CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF ALEXANDER NEWMAN ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== THE CEDAR COUNTY NEWS - AUGUST 7, 1924 OLDEST ODD FELLOW IN STATE DIES HERE ALEXANDER NEWMAN DIED EARLY SUNDAY; RESIDED HERE FOR 36 YEARS Alexander Newman, believed to be the oldest resident of Cedar County and a resident of Hartington for 56 years, entered into his last sleep Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S.F. Gordon, with whom he had made his home since the death of his wife 22 years ago. Mr. Newman was in his 95th year having been born June 8, 1830 at Little Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania. In his early life he resided at Carrollton, in Jefferson Co. Ohio, coming to Hartington in 1888, when the city was only five years old. Mrs. Newman died here in 1902 and since that time he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Gordon, who with four brothers, James M. of Shreveport, La., Jos. R., of Carrollton, Ohio, W. Ross of Hinckley, Minn., and Wilson Newman of Hartington, survive, together with eleven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Mr. Newman is believed to have been the oldest odd fellow in the state, having joined the order while residing in Carrollton, Ohio, and was a charter member at the local lodge. He was also a member of the Methodist church in his early life, but since there was no such church here when he came he united with the Presbyterian church of which he was a faithful member while it continued here. The funeral service was held at the home of Mrs. Gordon on Tuesday morning, in the presence of a large number of friends, Rev. Louis Hieb, assisted by Rev. M.E. Coltrane of Coleridge, being in charge. Ladies from the Congregational church sang appropriate selections. Interment was in the Hartington cemetery.