Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Mary Newton, Wright County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Mrs. Mary Newton, widow of Andrew Newton, was born in Kentucky in 1827,
the daughter of William and Huldah (Young) Rippey, natives of Virginia.
They were married in Kentucky, and afterward moved to Indiana, when the
subject of this sketch was a child.  The father was a farmer by occupa-
tion, and died in Indiana, where the mother also passed the remainder 
of her days.  The paternal grandfather died in Wright County, Mo., and
the maternal grandfather died in Kentucky.  Mrs. Newton was left an
orphan at an early age, and was reared by an aunt, who took her to
Missouri, and settled in Wright County.  Here she grew to womanhood,
and was married to Mr. Newton in 1843.  To them were born fifteen 
children, ten now living: James, William, Sarah, wife of Thomas Mont-
gomery; John, Frances E., wife of William W. Edington; George W.,
Mary, wife of Rufus Scott; Julia A., wife of C. J. Crain; Jesse A.
and Barney.  Those deceased are: Rettie, who died at the age of eleven
years and five months; Huldah, who died at the age of nineteen months;
Clementine, Susan, who died at the age of four months, and an infant
son.  Andrew Newton was born in Kentucky in 1819, and died February 27,
1881, at the age of sixty-two years.  He was reared in Indiana, and 
came to Missouri in 1839, where he homesteaded 400 acres, which is
still in the hands of the family.  George, Jesse and Barney are at 
home.
 
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