Taylor County GaArchives Biographies.....Newsome, Lois unk - unk ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 September 1, 2005, 8:45 am Author: Lois Newsome The Reynolds New Era Wednesday, May 14, 1930 MY FAMILY HISTORY (Lois Newsome) I have never tried to trace the history of my family before. However, I feel very well over the fact that in tracing the history of my ancestry so far, I have not found any of them hanging from limbs. Also, although none of my ancestors were related to royalty, all of them seemed to have been good, honest, Christian men and women. The history of the Newsome family dates back to the birth of my great great granbdfather, Soloman Newsome, who was born in London, England about the year 1732. With his two older brothers he sailed for America in 1753, landing at Jamestown, Virginia. One of the brothers went to New York and was finally heard of no more. Solomon Newsome settled in Virginia and there married Amanda Fleming. In 1800 Joshua Clinton Newsome, my great grandfather and son of Solomon Newsome moved from Virginia to Washington County, Georgia. There he married Sarah Elizabeth Edwards. In 1838 they moved to this county. Their family included my grandfather, Napoleon Bonaparte Newsome, who was then six years of age. In 1861 Joshua Clinton enlisted in the Confedereate Army and found (fought?) in the Civil War. He was wounded in the Battle of Bull Run and a little later two of his sons were killed in battle. Napoleon Bonaparte, son of Clinton Newsome, was also a Confederate soldier and and fought in the Civil War, receiving three slight wounds. In 1868 he married to Sara Emma Long. Their oldest son was Joshua Clinton Newsome, my father. In 1879 Henry Holcomb Long, my great grandfather, gave the town of Reynolds the public square on which now stands the Baptist and Methodist churches. He was also on the committee for the building of the Reynolds Baptist Church. On my mother's side of the family, one of my great grandfathers was Bryan Ingram, who also came from England and first settled in South Carolina. He then moved here and was one of the firsty settlers here. He married Sara Elizabeth Gaines Heus?ess. In 1879, he, his wife, three sons, and three other people founded the Reynolds Baptist Church. My other great grandfather was William Henry Hodges, who also came fro South Carolina. He was postmaster here during the Civil War and was postmaster until he died, having held that position for about thirty-five years. George Washington Ingram, my grandfather and son of Bryan Ingram was born in the year 1849. As he was only sixteen years of age in the last year of the Civil War, he served as a soldier for only six months. In 1880 he married Julia Pauline Hodges. Their first child was Pearl Ingram, my mother. I had the pleasure of knowing only one my grandparents. However, I think she has made up for the others. At any rate, I think all of them were wonderful as they gave to me my father and mother. Additional Comments: The Reynolds New Era Wednesday, May 14, 1930 NEW ERA OFFERS PRIZE TO REYNOLDS SCHOOL The Editor of The Reynolds New Era has offered a prize of five dollars to the High School student submitting the best composition upon a subject to be decided upon by the Superintendent Mr. E.H. Joiner. We publish in this issue four of these papers with the others to be published next week. The winner of the prize will be published after all papers have been published File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/bios/newsome66nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb