Izard Co., AR - Biographies - Newton L. Hamm

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Newton L. Hamm. The estate which Mr. Hamm is now engaged in cultivating
embraces 266 acres of land, which  are well adapted to the purposes of general
farming, and in his operations he displays those sterling principles which are
characteristic of those of Tennessee birth, industry, and wise and judicious
management being chief among the number. He has 150 acres of his land under
cultivation, it being well improved with good buildings, fences, etc., and
stocked with all the necessary farm animals for successfully conducting the
same. He was born in McNairy County, June 24, 1840, and is one
 of five surviving members of a family of ten sons and seven daughters, born to
William and Rachel (Huggins) Hamm, both of whom were born on Blue Grass soil,
the former's birth occurring on the 20th of October, 1799, and the latter's
September 13, 1798. They were tillers of the soil, and at the time of the
father's death, December 10, 1872, he was the owner of 120 acres of land. He had
attained a high rank in the Masonic lodge, having been a member of the
organization from the time he was twenty-one years of age, and also belonged to
the Hard Shell Baptist Church. He was followed to his long home by his wife on
the 10th of January. 1874. Newton L. Hamm's youth was spent in attending the
common schools of Tennessee, and in assisting his father on the home farm. In
1855 he moved to Arkansas, and was married here on the 1st of November, 1863, to
Miss Nettie Frizzell, she having been born in Henry County, Tenn., and a
daughter of Jason and Mahala Frizzell, and ten children have blessed their
union, nine of whom, still living, reside at home with their parents; Carrol,
William, Asa, Emmer. Joseph, Jason. Philip. Newton, Leroy and Adah E. In 1862 he
enlisted in the Confederate army under Gen. Hindman, and was at the battle of
Prairie Grove. He was discharged at the surrender of Jacksonport. Like his
father he is a Mason, and he is a member of the Baptist Church, his wife being a
member of the Methodist Church.