Person:John Newton (80)

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John Newton
b.2 Aug 1839 Newfane, Windham, Vermont, United States
d.29 Sep 1908 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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m. 14 Dec 1836
  1. Fanny Tufts Newton1837 - 1922
  2. John Newton1839 - 1908
  3. Seraph Newton1841 - 1900
  4. Mary Corrilla Newton1842 - 1843
  5. James Holland Newton1843 - 1864
  6. Mary Newton1845 -
  7. Charles Marshall Newton1846 - 1911
  8. William Henry Newton1850 -
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Name John Newton
Gender Male
Birth? 2 Aug 1839 Newfane, Windham, Vermont, United States
Death? 29 Sep 1908 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

John, b. Aug. 2, 1839; unm.; was a soldier in the Civil War; enlisted at Lancaster, Ohio, in 1861 in the Eighteenth United States regular infantry regiment, and served three years in all of the engagements of the Fourteenth Army Corps, until detailed to act as clerk in the division headquarters; was some months Commissary Sergeant in a brigade of regular troops at Lookout Mountain; was at the battles of Perrysville, Ky., Murfreesborough, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and in the Atlanta campaign.

He finished his term of enlistment. His eyesight was affected and he became blind. He went into the National Soldiers' Home at Washington, D. C, where he spent the winters, canvassing with books in the summers. There he died, Sept. 29, 1909.

GEORGE NEWTON (1840 - BET 1900 & 1910) By Myron L. Newton, Jr.

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