Richard George Washington Newport (1836 - abt. 1865)

Born 20 Apr 1836 in Whites Creek, Roane, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary L. (Brown) Markwith — married 20 Mar 1856 (to about 1865) in Bledsoe, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died about 1865 at about age 28 in Dade, Missouri, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Richard was born on April 20, 1836 at Whites Creek in Roane County, Tennessee. He was the son of Asa Newport and Elizabeth Rogers . Asa and Elizabeth Newport lived on the Roane side of White’s Creek, after Elizabeth's parents died ( James and Anna Rogers ) Asa and Elizabeth bought the Rogers farm from the heirs between 1847-1850, they moved to the Rhea side of the creek (White’s Creek is the dividing line between Rhea and Roane counties ). Richard married Mary L Brown on March 20, 1856 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He worked as a farmer, he passed away around 1865 in Dade, Missouri.

They were the parents of:

Elizabeth Newport 1856

Nancy Caroline ( Newport ) Taylor 1858-1952 Find A Grave: Memorial #35690298

George Elsworth Newport 1861-1951 Find A Grave: Memorial #19979138

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDB-QD5 : 12 April 2016), Richard G W Newport in household of Asa Newport, Rhea county, part of, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing family 78, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ1-WXY : 18 February 2021), Washington Newport, 1860.