John Smith Newberry (1814 - abt. 1859)

Born 22 May 1814 in Warwick, Orange, New York, United States

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Died about Jul 1859 at about age 45 in Des Moines, Lee, Iowa, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

John Smith Newberry was born on May 22,1814 in Warwick, Orange County, New York. His parents were James Abram Newberry and Mary Smith.

He married Lucinda Williams on December 24, 1837 in Clay county, Missouri. They had four children.

1. William Newberryywas born 1841 in Illinois.
2. John Marshall Newberry was born 1844 in Illinois.
3. Charles Newberry was born 1845 in Iowa.
4. Edward "Deadwood Ed" Newberry was born in 1850.

In 1850 he lived in Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin with his wife and three children.

John most likely passed away in July 1859 in Des Moines Lee County, Iowa. Other sources indicate that he died in July 1863 in Argyle, Lee County, Iowa.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Non-population Census Schedules for Iowa, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T1156; Archive Roll Number: 55; Census Year: 1859; Census Place: Des Moines, Lee, Iowa, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8756&h=1979799&ssrc=pt&tid=6572679&pid=132234782181&usePUB=true, John Newberry, male, widowed, born about 1815, age 44, death date Jul 1859, cause of death: consumption.

1850 census:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DV-YTS : 12 April 2016), John Newbery, Shullsburg, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 25, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See also:

• The World Wide Newburgh Project - Mapping the Newburgh Family - Website has been retired and not available on Wayback Marchine: www[dot]worldwidenewburghproject [dot]com/richard-newberry-family.html. Webite contained information about YDNA and DNA research on the Richard Newberry family. This page is still accessable: http://www.worldwidenewburghproject.com/uploads/3/1/2/3/31230059/immigrants_to_america.pdf. Notes from retired website: John Smith Newberry, born May 22 1814, Warwick, Orange County, New York, died Lee County, Iowa, 1861, married Lucinda (Elizabeth) Williams December 24, 1837 in Clay county, Missouri by Joseph Holbrrok and elder of the LDS church. Died in Argyle, Lee county, Iowa, buried in Vincennes, Lee county, Iowa. Lucinda died between 1855 and 1858 in Blanchardville, Wisconsin.