Robert D. Lewis Mausoleum Stained Glass - Bellefontaine Cemetery - St. Louis, Missouri
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N 38° 41.323 W 090° 13.517
15S E 741337 N 4285888
Stained glass window in private family mausoleum of a prominent tobacco family in the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM5P6G
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2009
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Stained glass window depicting lilies is in the mausoleum for Robert D. Lewis. Mr. Lewis was a third generation tobacco man born in Virginia. He began work in the tobacco manufacturing at in early age in the Myers & Drummond tobacco company becoming the general superintendent of manufacturing until the company was sold to the American Tobacco Company. He became head of manufacturing for the new corporation then becoming a director and senior vice president of this tobacco company for many years.