Galloway’s front door. The door once served as a post office entry from 1847 to 1859 and later became family lumber. Lewis, former Illinois House speaker and state treasurer, had Dallas Rea’s woodworking class finish the piece, leaving historic marks.
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Dave Hurst
Louie E. Lewis
Christopher
Illinois
Robert M. Galloway
Lewis
Little Muddy River
Pleasant Shade
Perry
Franklin County
Galloway
Edgar Murry
House of Representatives
Dallas Rea
Benton High School
Rea
Little Muddy
Louisiana
Isabelle Galloway Lewis
Ohio
Columbus
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Detroit
Frances California
Christopher and Lesser
Henry Horner
Horner
Thomas Ford
Lewis Tetalls
Hinds