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Arkansas Exchange. The many friends and comrades of Major G.W. Newton will be grieved to learn of his death which occurred March 15, 1907, at the home of his son, Dr. W.R. Newton of Buckholts, Texas, where he and his wife had spent the winter. He was buried at Cameron, Texas, March 16.
Major Newton was born in Johnson county, Ark., in 1838, but afterwards moved to Pope county where he was married to Miss Nannie Brown, daughter of John Brown and sister of James I. Brown and Mrs. S.H. Rye.
He was in Pope county at the beginning of the Civil War and enlisted in the Confederate service in Capt. Thomas Linton's company, Scott's squadron, and did valiant service in Arkansas until after the battle of Elkhorn when he was transferred with Brook's battalion to Mississippi. On account of ill health he was discharged and came home, but afterwards re-enlisted in Jackson's regiment, Shelby's division of Arkansas, where he was promoted to the rank of Major and was in many hardfought battles, being in General Price's famous raid through Missouri in 1864, and for his gallantry he was several times complimented by his commanding officer.
Soon after the war closed he moved to Boone county, Ark., where he was the main factor in founding a seminary at Rally Hill. He bought a large farm on which he has since resided until he went to Texas. During his residence in Boone county he preached a good many years, being a minister of the Baptist church.
There was no braver soldier or citizen more true than was Major Geo. W. Newton, always ready in peace or in war, to answer the call of duty as he saw it; and no man would sacrifice more for his friends than he would. R.C. Brown. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Texas), April 4, 1907
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Arkansas Exchange. The many friends and comrades of Major G.W. Newton will be grieved to learn of his death which occurred March 15, 1907, at the home of his son, Dr. W.R. Newton of Buckholts, Texas, where he and his wife had spent the winter. He was buried at Cameron, Texas, March 16.
Major Newton was born in Johnson county, Ark., in 1838, but afterwards moved to Pope county where he was married to Miss Nannie Brown, daughter of John Brown and sister of James I. Brown and Mrs. S.H. Rye.
He was in Pope county at the beginning of the Civil War and enlisted in the Confederate service in Capt. Thomas Linton's company, Scott's squadron, and did valiant service in Arkansas until after the battle of Elkhorn when he was transferred with Brook's battalion to Mississippi. On account of ill health he was discharged and came home, but afterwards re-enlisted in Jackson's regiment, Shelby's division of Arkansas, where he was promoted to the rank of Major and was in many hardfought battles, being in General Price's famous raid through Missouri in 1864, and for his gallantry he was several times complimented by his commanding officer.
Soon after the war closed he moved to Boone county, Ark., where he was the main factor in founding a seminary at Rally Hill. He bought a large farm on which he has since resided until he went to Texas. During his residence in Boone county he preached a good many years, being a minister of the Baptist church.
There was no braver soldier or citizen more true than was Major Geo. W. Newton, always ready in peace or in war, to answer the call of duty as he saw it; and no man would sacrifice more for his friends than he would. R.C. Brown. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Texas), April 4, 1907
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Arkansas Exchange. The many friends and comrades of Major G.W. Newton will be grieved to learn of his death which occurred March 15, 1907, at the home of his son, Dr. W.R. Newton of Buckholts, Texas, where he and his wife had spent the winter. He was buried at Cameron, Texas, March 16.
Major Newton was born in Johnson county, Ark., in 1838, but afterwards moved to Pope county where he was married to Miss Nannie Brown, daughter of John Brown and sister of James I. Brown and Mrs. S.H. Rye.
He was in Pope county at the beginning of the Civil War and enlisted in the Confederate service in Capt. Thomas Linton's company, Scott's squadron, and did valiant service in Arkansas until after the battle of Elkhorn when he was transferred with Brook's battalion to Mississippi. On account of ill health he was discharged and came home, but afterwards re-enlisted in Jackson's regiment, Shelby's division of Arkansas, where he was promoted to the rank of Major and was in many hardfought battles, being in General Price's famous raid through Missouri in 1864, and for his gallantry he was several times complimented by his commanding officer.
Soon after the war closed he moved to Boone county, Ark., where he was the main factor in founding a seminary at Rally Hill. He bought a large farm on which he has since resided until he went to Texas. During his residence in Boone county he preached a good many years, being a minister of the Baptist church.
There was no braver soldier or citizen more true than was Major Geo. W. Newton, always ready in peace or in war, to answer the call of duty as he saw it; and no man would sacrifice more for his friends than he would. R.C. Brown. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Texas), April 4, 1907
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Arkansas Exchange. The many friends and comrades of Major G.W. Newton will be grieved to learn of his death which occurred March 15, 1907, at the home of his son, Dr. W.R. Newton of Buckholts, Texas, where he and his wife had spent the winter. He was buried at Cameron, Texas, March 16.
Major Newton was born in Johnson county, Ark., in 1838, but afterwards moved to Pope county where he was married to Miss Nannie Brown, daughter of John Brown and sister of James I. Brown and Mrs. S.H. Rye.
He was in Pope county at the beginning of the Civil War and enlisted in the Confederate service in Capt. Thomas Linton's company, Scott's squadron, and did valiant service in Arkansas until after the battle of Elkhorn when he was transferred with Brook's battalion to Mississippi. On account of ill health he was discharged and came home, but afterwards re-enlisted in Jackson's regiment, Shelby's division of Arkansas, where he was promoted to the rank of Major and was in many hardfought battles, being in General Price's famous raid through Missouri in 1864, and for his gallantry he was several times complimented by his commanding officer.
Soon after the war closed he moved to Boone county, Ark., where he was the main factor in founding a seminary at Rally Hill. He bought a large farm on which he has since resided until he went to Texas. During his residence in Boone county he preached a good many years, being a minister of the Baptist church.
There was no braver soldier or citizen more true than was Major Geo. W. Newton, always ready in peace or in war, to answer the call of duty as he saw it; and no man would sacrifice more for his friends than he would. R.C. Brown. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Texas), April 4, 1907
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