Good Morning, Anyone interested in the following info:According to the History of Gallitin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties of Illinois (found in the John A. Logan Library genealogical section) in a biographical sketch on John G. Newton (pg. 922-923) The biography is that of John G. Newton, the son of Uriah Newton who is the brother of John G. Newton. John G. Newton, farmer, and prominent citizen of Marion Precinct, was born in Kentucky in 1821, the fourth of nine children of Uriah and Mary (Haley) Newton, natives of North Carolina where they were reared and married , and from where, a few years later, they moved to Kentucky. About 1828 they moved to Sumner County, Tenn., and in 1841 to Todd County Ky. About 1850 they settled in Trigg County, where they both died a few years later. The grandfather, John Newton, a native of North Carolina, was an old Revolutionary soldier, whose father came from England. Our subject was given a good business education at home, and began as a tenant-farmer, and several years later was employed as an overseer. In January, 1847 he married Lucinda, daughter of C and Mary Fletcher, of Logan Co. KY., the place of her birth about 1823. Their children are Mary A., wife of W.W. Spiller; Virginia C., wife of M.C. Casey, and Dr. John T. of Clinton County. In 1858 he left Todd county and came to his present farm of 200 fine acres, three miles north of Marion, which he has acquired from a beginning of nothing, through his good judgement and industry. In 1872 he was elected to represent this county in the Lower House, and served two years with satisfaction to all concerned. The Doctor graduated as a physician in St. Louis in 1878, practiced in Lake Creek Precinct and Thompsonville two years, and finally in Clinton County where he has practiced with success ever since. Our subject was a Whig, but since its dissolution became a Democrat. His wife died in April 1863. (More to follow) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com