James Allen Newlin (1839 - 1917)

Born 24 Jul 1839 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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Died 23 Feb 1917 at age 77 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States

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Biography

In 1852 James left North Carolina and with his parents moved to Hamilton County, Indiana. In the Fall of 1855 the family moved to Kansas, settling on the north banks of the Cottonwood River, a few miles from the present town of Emporia. James stayed on the family farm until the spring of 1861, when he bought his own parcel of land. In August 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company C Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteers and spent the next three years in the Union Army fighting the American Civil War. After the war he sold his farm and bought another one. James married Mahala L. Kirkendall on February 14, 1861, and together they had five children.

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• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLM-83Y8 : 13 December 2015), James A. Newlin, 1917; Burial, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States of America, Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery; citing record ID 82049805, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMY9-3K3 : accessed 19 March 2019), James A Newlin, Emporia Township Emporia city Ward 3, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71, sheet 15A, family 343, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,487.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJR-3GZ : 28 May 2021), James A Newlin, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF54-XL7 : 29 August 2017), James A Newlin, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 111, sheet 312B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0387; FHL microfilm 1,254,387.