Abraham Kirkpatrick Lewis was a pioneer coal miner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
His namesake was his grandfather, Abraham Kirkpatrick, a colleague of General John Neville.
Although he studied medicine and law, he made his living in the coal industry.
With William Philpot and John M.Snowden Jr., he was the first to establish a market and furnish a regular supply of Pittsburgh coal to New Orleans, transporting the coal on flatboats.
[1] His Coal Ridge Mine on Sawmill Run, opened in 1857,[2] was originally served by a horse-drawn tramway, later converted to steam power as the Little Saw Mill Run Railroad.