Harold Lewis was born in Steele, North Dakota, on June 21, 1918. His parents were Ludvig Lewis from Grove City, Minnesota, and Clara Zimmerman Lewis from Albany, Minnesota.

Harold attended school in Dawson, North Dakota and came to Valley City State Teachers College in 1937 for one year. He finished a course in Aviation at Wahpeton Science in 1940 and worked at North American Aviation in Inglewood, California until 1944. In 1941, he married Eleanor Borg, daughter of John Borg and Anna Kjelland Borg, a pioneer family of Barnes County, North Dakota. Harold and Eleanor were married in Ventura, California.

In 1944, Harold entered the Army and served on year in Europe with the 2551h Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division. He and Eleanor returned to Barnes County where Harold finished college in 1949. Harold was administrator or teacher in Green Consolidated, Sanborn, Dazey, Kathryn, and Oriska Schools in Barnes County.

A son, David, was born in Valley City in 1948; a daughter, Suzanne, in 1952. David is X-Ray Technician in a Rapid City hospital. He is married to Debra Haley of Elbow Lake, Minnesota. A granddaughter, Ginger, lives in Bismarck.

Suzanne is a Certified Respiratory Technician and also works in a hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Harold became Barnes County Superintendent of Schools in 1971 and he and his wife presently live in Valley City.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 142