Person:Whitney Newton (3)

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

WHITNEY NEWTON^ (Ezra A.^ Ezra«, Thaddeus^, Phineas^ John^ Jolm-, Richard^), son of Ezra Artemas and Ruth Ann (Wilbur) Newton of Carbondale, Pa., Ripon and other towns in Wisconsin, and Denver, Colo., was born April 5, 1858, at Monroe, Wis. He married at Ithaca, N. Y., December 29, 1881, Mary Rose Quigg. She is living, 1914. The Newton family home in Denver is on Grant Street. Mr. Newton resided at Pueblo, Colo., where his children were born. In 1903-4 he held the office of State Treasurer of Colorado. In 1914, and before, was living in Denver, Colo. Mr. Newton and his five sons are engaged in the manufacture of lumber; five generations in succession in one business is noteworthy. Mr. Newton is mentioned as one of Denver's most representative citizens. Mr. Newton and his sons are members of the society of the Sons of the Revolution, through the service of Thaddeus Newton in that war.