Person:John Newcomer (6)

John Newcomer

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m. Bef 1827

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	John Newcomer
Gender	Male
Marriage	Bef 1827	[they were first cousins] to Catherine Newcomer (add)
Death`^?`		Washington, Maryland, United States

References

↑ Family Recorded, in Steiner, Bernard Christian (Ph.D.); David Henry Carroll; Lynn Roby Meekins; and Thomas G Boggs. Men of mark in Maryland: biographies of leading men in the state ; illustrated with many full page engravings (in 4 Volumes). (Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD: Johnson-Wynne and BF Johnson, 1907-1912)
Vol 1, pp 266-273.

... John and Catherine (NEWCOMER) NEWCOMER. ... were first cousins, being grandchildren of Wolfgang NEWCOMER, who came from Switzerland to Philadelphia about 1720. John NEWCOMER was an influential man in Washington county, owning large estates and conducting a flour mill near his home at Beaver Creek. He founded the flour and grain commission firm of Newcomer & Stonebraker in Baltimore. Washington county chose him as its sheriff, county commissioner, state senator, and a member of the convention which framed the State Constitution of 1851. ...