Sorry I made an error please see below. My great-great grandfather Samuel R. Newton born 1804 in VIRGINIA not OHIO. Sorry. I have copied some info below. Sue Hi Sue! I finally have some info for you on Ophelia and Thomas Barker. I found their obituaries. The library has four microfilm machines that you can make a copy on. Two of them were out-of-order and the other two were being used, so I didn't make a copy. Anyway, Ophelia's obituary is on page 2 of the Thursday, March 14, 1940, issue of the Waco News Tribune. The obituary reads: Mrs. Ophelia Barker Funeral services for Mrs. Ophelia Barker, 91, who died at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cora Lewis, 720 North Eleventh Street, will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Wilkirson-Hatch chapel, Rev. A. Reilly Copeland officiating, burial in Rosemound Cemetery. Pallbearers will be 8 grandsons, Cecil Barker of Dallas; Doris and Woodrow Barker of Waco; Bennie and Eugene Barker of Fort Worth; Clyde and Senator Knowles of Dallas; and Jerry Knowles of Odessa. Mrs. Barker was the widow of the late Thomas Barker, who served in Hood's Brigade in the Civil War. She was born in 1849 in Polk County, which has since been divided into two counties. Surviving are three sons, J. T. Barker of Dallas, W. H. and C. B. Barker , both of Waco; 2 daughters, Mrs. C. C. Knowles of Dallas and Mrs. Cora Lewis of Waco; 30 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great- grandchild. I found the obituary for Thomas Barker in a book entitled "Early Waco Obituaries from 1874-1908." I also found out that the Waco library has the newspapers from 1898 on microfilm so I will check next time I go to the library and see if there was any more to the obituary, but I don't think I'll find anymore. Anyway, Thomas Barker's obituary was in the Monday, June 2, 1902, issue of the paper. It reads: Thomas Barker, aged about 40, died at his home, 1408 Mary, yesterday. Ship remains to Chilton. Well, I think that Ophelia's obituary may help you, but I think Thomas' probably just created more questions. I'll keep trying to find some more info for you. Hope I helped a little bit. Write when you have a chance. Betty 8-16-99 Huntsville Library. " Dodge, in the years between 1874 and 1879, was described by the station agent, Alston B. Ostrander. He said Dodge had seven adult citizens, no children, and seven buildings: the depot with its agent, Alston B. Ostrander, and his wife, a two-story hotel kept by a Mr. Boyd and his wife, whose brother, W.D. "Doty" McGowan, lived with them, a vacant building, formerly the store of Samuel R. NEWTON, the school, which was vacant since no children lived in the town, but was used by young people living on nearby plantations for dances, a general merchandise store owned by Russell, John and Henry Roark, another store operated by Ezra M. Josey and Janes Roark, and a story- and -a- half- house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cato." In the reference of the Dodge information sent to me was the following, "39. Samuel R. NEWTON had moved to a spot on the Trinity River where he had a residence, a store, and a loading dock. "NEWTON'S Branch," which is really a creek, was named for him. He was listed in the 1850 Census of Polk Co., TX , as being forty-six years of age and a native of Virginia. At that time he had two daughters living with him , Elizabeth, who was eleven, and OPHELIA, who was two. Both children had been born in Texas. On May 7, 1851, Samuel R. NEWTON married Susannah Morse in a ceremony performed by W. R. Powell, Justice of the Peace, at Newport." pgs 499 & 500 "Huntsville and Walker Co, TX a Bicentennial History. Hunstville Public Library # 023816 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 12:25 PM Subject: NEWTON-D Digest V99 #140