Newberry County ScArchives Obituaries.....Newton, Thomas April 24, 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net April 9, 2007, 11:32 pm "The Carroll County Times" Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 5, 1882 WHITESBURG News The remains of Uncle Thomas Newton were brought to this place by Mr. John S. Pentecost last Thursday and buried in the cemetery by the side of his wife and two children who died awhile before him. Mr. P. brought the remains by railroad from Cross Plains, Alabama, to Newnan and from Newnan to this place by private conveyance. Rev. W. H. Speer performed the burial service which was largely attended by the people of our town, and also by Rev. Henry Newton, a son of the deceased, of Fairburn, Georgia. Uncle Thomas Newton was born in Newberry district, S.C. on June 30th, 1805 and died in Cherokee county, Alabama on April 24, 1882 in the 77th year of his age. He lived near this place for 40 years and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/newberry/obits/n/newton93gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/scfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb