Editing Lewistown, Illinois (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Thomas A. Boyd]], congressman from Illinois, 1877–1881
*[[Tony Butkovich]], graduated from [[Lewistown High School (Illinois)|Lewistown High School]]; football fullback for Illinois & Purdue; killed in action in Okinawa
*[[Reed F. Cutler]], Illinois legislator and lawyer, practiced law in Lewistown<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1953–1954,' Biographical Sketch of Reed F. Cutler, pg. 268</ref>
*[[Jack Depler]], professional football player and coach; born in Lewistown
*[[William S. Jewell]], Illinois legislator and lawyer
*[[Lloyd Loar]], Gibson sound engineer and master [[luthier]] in the early part of the 20th century; graduated from Lewistown High School in 1903
*[[Edgar Lee Masters]], poet, writer, lawyer
*[[John Wesley Ross]], Washington, D.C., attorney and politician; Illinois state representative; born in Lewistown
*[[Leonard F. Ross]], brigadier general in the American Civil War; born in Lewistown
*[[Lewis Winans Ross]], Illinois attorney, merchant, and U.S. congressman from Illinois' 9th district, 1863–1869; namesake of Lewiston
*[[Ossian M. Ross]], major in the War of 1812; founder of Lewistown
*[[Isaac Newton Walker]], a pioneer farmer and merchant
*[[Lila Acheson Wallace]], co-founder of [[Reader's Digest]]; attended high school in Lewistown
*[[File:Fulton County Courthouse, Illinois.jpg|thumb|Fulton County courthouse in downtown Lewistown, Illinois]][[Barbara Woodell]], actress; born in Lewistown