Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Newlin, Sargent 1823 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  SARGENT NEWLIN, farmer, P. O. Hutsonville, was born in Crawford County, Ill.,
February 5, 1823. His father, John Newlin, was born in North Carolina, where he
was raised on a farm, educated, and married. In 1815, he, with his family and
the Hill family, emigrated to Indiana and settled in Sullivan County, and in
1818 came to Crawford County. He entered 200 acres of land in Section 28, of
Hutsonville Township, and afterward bought 120 acres. He was among the first
settlers of Crawford County. He died. His wife, and the mother of our subject,
was Jane (Hill) Newlin, born in North Carolina, and died in Crawford County. She
was the mother of eight children, of whom the following are now living: Malinda,
William H., Dinah, Sargent, Rachael and Charles. Sargent Newlin was raised on a
farm and educated from the subscription schools. At twenty-one years of age, he
married, and embarked on his career in life as a farmer. He was given eighty
acres of unimproved land by his father, and has since added to it until now his
farm contains 317 acres. December 22, 1842, he married Miss Jane Lackey, a
native of Bourbon County, Ky., born in 1826. She has borne him the following
children: Anna M., John T. and Rose E. Politically, Mr. Newlin is a Democrat,
and has served the township as Supervisor.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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