Crawford-Vermilion County IL Archives Biographies.....Newton, Charles V. 1851 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  C. V. NEWTON, merchant, Hutsonville, was born April 20, 1851, in Trumbull
County, Ohio. His father, Lemuel Newton, was a native of the same county, where
he spent his boyhood at the common schools and upon the farm. Arrived at his
majority, he engaged in dairying and farming on his own account, until the close
of the war. In 1865, he removed to Oberlin, Ohio, for the purpose of educating
his children, where he died after a residence of three or four months. His wife,
Josephine A. (Gager) Newton, and three children survived him. Mrs. Newton was
born in 1830, at Norwich, Conn., of a family prominently identified with the
early history of that State. On the death of her husband, she still remained at
Oberlin to continue the plan of educating their three children-all sons. Thomas,
the oldest, entered college and graduated with the class of 1871, subsequently
engaging in the sewing-machine business, in Cleveland, Ohio. Warren, the second
son, is dead. Charles V., the youngest of the family, was fifteen years of age
when he came to Oberlin with his parents. After studying two years, he engaged
in teaching two terms, and in the following year entered the telegraph school at
Oberlin. Completing his course some eight months later, he followed the business
of telegraphing in the service of the Western Union and railroad companies, and
in 1872 came to Danville, Ill., continuing in this business until 1875, when he
came to Hutsonville and engaged with the Wabash Railroad and the Adams and
Pacific Express Companies as agent, a position he still holds. In 1879, in
company with Mr. Rackerby, he bought out the drag business of Dr. Golden, where
he is now doing a large and increasing business. In 1873, Mr. Newton married
Miss Irene Howell, a resident of Danville, but a native of New Jersey. They have
two children, Bernard and Josephine. Mr. Newton is an active member of the
Masonic fraternity and of the Knights of Honor. He has served the village as
Town Clerk, and is now President of the Town Board.

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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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