Lewis Albert Paine. Since November, 1901, Capt. Lewis A. Paine has been a resident of California and in the city of Long Beach…. Of the three children born to his parents Lewis Albert Paine is the second in order of birth, he being a native of Charles City, Iowa, born April 2, 1875…. He left the university [of Nebraska at Lincoln] to enlist for service in the Spanish-American war, becoming a member of the Second Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, in Company A, after an eight months' service being honorably discharged as a corporal.

On the 21st of December, 1904, Mr. Paine was one of the organizers of Company H, Seventh California National Guard, and was at that time elected second lieutenant. May 1, 1906, while in service at Oakland following the great San Francisco disaster, he was elected captain of the company.

He is an honored member of the Spanish-American War Veterans of Long Beach.

Lewis A Paine