William Lewis Herndon [SEP] date of death
William Lewis Herndon
Commander William Lewis Herndon (25 October 1813 – 12 September 1857) was one of the United States Navy's outstanding explorers and seamen. In 1851 he led a United States expedition to the Valley of the Amazon, and prepared a report published in 1854 and distributed widely as "Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon".
He was noted especially for ensuring the rescue of 152 women and children when commanding the commercial mail steamer "Central America" in September 1857. During a three-day hurricane
William Lewis (Australian politician)
William Lewis JP (23 April 1818 – 12 April 1895) was a businessman and politician in South Australia.
History.
He was born in Tredegar, Cornwall, the only surviving son of Rev. Lewis, and at age 14 was forced by the death of his father to abandon studies for the ministry and find employment as a lawyer's clerk, as a stationer in London, then as a bailiff for his cousin Sep. Lewis in Wales. In 1853 he emigrated to South Australia