Sullivan-Lycoming County PA Archives Biographies.....NEWMAN, Joseph S. 1866 - living in 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 2, 2005, 2:13 pm Author: Biographical Publishing Co. JOSEPH S. NEWMAN, an enterprising and progressive citizen of Nordmont, Sullivan County, Pa., is general station agent on the W. & N. B. R. R. and express agent at that point, where he has faithfully served the company's interests since 1890. He is a son of George Newman, and was born in Prince, Williams County, Va., March 7, 1866. He is of English descent and is a great-grandson of Thomas Newman, who was one of the early settlers of Lycoming County, Pa., where he was known far and wide as a man of integrity and honesty in his every business transaction. He now lies buried in the Newman cemetery of that county. He was the progenitor of one son, Joseph, who became the owner of the old homestead in Lycoming County. He disposed of that property and settled at Tivoli, in the same county, where he followed lumbering and farming. He closed his eyes in final sleep at the age of seventy-four years. George Newman, the father of our subject, was born near Hughesville, Lycoming County, but moved to Tivoli with his father, where he resides at the present time. He is a man of great industry and, as a dealer in lumber and a farmer, success has attended his every effort, and he is now one of the substantial men of that section. Joseph S. Newman, the subject of this biographical record, obtained his mental training in the public schools and in the high schools of Williamsport and Tivoli. In 1884 he was offered the position of station agent at that town, which he accepted and retained for one and one-half years, serving in Sonestown for a time subsequent to 1886. He was the first and is the only member of the Newman family whose lot has been cast within the bounds of the Seventeenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. From Sonestown he went to Muncy Valley, where he remained until 1890, when he accepted his present position at Nordmont, Sullivan County. He has a thorough understanding of the many responsible duties of his position and has discharged them to the entire satisfaction of the patrons of the road, thereby gaining the approval of his employers. For some years he was financially associated in the mercantile business in Nordmont, under the firm name of Botsford & Newman, with M. W. Botsford. whose sketch appears elsewhere in this book. Mr. Newman was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Mary S. Sinclair, a daughter of William and Martha J. Sinclair of Laporte township, and their happy union is blessed by two children: Hazel Martha and Lester S. Politically our subject is a stanch Republican, whilst in religious attachments he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Socially he is a member of the Patriotic Order Sons of America and of the Odd Fellows. He is a man of admirable character and habits and has won many friends since his residence in Nordmont. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb