Valorous P. Lewis was born about 1829 in New York.
The 1860 United States census showed Valorious P. Lewis (age 28, born in New York, hardware store) living in Austin, Minnesota.
The 1870 United States census showed V. P. Lewis (age 42, born in New York, grain broker) living in Lansing, Minnesota. Olive (age 22, born in Indiana), Somers (age 6, born in Minnesota), Olive (age 4, born in Minnesota), Harry (age 3, born in Minnesota), and Nellie (age 1, born in Minnesota) also lived with V. P.
The 1875 Minnesota census showed V. P. Lewis (age 46, born in New York) living in Lansing, Minnesota. Olive (age 26, born in Indiana), Somers (age 11, born in Minnesota), Olive (age 9, born in Minnesota), Harry B. (age 8, born in Minnesota), and Milla B. (age 6, born in Minnesota), Herson I. (age 4, born in Minnesota), Archibald D. (age 3, born in Minnesota), and Alice M. (age 2, born in Minnesota) also lived with V. P.
The 1880 United States census showed Velorous P. Lewis (age 51, born in New York, farmer) living in Moscow Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota. Olive G. (age 31, born in Indiana), Somers N. (age 16, born in New York), Olive M. (age 14, born in Minnesota), Harry C. (age 13, born in Minnesota), and Millie B. (age 12, born in Minnesota), Herson J. (age 9, born in Minnesota), Archibald (age 8, born in Minnesota), Alice M. (age 6, born in Minnesota), Oliver (age 4, born in Minnesota), Hattie S. (age 2, born in Minnesota), and Ira (age 1, born in Minnesota) also lived with V. P.
Valorous P. Lewis died before 1900 in Corning, Adams County, Iowa.