The Captain comes from his occupation. He was a steamboat Captain on the French Broad River in Tennessee.
James was born in 1849. He was the son of James Newman and Nancy Widner. He passed away in 1931.
Sources
United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-Q3L : 3 March 2020), James E Newman in household of Edmond Newman, Knox county, part of, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing family 190, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD72-45M : 15 July 2017), James E Newman, District 22, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 155, sheet 302B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,265.
United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDW-NX7 : accessed 2 January 2020), James E Newman, Civil District 22, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91, sheet 2B, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,583.
United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNP-JGK : accessed 2 January 2020), James Newman, Civil District 15, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 132, sheet 5B, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1508; FHL microfilm 1,375,521
United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNGC-PS6 : accessed 2 January 2020), James E Newman, Civil District 15, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 141, sheet 7A, line 18, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1748; FHL microfilm 1,821,748
United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP45-K4H : accessed 2 January 2020), James E Newman, District 15, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 2A, line 23, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2260; FHL microfilm 2,341,994
Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-5LLM : 22 December 2016), James E Newman and Martha A Atehly, 02 Feb 1871; citing Sevier, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,965.
*Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCP-D9Q : 4 December 2014), James E Newman and Martha A Atchly (Unknown), 02 Feb 1871; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 179, Sevier, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKH-P9Q4 : 13 December 2015), James Edmund Newman, 1931; Burial, Seven Islands, Knox, Tennessee, United States of America, Seven Islands Cemetery; citing record ID 33681167, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
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