Biographical Sketch of David Newburn - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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David Newburn was born in Preble County, OH., January 22, 1829.  He is 
the son of David Newburn, who was born in Pennsylvania, July 27, 1792.
he was married in Ohio to Beulah Brown, who was born in New Jersey,
February 17, 1787.  He removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and in 1844
located in Illinois, where he lived until his death, March 28, 1855. 
He was a farmer by vocation, and lived a consisten Christian life,
beloved by all who knew him.  The paternal grandfather was born on
January 18, 1756.  He was an early immigrant to America, and settled
in Pennsylvania.  The subject of this sketch was educated in the
common schools of Ohio, and served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith
trade, which he followed from the age of sixteen to thirty inclusive,
since which he has followed agricultural pursuits.  In Ohio, in 1852,
he wedded Mary Jane Reddick, who died in 1854.  They had one daughter,
who died in 1878.  In 1860 Mr. Newburn married his second wife, Lucinda
VanWinkle, a native of Preble County, OH, born November 24, 1827.  They
have three children, Charles B., born April 19, 1861; Warner L., born
January 25, 1864; and Sarah Belle, born August 5, 1866.  Mr. Newburn
came to his present location from Illinois in 1872.  He is a stanch 
Republican, and in Marshall County, IL., held the office of county
collector for one term.