Called Elemander, he was the youngest child of Harmon Newman and Eleanor Jones Newman. He was born Oct 7, 1867 in Marion Twp. Boone County, Indiana. As a child he attended Wright and Bell schools in Boone County.
On July 26, 1889, he married Dora L. Trosper, and began housekeeping at the home where he had been raised. On June 21, 1897, he enlisted in the army at Indianapolis, where he was assigned to Co. B 22nd U.S. Infantry, and first sent to Jefferson Barracks, MO. War was declared and on June 11, 1898, he and his unit embarked for Cuba. June 23rd after the battle of El Caney, the Americans had encountered heavy losses, Elemander and three other men went to the Spanish camp and while the other men searched the camp, Elemander cut down the Spanish flag, the first one captured during the war.
July 1, 1898, at the battle of San Juan, he was shot through the right lung, the bullet passing through his body, striking and killing the man behind him. Elemander was given first aid and lay on the battlefield for two days in the rain before being placed on the hospital ship "Olivetta". On the third day out, the ship was fired on and the patients were removed to another ship. The "Olivetta" sunk. Elemander was hospitalized at Tampa FL, McPherson, GA, and Ft. Thomas, KY.
After regaining his health, he was discharged from the Army. He moved to Omaha, NE, where he worked as a night watchman, a policeman, and later chief of police. He then moved to Pleasanton, KS where he owned two grocery and opperated two huskster wagons. Soon he returned to Indiana and became a guard at the Indiana State Prison, later he joined the Michigan City Police Force. In Jan, 1926, he returned to his childhood home and became the marshall of Sheridan, IN. Soon after fighting a hotel fire in Sheridan, Elemander became ill with pneumonia,and died Nov 17, 1926.
He is buried at Crown View Cemetery in Sheridan, Indiana. His second marriage was to Gerta McVey. He was the father of two daughters.
On July 26, 1889, he married Dora L. Trosper, and began housekeeping at the home where he had been raised. On June 21, 1897, he enlisted in the army at Indianapolis, where he was assigned to Co. B 22nd U.S. Infantry, and first sent to Jefferson Barracks, MO. War was declared and on June 11, 1898, he and his unit embarked for Cuba. June 23rd after the battle of El Caney, the Americans had encountered heavy losses, Elemander and three other men went to the Spanish camp and while the other men searched the camp, Elemander cut down the Spanish flag, the first one captured during the war.
July 1, 1898, at the battle of San Juan, he was shot through the right lung, the bullet passing through his body, striking and killing the man behind him. Elemander was given first aid and lay on the battlefield for two days in the rain before being placed on the hospital ship "Olivetta". On the third day out, the ship was fired on and the patients were removed to another ship. The "Olivetta" sunk. Elemander was hospitalized at Tampa FL, McPherson, GA, and Ft. Thomas, KY.
After regaining his health, he was discharged from the Army. He moved to Omaha, NE, where he worked as a night watchman, a policeman, and later chief of police. He then moved to Pleasanton, KS where he owned two grocery and opperated two huskster wagons. Soon he returned to Indiana and became a guard at the Indiana State Prison, later he joined the Michigan City Police Force. In Jan, 1926, he returned to his childhood home and became the marshall of Sheridan, IN. Soon after fighting a hotel fire in Sheridan, Elemander became ill with pneumonia,and died Nov 17, 1926.
He is buried at Crown View Cemetery in Sheridan, Indiana. His second marriage was to Gerta McVey. He was the father of two daughters.
Called Elemander, he was the youngest child of Harmon Newman and Eleanor Jones Newman. He was born Oct 7, 1867 in Marion Twp. Boone County, Indiana. As a child he attended Wright and Bell schools in Boone County.
On July 26, 1889, he married Dora L. Trosper, and began housekeeping at the home where he had been raised. On June 21, 1897, he enlisted in the army at Indianapolis, where he was assigned to Co. B 22nd U.S. Infantry, and first sent to Jefferson Barracks, MO. War was declared and on June 11, 1898, he and his unit embarked for Cuba. June 23rd after the battle of El Caney, the Americans had encountered heavy losses, Elemander and three other men went to the Spanish camp and while the other men searched the camp, Elemander cut down the Spanish flag, the first one captured during the war.
July 1, 1898, at the battle of San Juan, he was shot through the right lung, the bullet passing through his body, striking and killing the man behind him. Elemander was given first aid and lay on the battlefield for two days in the rain before being placed on the hospital ship "Olivetta". On the third day out, the ship was fired on and the patients were removed to another ship. The "Olivetta" sunk. Elemander was hospitalized at Tampa FL, McPherson, GA, and Ft. Thomas, KY.
After regaining his health, he was discharged from the Army. He moved to Omaha, NE, where he worked as a night watchman, a policeman, and later chief of police. He then moved to Pleasanton, KS where he owned two grocery and opperated two huskster wagons. Soon he returned to Indiana and became a guard at the Indiana State Prison, later he joined the Michigan City Police Force. In Jan, 1926, he returned to his childhood home and became the marshall of Sheridan, IN. Soon after fighting a hotel fire in Sheridan, Elemander became ill with pneumonia,and died Nov 17, 1926.
He is buried at Crown View Cemetery in Sheridan, Indiana. His second marriage was to Gerta McVey. He was the father of two daughters.
On July 26, 1889, he married Dora L. Trosper, and began housekeeping at the home where he had been raised. On June 21, 1897, he enlisted in the army at Indianapolis, where he was assigned to Co. B 22nd U.S. Infantry, and first sent to Jefferson Barracks, MO. War was declared and on June 11, 1898, he and his unit embarked for Cuba. June 23rd after the battle of El Caney, the Americans had encountered heavy losses, Elemander and three other men went to the Spanish camp and while the other men searched the camp, Elemander cut down the Spanish flag, the first one captured during the war.
July 1, 1898, at the battle of San Juan, he was shot through the right lung, the bullet passing through his body, striking and killing the man behind him. Elemander was given first aid and lay on the battlefield for two days in the rain before being placed on the hospital ship "Olivetta". On the third day out, the ship was fired on and the patients were removed to another ship. The "Olivetta" sunk. Elemander was hospitalized at Tampa FL, McPherson, GA, and Ft. Thomas, KY.
After regaining his health, he was discharged from the Army. He moved to Omaha, NE, where he worked as a night watchman, a policeman, and later chief of police. He then moved to Pleasanton, KS where he owned two grocery and opperated two huskster wagons. Soon he returned to Indiana and became a guard at the Indiana State Prison, later he joined the Michigan City Police Force. In Jan, 1926, he returned to his childhood home and became the marshall of Sheridan, IN. Soon after fighting a hotel fire in Sheridan, Elemander became ill with pneumonia,and died Nov 17, 1926.
He is buried at Crown View Cemetery in Sheridan, Indiana. His second marriage was to Gerta McVey. He was the father of two daughters.
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Harmon E.
Newman
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Indiana
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Corpl. 22 U.S. Inf.
November 17, 1926
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