Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Newlin, Cyrus 1825 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  CYRUS NEWLIN, farmer, P. O. Hutsonville, was born one half mile from his
present residence, in Crawford County, Ill., June 3, 1825, to James and
Elizabeth (Simons) Newlin. His father was born in Orange County, N. C., December
4, 1781, where he was raised, educated and married. In 1818, he emigrated to
Crawford County, Ill., entered 480 acres of land, where Cyrus now resides. His
occupation was that of a farmer, and he continued the same until he died in
1852. He was a son of John Newlin, a native of North Carolina. The mother of our
subject was born in Orange County, N. C, and died in Crawford County, Ill., in
1850. They were the parents of ten children, of whom eight lived to be grown—all
boys, Cyrus being the youngest. He was raised on the farm, and educated from the
subscription schools of his native county. At twenty-one years of age he
married, and remained with his parents until four years later, in 1850, when he
went to California and engaged in mining and merchandising for one year. In
1851, he returned to Crawford County, bought 160 acres of land, and began
farming where he now resides. In 1862, he went to Chicago, and visited the
Northern part of Illinois. In 1872, he went to Colorado, where he remained about
two months, visiting Denver City, Central City, in the mountains, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo. Mr. Newlin has made this trip and many others for the
improvement of his health. Since 1850, Mr. Newlin has been extensively engaged
in raising and trading in stock, finding market for the same at home. In his
farming and business transactions, he has met with success, and is now the owner
of 400 acres of land. In March, 1846, he married Miss Eliza Ann Hill, a native
of Crawford County, born September 12, 1825. She is a daughter of John A. and
Sarah (Barbee) Hill. He was a native of Orange County, N. C., born in 1801,
emigrated to Crawford County in 1818, and engaged in farming to the time of his
death which occurred in 1884. She was born in Shelby County, Ky., in 1801, and
died at Palestine, in Crawford County, in 1855. She was brought to the county by
her parents in 1819, who settled near Palestine. Mr. and Mrs. Newlin have been
blessed with three children, of whom two are now living: Olive, wife of Simpson
Cox, and Lucetta, wife of Leroy Chambers.

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Extracted From:

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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