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m. 29 Dec 1881
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m. 5 Oct 1908
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According to E. Leonard, in The Newton Genealogy (de Pere, Wisc., 1915) JAMES QUIGG NEWTON" (Whitney, Ezra A.', Ezra", Thaddeus^ Phineas'*, John^, John, Richard'), son of Whitney and Mary Rose (Quigg) Newton of Pueblo and Denver, Colo., was bom at Pueblo, Colo., December 31, 1885. He married at Chicago, 111., October 5, 1908, Nellie Springer Singleton. They reside in Denver, Colo., where Mr. Newton is engaged with his father and four brothers in the manufacture of lumber, he being one of five generations in succession who have been engaged in the same business. It is an interesting fact to note. I will set down here the names of the men of the five generations, and the places where they manufactured: Thaddeus Newton^, lumber manufacturer, Hampshire,* Mass., and Wayne County, Pa.; Ezra Newton*, lumber manufacturer, Wayne County, Pa. ; Ezra Artemas Newton', lumber manufacturer, Oshkosh and Fond du Lac, Wis.; Wliitney Newton', lumber manufacturer, Denver, Colo.; Wilbur', James Q.", Wliitney', Jr., Robert P.", and George E. Newton" (sons of Whitney, Sr.), Denver, Colo. |