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LEWIS SLEEPER, b. Stanstead County Quebec 1807

LEWIS SLEEPER was FRANK H. SLEEPER's uncle and brother of his father WRIGHT SLEEPER. He was mayor of Coaticook and an inventor and industrialist. LEWIS m. 1)ELIZABETH HOWARD CHILD 2)ADA EVELYN O'CONNOR. Here is item from SLEEPER listing in HISTORY OF STANSTEAD COUNTY QUEBEC for LEWIS SLEEPER The sixth, a son L. (Lewis) Sleeper, has taken a prominent position in the Province. He went early in life to Quebec for the purpose of obtaining a good education. He next commenced his travels in the United States, and, after visiting nearly all the great cities, spent two years in Oglethorpe University, Georgia. He then returned to Quebec and took an active part in organizing the High School of that city. After his connection with that institution ceased he joined the Quebec and Richmond Railway Co., and having contributed much valuable information to the Board he was appointed Treasurer. Operations being temporarily suspended, he left the Co., and commenced an investigation of the mineral resources of the province. The love of geological and mineralogical research had developed itself at a very early age, and he now fond an opportunity to gratify his tastes. He soon decided that the deposits of gold were of comparatively little value, and turned his whole attention to copper. He organized a mining company in Quebec, purchased a large amount of property on Harvey Hill, directed the operations of the mine for a considerable time with most favorable results, and finally induced the stockholders to sell to an English Co. That being advantageously disposed of he at once undertook Without assistance to open and work the Acton Mine. The discovery and development of this extraordinary deposit astonished the world, and none the less than the Director of the Geological Survey of the Province. NOTE: Space limitation see rest of article in book. DATES ON PICTURE ARE DATES SLEEPER WAS MAYOR OF COATICOOK.

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