- WILLIAM SHEDWICK NEWMAN, one of the well-to-do and prosperous
farmers of Green
- county, is the son of William and Elizabeth (KENDALL) NEWMAN,
natives of Pennsylvania, who came of German and English origin.
- William NEWMAN, the father of our subject, was a farmer of
Fayette county, Penn. He married
- Elizabeth KENDALL, who was born in 1800, and died in 1846,
the mother of seven children, as follows: Hannah, the wife of
John BATTY, died in 1873. Samuel, born in 1825, died in Green
county in 1876. He married Mary RODERICK. J. J. born Nov. 2,
1829, is a thrifty farmer, whose home is in Juda, Wis. Ephraim
K. died while serving in the Civil war. He was second lieutenant
of Company K, 22d Wis. V. I., and died at Nicholasville, Ky.,
in 1862, leaving two children, William J. and Ida May. The son
is living in Illinois, and the daughter in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Elizabeth, widow of Jacob RODERICK, a prosperous farmer of Green
county, is now living in Monroe, Wis. Nancy, born in 1835, now
lives in the town of Albany, Green county. William S. was born
Oct. 12, 1837. After the death of the mother of these children,
Mr. NEWMAN married Mrs. VASHTI DE BOLT, and to this union were
born four children: Jasper died in childhood; Louisa, Mrs. Scott
DORA, died in Nebraska; Josephine married Clinton CONDON of Nebraska;
and Alice married Daniel DUNWIDDIE, of the town of Jefferson.
William NEWMAN, the father of these children, was born in 1799,
and died in April, 1864. His parents, John and Elizabeth NEWMAN,
were among the early settlers of Pennsylvania.
- William S. NEWMAN came to Green county, Wis., at the age
of eleven years. Following farming
- for his occupation, he has attained high standing. On Dec.
27, 1860, he married Miss Esther GIFFORD, who was born May 27,
1843, in Fulton county, N.Y., a daughter of Robert and Susan
M. (FOOT) GILFFORD, with whom she came to Wisconsin in 1856.
Robert GIFFORD was a farmer and a school teacher, and died in
the town of Spring Grove, April 18, 1898, aged nearly eighty-two
years. His wife died in Brodhead Aug. 30, 1895, aged seventy-five
years. Our subject and wife are the parents of eight children:
Jay E., born Feb. 18, 1862, died in infancy. Irving G., born
May 24, 1866, is a well-to-do farmer. Susan, born Jan. 22, 1869,
married Arthur T. PRESTON, of the town of Jefferson. William
F., born Nov. 22, 1870, and Chester A., born May 7, 1874, are
at home. Lois E., born March 13, 1877, has been a teacher in
the public schools for a number of years, and lives at home.
Samuel, born Sept. 22, 1880, and Ross B., born Oct. 20, 1883,
are also at home.
- Mr. NEWMAN was a volunteer in the Union army and served with
distinction in company K,
- 22d Wis. V.I., enlisting in 1862, and serving until the closing
of the war. He was with Gen. Sherman in his March to the Sea,
and was mustered out as a sergeant, June 12, 1865. Mr. NEWMAN
began life as a poor boy, and has had to make his own way in
the world. While in the army he received injuries which have
disabled him for life. But against all the hindrances of fate
and fortune he has persisted, and now owns over 530 acres of
well improved farm land, and its suitable equipments. He is a
consistent member of the Baptist Church, and is pronounced by
those who know him a splendid citizen, a fair-minded man, upright
and honorable, straight in all his dealings, and devoted to his
wife and family.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 810-811.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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