Marcellus Jefferson Newman (1835 - 1905)

Born 6 Dec 1835 in Richview, Washington County, Illinois, USA

Husband of Priscilla Jane (Skein) Bunch — married 9 Jan 1859 in Clinton County, Illinois, USA

Husband of Nancy Jane (Jones) Newman — married 11 Apr 1882 in Marion County, Illinois, USA

Died 15 Nov 1905 at age 69 in Meeker, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Marcellus was born in 1835. He passed away in 1905.

Civil War Veteran: Private, Co. B, 111th Regiment, Illinois Infantry.

Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company B, 111th Illinois Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 14, 1864 at Resaca, Georgia. His citation reads "Voluntarily returned, in the face of a severe fire from the enemy, and rescued a wounded comrade who had been left behind as the regiment fell back."

Occupation: Farmer.

Note: He and his first wife Priscilla must have gotten a divorce before 1882 when he married his second wife Nancy. Priscilla died in Kentucky, near their daughter Effie.

Children with Priscilla: Albert, Effie Ann, Maryann Ellen, Charles.

Children with Nancy: Joseph F., James H., Albert, Edna R., Carl S., John W., Leslie M.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2YP-JSX
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M857-WLV : 19 December 2020), Mercelles Neuman in household of Joseph Neuman, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2LG-7SY : 14 February 2020), Marsellis J. Neuman, 1859.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCH-822 : 18 February 2021), M J Newman, 1860.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9P9-RWG : 4 December 2014), Marcellus J. Newman, Private, Company B, 111th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M539 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 66; FHL microfilm 881,686.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXV5-SBX : 19 February 2021), Marcellus J Newman, Centralia, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 125, sheet 218A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,234.
• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHWG-3M2 : 24 March 2016), Marcellus J. Newman, 1880.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-5PFN : 19 February 2021), Marcellus J Newman and Nancy J Robb, 11 Apr 1882; citing Marion, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,010,515.
• "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9NX-92W2 : 13 February 2020), Marcellus Jefferson in entry for Joseph Francis Newman Jefferson, 1883.
• "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2KT-15N : 12 February 2020), Marcellous Jefferson Newman in entry for Leslie Marcellous Newman, 1897.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4V-MG1 : accessed 6 April 2021), Mar* Newman, Carrigan Township, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 6A, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,327.
• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DW-KN4 : 20 February 2021), M J Newman in entry for John W Newman, 14 May 1942; citing certificate number 24381, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,101.
• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-K3QQ : 2 March 2021), Marcellus J Newman in entry for Effie Ann Newman Hunt, 18 Aug 1957; citing Death, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,709,308.