Pulaski-Wilcox County GaArchives Obituaries.....Newman, Arthur March 6, 1888
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Hawkinsville Dispatch 8 Mar 1888
From "Marriages, Deaths, and Etc. from Hawkinsville Dispatch (Georgia), 
1870-1888" by Robert K. Nobles, p. 356.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Arthur Newman, a clever and good old 
citizen of this county. He died very suddenly with heart disease at his home 
three miles below Hawkinsville on Tuesday afternoon, March 6th, 1888. He had 
been up attending to business during the day, and had undertaken of a hearty 
dinner. His daughter, Mrs. Sheriff Hunt, reached him a few minutes before 
death. Mr. Newman was seventy-three years of age, and had lived in Pulaski 
County about forty-five years (sic). His remains were buried this (Wednesday) 
afternoon in the family burial ground near his old home three miles above 
Hawkinsville.



Additional Comments:
The transcription of Arthur's grave marker in the Hunt Cemetery record here at 
USGenWeb archives for Pulaski County should read 10 Jun 1816 to 6 Mar 1888.

Arthur had apparently given or sold his old home place to his daughter and son-
in-law, Catherine and W. G. Hunt, and this is where the family burial ground 
was located; it's now known as Hunt Cemetery. Arthur's was the only Newman 
grave marker that had survived when I was there in 1981, though I don't doubt 
that Arthur's parents, sister, brother, first wife and the children and 
grandchildren who predeceased him were laid to rest there. 

In his will, Arthur provided for his sister Sarah's lifetime support from his 
farm on Big Creek in Pulaski, to be operated by his executor, but she 
apparently predeceased him. Arthur's instructions were that his estate was not 
to be divided until after Sarah's death. The order to show cause why his will 
should not be probated was dated 9 March 1888, only a few days after Arthur's 
death; as Sarah was not listed among the heirs to be served with the notice, 
she apparently died after Arthur's will was written in November 1887 but before 
Arthur died in early March 1888.

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