Brother Lewis was a man of robust constitution, above medium height, had a strong face, adorned with a Roman nose, and a piercing eye.  He had a vigorous mind, was a thorough student and was already taking rank as a preacher.  During his brief year on the charge, he found time not only to master the Conference studies, but, by the aid of the writer, to make considerable progress in the study of Greek.  At the end of the year he reported ninety members.  His subsequent appointments were:  1845, Sheboygan; 1846 and 1847, Beloit.  During his last year at Beloit, he was called from labor to reward.  His illness was brief, eight days duration, but he was ready for the Messenger.  Just before his departure, he said to his most estimable companion:  “Tell my brethren of the Rock River Conference that I die shouting happy.”  Thus fell, on the 22d day of May, 1848, one of the most promising young men of the Conference.  Truly it is said:  “God buries his workmen, yet carries on his work.”  The Conference extended to the accomplished and devoted widow their profound sympathy.  Nor will it be amiss to say in this connection, that the widow several years after became the wife of Rev. Stephen Adams, of Beloit, and up to this hour is most highly esteemed by all who have the pleasure of an acquaintance.

In 1845, Rev. Morgan L. Noble was appointed to the Fond du Lac charge and remained two years.  He was received by the Rock River Conference in 1843, and was appointed to Du Page Circuit with Rev. Elihu Springer as Preacher in Charge.  Brother Noble was a man of superior talent, but his health was not equal to the Itinerancy.  At the close of his term at Fond du Lac, he took a location and entered secular pursuits.

In 1847 Rev. Henry R. Colman was sent to Fond du Lac, and also remained two years.

Brother Colman entered the New York Conference in May, 1831, and his first appointment was Warren Circuit, with Rev. Joseph McCreery as his colleague.  This charge was located forty miles from his residence and included twenty-four hundred square miles.  His visits to his family were few, and the year was one of most severe labor.  His receipts were only one hundred and forty dollars, showing that pioneer work had not at that period wholly ceased in the older States.  Luzerne, his next field, gave him one hundred and twenty dollars.  The next year he traveled Bridgeport, a large, four weeks circuit, and had for colleague Rev. J.G.  Whitford.  On this charge the receipts for the first two quarters were not equal to his moving expenses.  He was next stationed at Ticonderoga, Westport and Essex, and Berne, successively, when he was invited by Rev. John Clark, who was east attending the General Conference of 1840, to come west and take charge of the Oneida Indian Mission.  He consented, and at the following session of the Troy Conference he was transferred to the Rock River and assigned to that field, where he arrived September 19th, 1840.