Biographical Sketch of Lewis A. Newton, Greene County, Missouri,
Springfield

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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This gentleman is the son of Henry W. and Mary (Coleman) Newton, and
was born June 16th, 1832, in Caroline county, Virginia.  He was reared
upon the farm, and attended Richmond College for three years.  After
completing his education he returned to the farm and lived there until
1859, when he moved to Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, where he taught school
two terms, and then went to Owensburg, Kentucky.  He returned to Law-
renceburg soon after, and upon the 30th of September, 1860, was married
to Miss Eliza V., daughter of Edwin Martin.  Their union was blest with
nine children, four boys and five girls.  He came to Springfield, Mo.,
in October, 1860, but soon went to Cassville, Barry County, and follow-
ed his profession of teaching.  In the spring of 1862 he returned to
Springfield, and accepted the position of first clerk in the quarter-
master's department, which position he held until November, 1865.  In
January, 1866, he went with Captain R. B. Owens to Fort Riley, Kansas,
and took charge of the abstract department.  In November, 1866, he came
back to Springfield, Missouri, and engaged in prosecuting claims again-
st the government.  He was elected upon the Democratic ticket to the 
office of county collector, in 1874, and served two years.  In 1869 he
was city assessor, and a member of the council in 1871, and has been a
member of the school board as one of the directors.  Mr. Newton is a
Mason, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist church.  His
father died in 1852 and his mother in 1876.  They had seven children,
four boys and three girls, of whom Lewis A. is the oldest.

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