BIO:  Newton A. TAWNEY, Mountpleasant Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 491

NEWTON A. TAWNEY, farmer, P. O. Gettysburg, was born October 22, 1845, in 
Mountjoy Township, Adams Co., Penn., son of Abraham Tawney, a native of this 
county and of German descent.  Abraham Tawney, who has been a successful mason 
and contractor, erected many of the important buildings of this county, and 
among those in Gettysburg may be mentioned the gas works, churches, court house, 
etc.  He is now seventy-six years of age; is self-made in every respect; 
starting out in life a poor boy, encumbered with debt, he has, by hard work, 
perseverance and an indomitable will, made a place for himself in the world, and 
to-day enjoys the respect and esteem of all who know him.  He never was a 
politician, but has ever taken an active interest in public affairs, and is 
identified with the Republican party.  He was married in this county to Miss 
Catharine A., daughter of David Zuck, a member of an old pioneer family and an 
old wagoner to Pittsburgh; he kept hotel on Pittsburgh Pike.  Abraham Tawney is 
now seventy-six years old, and his wife about sixty-five; they are members of 
the German Reformed Church.  The children born to this couple, four in number, 
were; Newton A., Susannah E., Selena M., and Clinton J., who was a born mechanic 
and died when thirteen years of age.  Our subject, Newton A., was educated in 
his native county; has learned no trade, but is a mechanic naturally, though he 
has followed farming the greater part of his life.  He was married, in the 
county, to Clara J., daughter of Daniel Stallsmith, and by this union there are 
four children:  Alverta G., Clinton E., Carrie E. and Charles B.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Newton Tawney are members of St. Mark’s Reformed Church.  Politically he is a 
Republican.