William
R
Newsome
Born in Georgia, USA
Ancestors 
Brother of
Martha Bangs (Newsome) Hines and Deloney Brown (Newsome) Hill
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 44
in Decatur County, Georgia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 14 May 2016
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William Newsome is buried in Oak City Cemetery.
Biography
William was born about 1870 in Georgia. His parents were Thomas W and Clara Ragland Newsome. In 1880, the family was living in Lee County, Alabama.[1]
In 1900, he and his mother were living with his sister, Brownie, and her first husband, Sigmund.[2]
In 1910, William was living with his mother in the home of his sister and second brother-in-law's in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia.[3]
William passed away in 1914. Burial was in the Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia.[4] He lies near his mother and sisters. His grave is inscribed: As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J5-T1P : accessed 14 May 2016), W R Newsome in household of C F Newsome, Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 89, sheet 28D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0019; FHL microfilm 1,254,019.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3NZ-VCC : accessed 14 May 2016), William Newsome in household of Nussbaum, Militia District Bainbridge town, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 13B, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,191.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKX-MKY : accessed 14 May 2016), William R Newsome in household of Henrry L Hill, Militia District 513, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 51, sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,196.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLF-4816 : accessed 14 May 2016), William Ragland Newsome, 1914; Burial, Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Oak City Cemetery; citing record ID 99560127, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from Grave site, Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Georgia
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