Reason Thomas Newberry was born March 9, 1836 to Daniel Newberry and Mary Elizabeth Thomas Newberry near Williamsburg, Ohio. [1] [2] He was their tenth child. His name was in honor of his grandmother, Sarah Raziner. [3]
Reason was fourteen years old when the 1850 census was completed. He lived at home in Pike Township, Brown County, Ohio, with his parents, Daniel and Mary Newberry, his siblings, Daniel and Hannah, and a cousin,Rachel Wells, the daughter of James Wells andChristiana Newberry. [4]
Reasoner Thomas Newberry and Margaret M. Hughes were married January 1, 1857 in Brown County, Ohio,[3][1] by Thomas Sheldon, a Minister of the Gospel. They obtained their marriage license on December 13, 1856. [5]
Willomine, their first child, was born November 13, 1857 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. Joseph Everett was born July 7, 1860 in Sterling Township, Brown County, Ohio. [3] [1] The 1860 Sterling, Brown County, Ohio census included Reas [Reason], Margaret, Willimine [Willomine] and Joseph. [6]
Reason Newberry was a blacksmith and buggy maker. He was proud of his buggy displayed at an Ohio State Fair.[7] [8]
Reason enlisted in the Ohio Cavalry and served during the Civil War. His background as a blacksmith made him a valuable addition to the cavalry. [9] He was a Private in Company L, 5th Regiment, of The Ohio Cavalry. He was taken prisoner and finished out the war in the Andersonville Prison. [3] Reason returned home looking like a "ghost of a man". [10][11] Reason's enlistment in the Union Army had ended after he was released from Andersonville Prison, in Georgia. His health was poor, but, he had returned home alive. During the war his name was spelled every which way. He decided to make it as easy as possible and changed it to "Reason Newbry". That spelling was adopted by his children.
Edward Thomas was born December 13, 1866 in Brown County, Ohio. He was their third child. He was called "Tom". [3] [10]
A daughter, Mary Belle, was born October 22, 1869 in Brown County, Ohio. She was called "Mollie".
After Mollie's birth, Reason and Margaret moved to Illinois. In 1870, they lived in Buckhorn, Brown County, Illinois. Reason, Margaret, Welcome [Willomine], Joseph, Edward [Tom], and Mary [Mollie] are listed in the census. Laborer is Reason's occupation. [12]
From Illinois, they moved to Kansas. Reason, Margaret, Philomine [Willomine], Joseph E., Thomas E., Mary B., William C. and Robert M. are listed in the census for Houston, Smith County, Kansas. Blacksmith is listed as Reason's occupation. [13]
Their final child, Charles Truman Newbry was born April 16, 1881 near Gaylord, Smith County Kansas. [3]
Margaret died May 31, 1887. She had been sick a long time. [10] Their son, Edward Thomas, and son-in-law, James Martin Brown went to Colorado in search of work in 1887. Willomine and her children moved in with Reason. He and his family moved to Tom's place near Collby, Kansas.
Mollie died September 11, 1889 of typhoid fever. [10]
Tom and James sent for the family in 1889. Reason and his family moved to Colorado. [3] His granddaughter, Dora Brown, wrote about the move to Colorado. "Grandpa was a blacksmith, he could find work whereever he went." [10] Later, Reason and members of his family moved to Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. [3] [10]
In Colorado, they moved to the San Luis Valley, and from there to Rocky Ford, Colorado. [14] It wasn't long before they struck out for Idaho.
Reason passed away in Twin Falls, Idaho April 30, 1907. Reason Thomas (Newberry) Newbry: Find A Grave: Memorial #139518511 [3]
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