Addison Newton (1816 - 1894)

Born 1816 in Redding, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1894 at about age 78 in Ogle, Illinois, United States

Biography

NEWTON ADDISON, Physician; Sec. 13; P. O. Honey Creek; born in Redding, Windsor Co., Vt., in 1816; moved to Susquehanna Co., Pa., in 1830; and to this Co. in 1855; married Polly Butterfield; she was born in Susquehanna Co., Pa., in 1822; had seven children, four of whom are deceased; the living are: Frances C., Sherman N., U. S. Grant; Dr. Newton has practiced medicine for 35 years; he enlisted in 46th I. V. I. in Sept., 1861; mustered out in 1862; had charge o the Military Hospital at Dixon part of the time he was in the service; he came home on short leave of absence to see his children, who were on their death bed; he received an order to join his regiment, which he promptly obeyed; two of his children died immediately after he bid them good-bye.

Sources

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 641.

• Find a Grave, memorial page for Addison Newton (6 Jan 1816–24 Jan 1894), Find A Grave: Memorial #37335225, citing Washington Grove Cemetery, Chana, Ogle County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by ogleCounty (contributor 46623374) .