Ouachita County ArArchives Biographies.....Newton, William L. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 August 3, 2009, 3:30 pm Source: See Full Citation Below Biography Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) WILLIAM L. NEWTON, M. D. Dr. William L. Newton, who is now filling the position of postmaster of Camden, Arkansas, and has for the past twenty-two years been numbered among the foremost physicians and surgeons of Camden, was born in Atlanta, Texas, July 22, 1876, a son of Andrew J. and Frances A. (Chamblee) Newton, who were natives of Georgia, in which state they were reared and married. Immediately after their marriage they removed to Cass county, Texas, where Mr. Newton engaged in farming to the time of his death, at the age of forty-five years. His widow survives and has reached the age of eighty years, making her home with her son, William L. In the public schools of Texas Dr. Newton pursued his early education, completing a high school course at Atlanta, that state, while later he entered the Georgetown College at Georgetown, Texas, and became a student in the Memphis Hospital Medical College in 1895, receiving therefrom his M. D. degree as a member of the class of 1898. He served for one year as interne in the City Hospital at Memphis and in 1899 he entered upon the private practice of his profession in Camden, where he has remained, winning a position among the leading practitioners of the state. He has always kept apace with the onward march of professional thought and progress and his ability has been demonstrated in his careful diagnosis of his cases and the splendid results which follow his professional labors. In 1914 he was appointed postmaster of Camden and is now serving for the eighth year in this important position. He discharges his duties with marked capability and promptness. In 1900 Dr. Newton was united in marriage to Miss Eula L. Morriss of Atlanta, Texas, and they have become parents of three children: Kate C, who is a graduate of the Camden high school; Jack J, a junior in high school: and Evelyn P., a pupil in the seventh grade. Dr. Newton belongs to Eagle Lodge. No. 540, A. F. & A. M„ of Eagle Mills, Arkansas, and is also identified with the Royal Arch Chapter. He has membership iu Camden Lodge, No. 1140, B. P. O. E., is identified with the Woodmen of the World and with the Camden Chamber of Commerce. Along strictly professional lines his connection is with the Ouachita County Medical Society and the Arkansas State Medical Society and throughout his life he has made it his strong purpose to qualify to the greatest extent for professional duties and responsibilities, his conscientious service giving him high professional rank. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/ouachita/bios/newton372bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb