Newsom data from Family Bible, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Jeff E Newsom, Jr., Mar. 2001 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ NEWSOM DATA FROM THE FAMILY BIBLE as copied by Carolyn Austin George North, of Tangipahoa, La., Monday afternoon, Oct. 24, 1955. (The bible is in possession of Mrs. North, the great granddaughter of Moses and Martha,(Patsy) Newsom, who lived on a plantation, one mile east of Tangipahoa from 1821 to 1864. Mrs. North is the eldest child of John T. George and his wife, Florence Imogene Taylor, who were married on Sept. 4, 1895. John Thomas George Sr. was the second child of Dr. Joseph Travis George of Troop County, Ga. and his wife, Rhoda Francis Newsom (Sister of Thomas Ripley Newsom) of Tangipahoa. Three other children of the George family were Daisy Lorena who was born on Feb. 11, 1898, Tangipahoa, and died on Oct. 25, 1904 in Tangipahoa. She is buried in Tangipahoa Cemetery. John T. George, Jr. of 2240 Brainard St., New Orleans, (now deceased as of Feb.2, 1960) and Grant Rice Taylor George of 4954 West Gate Hills of Meridian. Mississippi. MARRIAGES Moses Newsom and Martha Singleton were married Mar.8, 1821 Adrial Mixon and Rhoda Singleton married March 14, 1829 Theodocia Easley and Thomas Ripley Newsom married Berlin Newsom and Elizabeth Melton married July 23, 1846 BIRTHS Moses Newsom born 1794 Martha Singleton (Patsy) born Aug. 27, 1804 in South Carolina Pg. 2 Elias Singleton born Aug. 27, 1805 Theodocia Easley born Oct. 23, 1839 Hinds S. Newsom born 1855 Robert M. Newsom born July 113, 1857 Horace M. Newsom born Aug. 31, 1861 (Children of Moses and Martha Newsom) Maston Newsom born Aug. 29, 1822 Burlin Newsom born May 24, 1824 Kizziah Newsom born June 7, 1826 Rhoda Newsom born Mar. 10, 1830 Thomas R. ewsom born Oct. 17, 1833 Leah Newsom born Aug. 4, 1835 Sarah Newsom born Aug. 2, 1837 Martha Newsom born Aug. 10, 1840 *Note: All buried in Tangipahoa Cemetery except Leah, who married John Norwood, of Norwood, La. (Children of Thomas R. Newsom and Theodocia Easley) Mary Elizabeth Newsom born Feb. 6, 1870 Jefferson Easley Newsom born Dec. 6, 1872 Joseph Andrew Newsom born April 28, 1875 Ema Adelia Newsom born Mar. 20, 1863 Deaths Etheldred Singleton died Mar. 8, 1824 ( husband of Rhoda, and Father of Martha ) Elias Holley died Oct. 8, 1824 ( Father of Rhoda ) Prudence Holley died Sept. 24, 1844 ( Mother of Rhoda ) Rhoda Singleton Mixon died Sunday morning, Feb. 1, 1874 ( Granny Mixon was 100 years, two months and 24 days old ) pg 3. Horras Newsom died Feb. 17, 1881 Ema Adelia Newsom died June 25, 1883 Martha Newsom died Sept. 26, 1840 Sarah Newsom died Aug. 20, 1842 Moses Newsom died Feb. 17, 1853 about 7 o'clock a.m. Martha S. Newsom died Jan. 15, 1864 Theodecia Newsom died Thursday, Nov. 9, 1876 Robert Moses Newsom died Dec. 22, 1876 at 3 O'clock Jefferson Easley Newsom died July 14, 1932 Dora Tarver Newsom died Dec. 12, 1954 Joseph Andrew Newsom died Dec. 28, 1960 Dora E. Westmoreland died 1918 Children of Joseph Andrew Newsom and Cora Westmoreland Mrs. Fern Newsom Browner, San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Josephine Cleveland, Derrville, Texas Mrs. Blanche Euna Newsom Ebert, Albuquerque, New Mexico Mrs. Norma Cora Newsom Hahn, Albuquerque, New Mexico Adrian Andrew Newsom, Houston, Texas Aubrey Westmoreland Newsom Sybil Newsom, deceased Children of Jefferson Easley Newsom and Dora Tarver Bertha.Newsom born Dec.12, 1898 Willie N. Newsom born Jan.14,1900 died June 12, 1960 (N. was substituted for Joseph because there was another Willie J. Newsom in Tangipahoa and they couldn't keep their mail straight.) pg 4 Flois Eugene Bridges wife of Willie N. Newsom born Oct. 10, 1901 Willie N. Newsom and Flois E. Bridges married March 6, 1921 Children of Flois and Willie Newsom Jefferson Easley Newsom born Dec. 17, 1921 James Lester Newsom born April 10, 1923, died Sept. 25, 1925 Clara Elizabeth Newsom born Feb. 27, 1925, died June 17, 1946 Willie Newsom, Jr. born Oct. 11, 1926 Annie Lou Newsom born Nov. 11, 1929 Jefferson Easley Newsom and Juanita Dickinson were married Dec. 29, 1945. Juanita Dickinson was born at Forest City, Ark., Oct. 28, 1924. Children of Juanita and Jefferson E. Newsom Jefferson Easley Newsom, Jr. born Nov. 20, 1946 Lester Grover Newsom born May 11, 1949 Willie Newsom, Jr. and Helen Brumfield were married May 3, 1944. Helen Brumfield was born Jan. 5, 1926. Children of Helen and Willie Newsom Jerry Dalton Newsom born Aug. 25, 1945 Willie Elliott Newsom born July 25, 1947 Dorothy LaVon Newsom born Feb. 1,1949 Judy Ann Newsom born March 15, 1954 pg 5 Annie Lou Newsom and Eddie Joe Blanchard were married on Dec. 31, 1949. Eddie Joe Blanchard was born Oct. 29, 1931. Children of Eddie Joe and Annie Lou Blanchard Eddie Joe Blanchard, Jr. born Nov. 5, 1951, Reggie Eugene Blanchard born Nov. 20 1953, Ronnie Ray Blanchard born April 6, 1956, Randy Lynn Blanchard born June 3, 1958