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W. J. Hayden was born Feb. 25, 1830, in Hardin County, Ky. His parents, William and Nancy (Hardin) Hayden, were from Washington County, Ky., having removed to Hardin County several years before his birth. W. J. was the sixth child. He remained with his father until he was twenty-one years of age. He then entered a carpenter's shop, and after three years' diligent study and hard labor became a skilled mechanic. In 1853 he came to Daviess County. In 1856 he married the oldest daughter of G. S. Hayden, a well-known and respected farmer living near Owensboro, and who was one of the pioneers of Daviess County. In 1859 he re- turned to Hardin County, purchased a farm three miles west of Elizabethtown, where he lived until 1872, when the health of him- self and family rendered it necessary for him to return. In 1873 he returned with his family, purchased land of Miss Mary J. New- ton, four and a half miles east of Owensboro, where he has now lived ten years, an honest and respected citizen.
James A. Head was born in Bullitt County, Ky., March 16, 1820, and came to Daviess County in 1831. His father's family came in 1832. Since that time he has never been out of the county but twice. He has a farm of eighty-four and a half acres, five miles east of Owensboro. He was married in November, 1856, to Louisa Payne, a native of Daviess County, born Nov. 13, 1830. They have six children-George A., Susan V., Edgar, Eugene,
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Oscar, Anna B. Mr. Head and his family are all members of the Catholic church. He has served his township as School Trustee and Overseer of Highways.
John R. Hill, farmer, was born in Nelson County, Ky., Nov. 21, 1835, and came to Daviess County with his parents in 1855. He is a son of Martin and Anastasia (Hagan) Hill, both natives of Nelson County, Ky. His father was born Aug. 15, 1801, and died in January, 1868. His mother was born in 1804 and died Ang. 6, 1856. There was a family of eleven children-Cynthia Ann, Bernard, Cyperan, Catherine, Amanda, Permc'ja, John R., Mary Jane, Louisa, William and Francis. John R. has never married, but has two sisters keeping house for him. He has been Overseer of Highways eighteen years. He is a Catholic in religious faith. Mr. Hill attended school at Troy, Ind., in the winter of 1863-'4.
William Hill, born in Nelson County, Ky., July 2, 1844, was a son of Martin and Anna S. (Hagan) Hill, both natives of Nelson County, his father born in 1812 and his mother in 1815. His grandfather, Henry Hill, a native of Maryland, was one of the first settlers of Nelson County. His mother died at Grissom's Landing in 1855, and his father in 1871. William was the tenth of eleven children. He lived on a farm till seventeen years old, when he enlisted in Company K, Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, and served 120 days. From 1863 till 1879 he carried on a saw-mill. He then formed a partnership in a distillery, under the firm name of Hays & Hill. In June, 1880, T. G. Hill bought Hays's interest and the firm became Hill & Hill. Mr. Hill was married Dec. 20, 1866, to Mary C. Boulware, a native of Olden County, Ky., born in 1845. They have three children-Charles, born Oct. 11, 1868; Ida, C., born Feb. 11, 1871, and John, born April 14, 1873. Mr. Hill is a member of the Catholic church.
William T. Horn, born in Daviess County, Ky., April 29, 1831, was a son of Nathaniel and Catherine (Hayes) Horn, natives of Madison County, Ky., his father born in 1800, and his mother in 1807. His mother died in 1872, and his father in 1875. They had a family of ten children, only four of whom are living-B. F., Samnel H., William T. and John C. Mr. Horn was reared on a farm and received his education in this county. After reaching his majority he worked two years in a saw-mill; the rest of his life has been spent in farming. He now owns a good farm of 144} acres, seven miles east of Owensboro. He was married Nov. 24, 1853, to Nancy J. Ford, a native of Daviess County, born Feb. 21,
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1838. They have seven children-Carmethus, born April 8, 1856; William W., May 18, 1858; Virginia B., Oct. 13, 1861; Clara, Jan. 24, 1864; John S., Jan. 4, 1867; Nannie, Ang. 3, 1869; Nathan- iel, Oct. 24, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Horn are members of the Bap- tist church. Mr. Horn is a member of Mark Lodge, No. 318, A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Horn's father, John S. Ford, was born in Shelby County, Ky., in 1813, and died July 22, 1879. Her mother, Nancy (Haynes) Ford, was born in Daviess County, March 5, 1818. They had a family of six children-Nancy J., Eerine, Virginia B., Kate, Elisha J., Merritt C.
D. D. Jones was born in Daviess County, Ky., Aug. 24, 1834. His father, Gilbert Jones, was born in North Carolina, and came to Daviess County in 1822, where he died in 1858. His mother, Sallie Jones, was born in North Carolina and died in Daviess County in 1857. He was married Sept. 23, 1858, to Margaret Trumbull, a native of Kentucky, born in 1836. They have five children-Anna Amelia, Fanny Clay, Clemence, Arabella and Cora Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the M. S. church. Politically he is a Democrat. He owns a farm of thirty- five acres eight miles from Owensboro.
William J. Jones was born in Daviess County, Feb. 28, 1849, and is a son of Andrew F. and Harriet E. (Sordridge) Jones, na- tives of Daviess and Henry counties, respectively, his father born March 25, 1826, and his mother Ang. 22, 1826. They have five children-William J., Laura A. (Mrs. Lee Bell), Bettie (Mrs. G. H. Lancaster), Nannie E. and J. W. Mr. A. F. Jones is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. William J. resides with his father, and works on the farin in the summer and at the carpenter and builder's trade in the winter.
W. R. Kirk was born in Daviess County, Ky., May 1, 1844. His father, William Kirk, was born in North Carolina in 1807, and oame to Kentucky in 1827, where he died in 1880. His mother, Susan Ann (Bassett) Kirk, was born in Mercer County, Ky., in 1808, and is still living eight miles east of Owensboro. W. R. is the tenth of fourteen children, seven of whom are living. He was reared on a farm and educated in this county. He still follows the occupation of a farmer, living at present eight miles east of Owensboro with his brother, John P. Kirk. He is a mem- ber of the Baptist church. Politically he is a Democrat.
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Jacob Leibfried was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Oct. 15, 1819. He came to America in 1849, landed in New York, and a few days later came to Louisville, Ky. He remained there two years, working at the boot and shoe maker's trade, and in 1851 came to Owensboro, where he worked at his trade sixteen years. He then bought a farm of forty-eight acres, two miles southeast of Owensboro, where he now has 120 acres of well-improved land. About twelve years ago he discovered a three-foot vein of coal of a good quality on his land. He has rented it and gets one cent per bushel for all the coal mined. In 1854 he married Katie Knoll, a native of Hesse, Germany, born in 1832. Nine children were born to them-William, Lettie, Lizzie, Jacob, Charles, Mary, Rose, Henry, George. Mrs. Leibfried died Aug. 2, 1879. Mr. Leibfried is a member of the Harigari Lodge, Owensboro.
James B. Long, born in Shelby County, Ky., March 30, 1821, came to Daviess County with his parents in 1828. His parents both died in 1830, his father on a steamboat, while en route to Louisville, and his mother in this county. They had a family of three children-James B., John G. and Nicholas. James B. was married Feb. 1, 1842, to Elizabeth C. Howard, a native of Daviess County, born Oct. 25, 1824. They have five children-John G., Howard T., Katie (now Mrs. E. J. Ford), Thomas S. and Laura G. Mr. Long is by trade a brickmason. In 1860 he bought the farm of 185 acres, where he now resides, about four miles east of Owens- boro. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church. They are also, with their son and daughter, Thomas and Laura, members of Lostntter Lodge, No. 1,127, I. O. G. T. Mrs. Long's parents came from North Carolina, about sixty-five years ago. Her father, Rev. John G. Howard, was a minister of the Baptist church about forty years, and died in Owensboro, in 1874. Mrs. Long is the only child now living.
William Lostutter, son of John and Delila (Robertson) Lostutter, was born in Rising Sun, Ind., April 27, 1840. He came to Daviess County in 1874, and bought a farm of 240 acres, five miles east of Owensboro. March 16, 1867, he married Rebecca J. Hemphill, a native of Rising Sun, born Jan. 17, 1848. They have four chil- dren -- Harry H., born March 24, 1868; Carroll C., June 4, 1871; William T., Oct. 10, 1873; Jolin R., Nov. 5, 1878. Mrs. Lostutter's parents are residents of Indiana .. They have eight children-Re- becca J., William T., Mary E., Joseph P. (Anditor of Ohio County, Ind.), James S., Lucy A., Fannie B. and Grant. Mr. Lostutter is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity.
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I. T. Martin was born in Shelby County, Ky., Feb. 17, 1826, and was a son of John P. Martin, a native of Virginia, who died in Shel- byville in 1867. I. T. was the fourth of seven children. He was married Nov. 16, 1848, to Martha M. Owen, a native of Franklin County, Ky. They have four children-Benjamin, Martha E., Josephine and Fannie. Mr. Martin lived in Shelby County till twenty-two years of age, and then came to Daviess County, where he now owns 115 acres of good land, eight miles east of Owensboro, on the Litchfield road. Politically lie is a Democrat.
William Martin was born in County Down, Ireland, March 9, 1809. In the spring of 1831 he came to America, landing at Quebec, and from there went to Buffalo, and remained till 1832. He left there on account of cholera and went to Pittsburg, Pa., and remained there six months; then went to Cincinnati and soon after obtained employment on a steamboat as carpenter. Six months later he went to Maysville, Ky., and worked at his trade eighteen months. Oct. 16, 1834, he married Elizabeth A. Oram, a native of Baltimore, Md., born Nov. 4, 1814. After his marriage he went to Natchez, Miss., and lived there four years, and then went to Concordia Parish, La. He made several trips to Mary- land, Kentucky and St. Louis, and finally bought 100 acres in J ferson County, Ky. He lived there three years and then exchange. it for property in New Orleans. He lived there a year and theL bought a farm on Yellow Creek, Daviess County. In 1860 he bought 125 acres six miles from Owensboro, where he still re- sides. Two children bave been born to him, only one now living -William A., born Feb. 20, 1840. Mrs. Martin has been a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1832. Mr. Martin in his religious views is an Episcopalian.
W. E. Miller, born in Daviess County, Ky., Aug. 6, 1850, is a son of P. J. and Julia Ann Miller, both natives of Kentucky. He was married in 1872 to Emma Shonse, a native of Daviess County, born in 1854. Their children are-Allabell, James J., Minnie, Arthur, and Fleming. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Macedonia Baptist church. He owns a farm of 115 acres six and a half miles from Owensboro. He is the present Road Supervisor of Pleasant Grove District, No. 31.
Enos McCormick, son of Francis and Priscilla (Newton) Mc- Cormick, was born in Masonville Precinct, Daviess Co., Ky., Sept. 18, 1838. His educational advantages were limited, but he attended the Bloomington, Ind., University a short time. April
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2, 1867, he married Martha J. Cundiff, a native of Muhlenberg County, Ky., born Jan. 26, 1847. In the winter of 1867-'8 Mr. McCormick bought a farm near Green Brier church where he lived three years. In 1871 he bought his present farm in Upper Precinct, where he has sixty-five acres under a good state of culti- vation. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick have three children-George, born April 2, 1874; Thomas F., July 10, 1876; Maggie B., Dec. 7, 1881. They have lost four children-John, born May 25, 1870, died March 22, 1871; James O., born May 8, 1871, died June 30, 1876; Elsie M., born March 28, 1880, died Jan. 16, 1881; Ellis, born Oct. 13, 1878, died Nov. 20, 1881. Mrs. McCormick's par- ents, Thomas F. and Margaret Ann (Stone) Cundiff, came to Daviess County in 1845 and settled on a farm in Masonville, where her father died April 1, 1877, and where her mother still lives. They had a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters.
James K. Mc Cormick, born Feb. 3, 1828, in Masonville Pre- cinct, Daviess Co., Ky., was a son of Francis and Priscilla (Newton) McCormick. His father was a native of Culpeper County, Va., born Feb. 22, 1801, and came to Nelson County, Ky., when he was four years old, with his parents. He came to Daviess County in 1825, where he died in 1876. His mother was born in Daviess County, and was a daughter of Benj. Newton, an early settler of this county. She died in 1840. There was a family of seven children-John, James, Enos, Ben, Mary Ann (de- ceased), Diana, Elizabeth. Mr. McCormick married for his second wife Mrs. Nancy (Walker) Roberts, who still lives in Masonville. They had six children-Martha, William, Priscilla, Daniel H., Emmitt, Clara P. James K. McCormick was married in 1849 to Martha, daughter of IIugh Walker, a native of Todd County, Ky., who came to Daviess County when nine years of age. They have one child-Amelia, now Mrs. George H. Lewis. Two children are deceased-Francis, at the age of twenty months, and Susan, aged fourteen years. In 1865 Mr. McCormick bought his farm in Murray Precinct, now annexed to Owensboro, consisting of 119 acres, un- der a good state of cultivation.
Thomas Monarch .- The Monarch family are of French origin. Thomas Monarch's grandfather was born in France, and on coming to America settled in Maryland. Francis Monarch, the father of our subject, was born in Maryland, and there married Mrs. Eliza- beth Melton, whose maiden name had been Mattingly. Francis 52
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Monarch died in St. Mary's County, Maryland, in 1801. Thomas Monarch, the youngest of a family of seven, was born one month after his father's death. His father died Feb. 25, 1801. Thomas was born March 25 of the same year. Previous to his death Francis Monarch had arranged to remove to Kentucky, and on his death-bed requested his wife to carry out his plans, which she pro- ceeded to do, and when Thomas was but three weeks old the family left Maryland. At the mouth of Bear Creek, where stands now the city of Louisville, the Monarchs disembarked. Only a few houses marked the site where now sits the great commercial center of Louisville. The family found a home in Washington County, Ky. Here Mrs. Monarch died in 1835. In Washington, as it was then, Thomas was reared, but that portion of the county has since been included in Marion County. At the beginning of the century, the period back to which Mr. Monarch's boyhood dates, there were . few schools in that portion of the State. As a result of this condi- tion surrounding his youth, he had but about nine months school- ing. His older brothers having left home, Thomas remained with his mother until his marriage, Jan. 27, 1827. He married Susan Davis of the same county, who was born May 13, 1801. Her father was Philip Davis, from Pennsylvania. Her mother's name before marriage was Margaret Mattingly, the Mattinglys being early settlers of that part of Kentucky. For seven years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Monarch resided in Washington County. Following the footprints of an older brother, Mr. Monarch, in the fall of 1833, visited Daviess County, purchasing 150 acres of land at $3 an acre. Early in the following year Mr. and Mrs. Monarch, in an ox-cart, with all their honsehold goods, bade adien to friends of their youth, and set out for Daviess County, where, eight miles east of Owensboro, on the Hardinsburg road, they arrived Feb. 13, 1834. Here a cabin had previously been erected, and a couple of acres of ground cleared. This and nothing more had been done on the spot that was to he the future home of Thomas and Susan Mon- arch. Since that time their lives have been a part of the history of Daviess County. Their history has been marked by integrity of character, and in every way worthy of emnlation. To Mr. and Mrs. Monarch were born ten children in the order given-William H., Henry (who died when a child), Amanda (died 1856), Daniel, (died May, 1875), Henry F. (died in 1857), Thomas J., Richard, Mi- randa, Martin V. and Sylvester. In his political life Mr. Monarch started as a Jackson Democrat, and subsequently became a Whig,
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and an ardent supporter of Henry Clay. For many years he con- sented to fill the office of Magistrate in Daviess County. In re- ligion he early embraced the Catholic faith, and lived a consistent member of that church until his death. Mr. Monarch died Nov. 13, 1881. Mrs. Monarch is still living, now in her eighty-third vear.
W. H. Monarch, son of Thomas and Susan (Davis) Monarch. was born in Marion County, Ky., Nov. 10, 1827. When seven years old his father removed to Daviess County, settling on a farm on the Hardinsburg road, eight miles from Owensboro. W. H. was educated in the district schools. In 1852 he married Catherine Jones, of Daviess County. The following year he commenced farming for himself. In 1871 he engaged in the saw-milling busi- ness, continuing eighteen months. He then formed a partnership with his brother, M. V., in the distilling business. This partner- ship lasted five years, and then W. H., in company with his brother Richard and E. P. Millett, built a distillery about three quarters of a mile east of Owensboro, the firm name being E. P. Millet & Co. They employ, when in operation, from thirteen to fifteen hands. Mr. Monarch lost his wife Feb. 22, 1870. To this union had been horn three children, one now living-Wm. L. Aug. 15, 1871, Mr. Monarch married Virginia Hayden, of Daviess County. They have three children-Teresa P., Thomas R. and Mary U. Mr. and Mrs. Monarch are members of the Catholic church. Politically he is a Democrat. He has been a Justice of the Peace.
Athanaus Montgomery, son of Thomas F. and Clotilda Mont- gomery, was born in Daviess County, Ky., Aug. 5, 1831. His father was a native of Maryland, born in 1797, and died in 1851. His mother was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 1800,and died in 1866. There was a family of eleven children-Pins, Auguston, Rebecca, Jane, John T., Zachariah, Margaret, Athanaus, Joseph, Apolonia and Raphael. Athanaus was reared and educated in this county, and in 1852 married Mary L. Clements, a native of Clay County, Mo. Six children were born to them, only three now living-Snsan L., John HI. and Thomascene. Mrs. Montgomery died Sept. 22, 1882. Mr. Montgomery owns a farm of fifty-five acres and also the place where he resides, consisting of about five acres. He is a member of the Catholic church.
H. H. Morris was born in Jasper County, Mo., Feb. 8, 1844. In 1847 he came with his father to Daviess County, and settled where he now lives. He was married Feb. 24, 1876, to Sallie A. Milli-
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gan, a native of Nelson County, Ky., born in March, 1847. They have no children. Mrs. Morris weighs 290 pounds. Mr. Morris's father, T. B. Morris, was born in Ohio County, Ky., April 8, 1810, and in March, 1818, came to Daviess County, and in 1824 moved back to Ohio County. In 1839 he went to Jasper County, Mo., where he lived till 1847, when he came back to Daviess County and settled where he still resides. April 17, 1832, he married Ma- hala R. Felix, a native of Ohio County, Ky., born in 1814. She died in Missouri in 1846, leaving eight children-George W., Will- iam, Sarah Jane, Charles T., Norman B., Elizabeth T., H. H., A. V. Nov. 22, 1847, Mr. Morris married Saralı Hale, a native of Mercer County, Ky., born in 1816. They have three children- Lucy G., Martha E. and Samuel B. Mr. Morris has seventy-two acres of fine land six miles east of Owensboro. In the late war he enlisted in the Eighth Kentucky Confederate Cavalry. April 1, 1865, he was captured near Selma, Ala., by Company B, Fourth Michigan Cavalry; was kept in stockade eight or ten days, and then marched to La Place, Macon County, Ala., and paroled. He had the measles and was sick at I. C. Church's thirty days. After he recovered he walked from Atlanta to Dalton, 110 miles, in three days, with nothing to eat but raw bacon and corn bread. Mr. Morris is a member of the Baptist church. He belongs to the Ma- sonic fraternity and I. O. O. F.
James A. Morrison, farmer, was born in Oldham County, Ky., Dec. 30, 1841. His father, James R. Morrison, who was born in Danville, Ky., in 1802, and died in Carrollton, Ky., in 1872, while visiting his son, Dr. Goodlow Morrison, was one of the best busi- ness men of his county; kind and generous, and always willing to lend a helping hand in the way of financial aid to worthy young men. Ilis mother, Mildred (Duncan) Morrison, was born in Old- ham County, Ky., in 1806, and married at the age of twenty-three years. She has had six children, three now living-Dr. A. M., ot Goshen, Ky., born in 1838; James A., born in 1841, and Lucy E., born in 1844, now the wife of Charles Harrison, a druggist of Davenport, Iowa. James A. came to Daviess County in 1874, and bought eighty acres a mile southeast of Owensboro. He makes a specialty of raising hay ; also buying large quantities each year for the market. He also makes a specialty of Jersey cattle and Berkshire hogs, raising and selling large numbers. He was married in Louisville, Ky., May 5, 1868, to Mary Gowan, a native of Louisville, born in December, 1842. They have four children ---
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William, born Feb. 7, 1869; Sarah, Oct. 23, 1871; James G., Jan. 8, 1877, and Goodlow M., in 1881. Mr. Morrison is a member of the Methodist and his wife of the Presbyterian church.
C. G. Nawz, florist and market gardener, was born in Germany, Jan. 1, 1843, and came to America in 1865, landing in New York the day before Lincoln was assassinated. He came direct to Louis- ville, Ky., and remained there three years. In 1868 he went to Clark County, Ind., and in 1872 came to Nelson County, Ky. In February, 1878, he came to Owensboro. He has two green-houses on Griffith avenne, a half mile south of the court-house. He was married in April, 1874, to Fannie Mattingly, a native of Nelson County, Ky., born in March, 1855. They have five children- Benedict, Henry, Robert, William and Kate. Mr. and Mrs. Nawz are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Nawz is a member of Lodge No. 19, K. of P., Owensboro, Ky.
Colonel William Newton (deceased), born in Culpeper County, Va., June 9, 1783, was a son of William and Elizabeth (Fields) Newton, also natives of Virginia, where they were married, and where their children were born. William, Jr., was the second son of a large family. He was reared in Virginia, and came to what is now Daviess County, Ky., in 1809. In 1810 he went to Virginia for his parents, and returning settled on the old Newton farm in Murray Precinct. In 1813 he enlisted in an independent company, under Colonel William Russell, against the Indians. March 18, 1815, he mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Field, eldest daughter of Captain Ben. Field, who was born in Danville, Ky., May 2. 1793. He went to Hart- ford for his license, and was obliged to swim all the creeks on account of high water. After his marriage he settled on the old Shoemaker farm in Murray Precinct. In 1843 he removed to the farm in Upper Town Precinct, where his daughter, Mary J., now resides. Colonel Newton was Deputy Internal Revenne Collec- tor, under his father-in-law, Captain Ben. Field, in 1815, and Dep- nty County Sheriff in 1823-'24. While holding the latter office, March 18, 1824, he sold on the premises 1,950 acres of land, patented to John Mays, lying on the Ohio River, in , this county, to the highest bidder. It was purchased by Philip Trip- lett, at 25 cents per acre. In the afternoon of the same day he sold at the door of the court-house in Owensboro the same representa tive's interest in 3,000 acres, patented to John Mays and D. Ross, and also said representative's interest in the town of Owensboro. Philip Triplett was the purchaser of the whole at 25 cents per acre,
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and 25 cents per town lot, he being the highest bidder. In 1833 Colonel Newton was elected to the State Legislature from Daviess County. In 1841 he was Sheriff of the county, and held the office two years. He was one of the early Directors of the old Southern, now National, Bank of Owensboro. He was an energetic, public- spirited man, and always took an active part in any enterprise that promised progression to his county. In politics he was a Whig. Colonel and Mrs. Newtin had a family of eleven children. Two sons and three daughters grew to maturity, but one now living- Miss Mary J. Miss Newton resides in a large two-story brick house built by her father in 1847. She has a fine farm of 300 acres, the buildings all well made and comfortable. The whole premises show thrift and good management. A cousin, Miss Ma- tilda Field, resides with her. Miss Newton is a member of the Macedonia Baptist church. Colonel Newton died April 18, 1872, and Mrs. Newton, March 28, 1873.
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