Eugene was born near the Cumberland Iron Works while his father worked there. Some sources place this in Stewart County, Tennessee and some in Dickson County, Tennessee. Reference for the latter is the Railway Age Gazette, March 9, 1917 (thanks to Paul Railth for the additional resource).
Eugene had headed construction units for the Louisville & Nashville Railway. He oversaw the construction of Union Station and the Parthenon in Nashville. He & his brother were influential (and the movers & shakers) for public parks in Nashville. He served as the chairman of the board for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway from 1906 until his death.
Eugene had headed construction units for the Louisville & Nashville Railway. He oversaw the construction of Union Station and the Parthenon in Nashville. He & his brother were influential (and the movers & shakers) for public parks in Nashville. He served as the chairman of the board for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway from 1906 until his death.
Eugene was born near the Cumberland Iron Works while his father worked there. Some sources place this in Stewart County, Tennessee and some in Dickson County, Tennessee. Reference for the latter is the Railway Age Gazette, March 9, 1917 (thanks to Paul Railth for the additional resource).
Eugene had headed construction units for the Louisville & Nashville Railway. He oversaw the construction of Union Station and the Parthenon in Nashville. He & his brother were influential (and the movers & shakers) for public parks in Nashville. He served as the chairman of the board for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway from 1906 until his death.
Eugene had headed construction units for the Louisville & Nashville Railway. He oversaw the construction of Union Station and the Parthenon in Nashville. He & his brother were influential (and the movers & shakers) for public parks in Nashville. He served as the chairman of the board for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway from 1906 until his death.
Inscription
THIS TABLET
IS PLACED HERE
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF OUR HONORED FATHER
MAJOR EUGENE C. LEWIS
BORN JUNE 21, 1845 DIED FEB. 13, 1917
A MAN WHOM POSTERITY WILL KNOW
AND HONOR BY HIS GOOD WORKS
HE GAVE FREELY OF HIS TALENTS THAT
HIS FELLOWMAN MIGHT ENJOY MORE
ABUNDANTLY GOD’S GREAT GIFTS OF NATURE
HE WAS A LABORER IN THE BUILDING OF A LIFE
WHICH LED TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE HIGHEST
IDEALS — TRUTH — HONOR AND PURITY
NOW THE LABORER’S TASK IS O’ER
NOW THE BATTLE DAY IS PAST
NOW UPON THE FARTHER SHORE
LANDS THE VOYAGER AT LAST
FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING
LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING
The final portion of the inscription is from an 1875 hymn by English clergyman John Ellerton (1826-1893).
