Person:Dexter Newton (1)

According to E. Leonard, in The Newton Genealogy (de Pere, Wisc., 1915)

JUDGE DEXTER NEWTON' (Stephen^ Amos^ Jr., JohnS John\ John-, Richard^), son of Stephen and Sally (Fay) Newton of Southborough, Mass., was born there January 13, 1823, and died, 1890. He married at Southborough, December 9, 1846, Arethusa Ann Brighani, then "aged 18," daughter of Taylor and Ann L. (Jacobs) Brigham* of Southborough, Mass. She was born about 1828. She was sister to Georgianna Brigham, wife of Lyman Newton', son of Russell.' Judge Dexter Newton, youngest of his father's sons, was educated in the High School of his native town and the Academy at Westfield, Mass., and was a teacher at twenty years of age in the schools of Southborough, for three winters. From March, 1845, for five years he was in the meat business. After that he was station agent at Fayville and Cordoville, for the Boston and Worcester Railway for eleven years; assistant assessor of internal revenue some five years; postmaster at Fayville for a term beginning July, 1869; justice of the peace and notary public; member of school committee ten years; assessor of taxes for the town for twenty-seven years. In June, 1870, he was appointed Justice of the First Court of Eastern Worcester to succeed William T. Forbes, which office he held many years, 1881-1882, 1883, 1884, 1885. He was moderator of town meetings for over thirty years. He also was surveyor of lands, real estate agent, insurance agent, representative to General Court 1861 and 1877. Judge Newton held the esteem of his contemporaries for good judgment, honorable service and faithfulness.

1. ↑ Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1903)
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   NEWTON, Dexter, s. Stephen and Sally, [born] Jan. 13, 1823.