On the 17th of October, 1876, I (James K P Newton) was again married, this time to Miss Eliza J. Sisk of Salem, Tennessee. Our union has been a very happy one. We have mutually shared each other's joys and sorrows, and every day reveals to me still more clearly her solid worth. If I did not fear that she might suspect me as slightly indulging in flattery, I would say once for all, that in my opinion there is not in all this world another woman that would make me such a kind, loving, and dutiful wife as she. She is industrious, sensible, and frugal. Her mind and hands are every day busy attending to the wants of myself and the children. She is kind hearted and generous, and forgetful of the faults and failings of others. She is patient in the midst of domestic turmoil's, and her fingers are nimble in all kinds of household work. She is skillful in culinary matters, and her house always displays the tidiness of its keeper. In short, from the kitchen to the parlor, she can, and does, do all things well.
As she and I grow older and see more of the vanities of earth and experience more of its sorrows, she grows more dear to me, and today I love her far more tenderly than when she stood as a beautiful bride at the marriage altar and plighted me her hand and heart. I am ready to apply to her the Biblical description of a virtuous woman: "The heart of her husband doth safely trust her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of life. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She stretcheth out her hands to the poor: Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all." (Prov. 37 chapter).