Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Newman, Jacob R. 1845 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JACOB R. NEWMAN.

   Jacob R. Newman, a well-to-do farmer of Jefferson township, is a native of
Adams township, and was born on December 18, 1845. He is a son of Mark A. and
Susanna (Mikesell) Newman, the former of whom was born near Dayton, Ohio, and
the latter in Jefferson township, Carroll county, Indiana. Mark A. Newman came
to Carroll county with his parents when a lad and grew up in this county, and
was married in Jefferson township. By his marriage to Susanna Mikesell there
were born nine children, four of whom, Jacob R. (the subject of this sketch),
Sarah, Phillip and William, are living. Sarah is the wife of Leander Munson and
they have had six children, two of whom are living. Of these children, Bert
lives in Adams township; Vernal is the wife of Lawrence Smith, of Delphi; Gus
died at the age of twenty-two; Effie, at the age of five; Charles, at the age of
four years and three months, and one child died in infancy. Leander Munson died
on June 26, 1910. The other living children include Phillip, a resident of
Joplin, Missouri, and William, of Logansport, Indiana. Four of the five deceased
children include R. P., who died at the age of fourteen; John, who died early in
life; Ruth and Lewis.

Mark A. Newman was farmer of Jefferson township and owned, at the time of his
death, on June 12, 1893, two hundred and forty acres of land. He was seventy-two
years old at the time of his death. His wife died on November 21, 1872, at the
age of forty-six. Both were members of the Christian church.

   Jacob R. Newman received his education in the district schools of Jefferson
township and lived there until May 8, 1864, when he enlisted in Company C, One
Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving one
hundred days. Mr. Newman's father, the late Mark A. Newman, also saw service in
the Civil War. He enlisted in 1865 in Company A, Seventy-second Regiment,
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war.

   After returning from the war, Jacob R. Newman took up farming, and on October
29, 1868, he was married to Nancy J. Rutherford, a daughter of Sheldon and
Verlina (Carter) Rutherford, the former of whom was born in Jackson county and
the latter, in Washington county, Indiana. Mr., and Mrs. Rutherford were married
in White county and had eight children, all of whom are living: Nancy J. is the
wife of Mr. Newman; J. J. lives in southern Indiana; Lewis C. lives in
Bloomington, Indiana; Sarah is the wife of Aaron Price, of Idaville, White
county, Indiana; Rose is the wife of Jacob Davis, of Lafayette, Indiana; Ida is
the wife of Thomas Brusnehan, of North Dakota; May is the wife of Henry Barron,
of Chicago; Furman is a resident of Denver, Colorado. Sheldon and Verlina
(Carter) Rutherford came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1856. The former was a
soldier in the Civil War, having enlisted in 1865, and served until the end of
the war. He was a farmer by occupation, but removed to Bumettsville, where his
wife died in February, 1888. He died at the Soldiers' Home at Lafayette,
Indiana, in April, 1896.

   Mr. and Mrs. Jacob R. Newman have had ten children, five of whom are living.
Four died in infancy and Arthur, the third born, died at the age of twenty-seven
in March, 1906. Susie is the wife of Allen Nethercutte, of Burnettsville, White
county; Bertha is the wife of Gilbert Cain, of Fulton county; Earl married Lula
Casad and they reside in White county, Indiana; Stewart G. married Nola Brewer
and lives at home with his parents; Cora is the wife of William Hodge, a
resident of Illinois.

   Mr. Newman owns forty acres of well-improved land, including a fine house and
barn. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Newman are members of the
Hickory Grove Christian church, while fraternally Mr. Newman is a member of the
Delphi post, Grand Army of the Republic.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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