BIO: NEWLON, Richard, s/o William & Nancy Newlon Submitted by: Diana Flynn NEWLON, COLEMAN, BREWER, MCWEDDLE, CARTWRIGHT "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS. 1884 POLK TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 911 RICHARD NEWLON (deceased), one of Polk Townships most prominent citizens, was a native of Kentucky, where he was born November 13, 1806, to William and Nancy Newlon, who came to this State about the year 1818, and settled in what is now Franklin Township. When young he received a very good education. February 8, 1833, he married Sarah Coleman, who bore him eleven children, of whom but three are now living: Mary A., now Mrs. Dennis Brewer; Lucy J., wife of McWeddle, and Samuel, who married Sarah Cartwright. His occupation was principally farming, at which he made a decided success, owning at the time of his death 500 acres of land, beside having amassed quite a large personal estate. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for about thirty years prior to his death, and also belonged to the Masonic fraternity. He died April 18, 1884, of cancer, which had bothered him for several years. In politics he was a Republican and could always be found a warm advocate of the principles of that party. July 8, 1863, he was grieved by the death of his beloved wife, Sarah A. September 6, 1869, Mary Cartwright became his second wife. Samuel now occupies and owns the old homestead, 160 acres of the old tract. *************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.