Henry County AlArchives Biographies.....Newman, Robert January 28 1864 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    ROBERT NEWMAN.-Among the substantial business men of Abbeville, Henry
county, Ala., will be found the gentleman whose name heads this notice. He is a
native of the county, and was born January 28, 1864, the third in the order of
birth of the five children in the family of George and Sarah (Lee) Newman.
George Newman, a native of South Carolina, came to Alabama at the age of
eighteen and engaged in mercantile business in Henry county, and a few years
later in farming. At the outbreak of the Civil war he entered the military
company known as the Henry Grays as first lieutenant, and served until the
surrender. After the war was concluded, he resumed his farming, which vocation
he followed until his death, which occurred in February, 1869. Mrs. Sarah A.
Newman was a native of Barbour county, Ala., and a daughter of Nedham and Sarah
(Sloan) Lee. Mr. Lee was a planter of some prominence and wealth, and died in
1859; Mrs. Lee survived until 1882. Robert Newman received a very good education
at the common schools of the county, and when at a proper age entered the store
of W. S. Bradley, at Abbeville, as clerk. After four years' service in this
capacity, he formed a partnership with H. H. Martin, and engaged in general
merchandising with him for six years, and then bought his partner's interest;
since then he has continued the business on his sole account. In March, 1886,
Mr. Newman was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Lee, daughter of Dr. W. J.
Lee, a prominent practitioner of Henry county. The lady was born in Dale county,
but was reared in Abbeville, Henry county, where she was married in her
eighteenth year. She is now the mother of two lovely children-Emma Lee and
Marie. With his wife, Mr. Newman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
south. In politics he is a stanch democrat, and has filled the office of mayor
of Abbeville to the satisfaction of his own and the opposite party. A wide-awake
young business man, he has built up his present extensive trade through his own
industry, good judgment and. aptitude for general traffic.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1111-1112
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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