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SOURCES: *History of north central Ohio : embracing
Richland, Ashland, Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron and Knox Counties
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**History of Medina County, Ohio - CHICAGO: Baskin & Battey, Historical
Publishers
1881
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WILLIAM H. NEWTON, farmer; P. O. Brunswick.
Hollis Newton, the father of the subject of this sketch, was
born in Southboro, Worcester Co., Mass., in 1798. At 8 years
of age, he went with his parents to Onondaga Co., N. Y.; after
living there eight years, he moved to Cayuga Co., N. Y.; at the end
of two years, they moved to Canandaigua, N. Y. He was married
to Debbie F. Beebe in 1824; he set out for Ohio in 1824,
loading his household goods and wife in a lumber wagon, drawn by two
yoke of oxen. He arrived at Abram Beebe's, in Liverpool
Township, Sept. 17, 1824, making the journey in eighteen days.
He purchased land of Daniel L. Coit, one mile south of the
northeast corner of Liverpool Township. Here he settled and
lived in habits of industry, temperance and religion, raising a
family of nine children, of whom William H. Newton, the
subject of this sketch, was one. He was born in Liverpool
Township in 1838, and was married in 1861 to Mary E. Thomas,
a native of Stark Co., Ohio. They have two children -
Charles H. and Addie C. He is a devout member of
the Free Will Church.
(Source: History of Medina Co., Ohio - Publ. 1881 - Page 751) |
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