Crawford-Clark County IL Archives Biographies.....Newlin, Andrew 1829 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  ANDREW NEWLIN, farmer and stock-dealer, P. O. Hutsonville, was born in
Crawford County, Ill., June 25, 1829, the youngest son of William and Rachel
(Hill) Newlin. The father was a native of North Carolina, and was a son of
Thomas Newlin, of Irish descent. The mother of our subject was also a native of
North Carolina, and died in August, 1833, her husband following her about five
years later. The parents were blessed with six children-four sons and two
daughters. The advantages of a good education were not accorded our subject, a
limited attendance in the old subscription schools of the county having to
suffice in this direction.  His early life was given to farming pursuits, and he
has since turned his attention to no other business. He was married, April 8,
1852, in this county, to Mary Holmes, born August 23, 1830, in Licking County,
Ohio, a daughter of Reuben A. and Barbara (Hockman) Holmes, natives of
Shenandoah County, Va. The father died in this county in December, 1853, aged
fifty-six years in the previous August. The mother died in Ohio, in April, 1832.
 They were the parents of six children. The father was married a  second time,
the union being blessed with nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Newlin are the parents
 of ten children- Albert, born February 14, 1853; Amanda, May 22, 1855; Laura,
February 7, 1857; Allen, October 31, 1858; Adaline, April 9, 1860; Stephen D.,
May 4, 1862; Lawrence, June 28, 1864; Ira, June 29, 1868; an infant, died March
20, 1871, and Clinton, born September 27, 1872. Our subject's present farm
property consists of 2,396 acres of land, all of which lies in Hutsonville
Township, with the exception of sixty acres, which is in Clark County. He
started in life with but $150, which his father left him, and the manner whereby
was gained the vast difference between these figures and the  ones which
represent his present fortune, is worthy of the studious emulation of all. The
affairs of his place have been conducted under the immediate supervision of a
master mind, and his present ownings are the direct result of his own tact,
industry and perseverance. He has served his township as Supervisor for a period
of three years, and has also filled many other minor offices. In politics, he
adheres to the principles of Democracy.



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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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