Civil War veteran, Co G, 47th Ky Infantry G.A.R.
William Newton was born on April 6, 1848 in Owsely county Kentucky where he family farmed. William had four sisters and a brother.
The family remained in that general area and in 1864 William joined the military. Although exact dates and information couldn't be found for his service, it is known he served for the 47th Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry, which was formed in January of 1864 at Camp Nelson and Irvine, Kentucky. It would make sense William joined at this time or soon after as he was only fifteen, which although very young, wasn't uncommon at all, especially with volunteer units such as this one appears to be.
They performed mainly scouting and patrol duty until June of 1864, when they began to see combat action, with battles at Mt. Sterling, Keller's Bridge, Cynthiana and Camp Nelson. The unit was mustered out of service on December 26, 1864.
William returned home after the war and in 1870 he married Mary Wyatt. Over time they had five sons and two daughters.
Apparently in the early 1880's the family moved to Arkansas as several of their children were born there between 1882 and 1888. Some time in the late 1890's the family moved to Oklahoma and settled in Burnett, now a ghost town which was located about four miles west of Macomb (**note...Burnett was previously featured as a "ghost" town of the day on Things Forgotten...type Burnett into the search bar on the page to read that story)
A daughter was born in 1897 in Burnett and the 1900 and 1910 censuses listed the Newtons as residents of the town and William was listed as a farmer.
Not much else is known about him, even an exact date of death couldn't be found although some information indicated it may have been around 1920.
He is buried in the Moral cemetery in Pottawatomie county near Tribbey. Moral was a small town that existed briefly around the turn of the 20th century about two miles north of present day Trousdale. It was so named because the town founder was successful in keeping saloons from opening in the community. By Things Forgotten 1/6/2017
William Newton was born on April 6, 1848 in Owsely county Kentucky where he family farmed. William had four sisters and a brother.
The family remained in that general area and in 1864 William joined the military. Although exact dates and information couldn't be found for his service, it is known he served for the 47th Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry, which was formed in January of 1864 at Camp Nelson and Irvine, Kentucky. It would make sense William joined at this time or soon after as he was only fifteen, which although very young, wasn't uncommon at all, especially with volunteer units such as this one appears to be.
They performed mainly scouting and patrol duty until June of 1864, when they began to see combat action, with battles at Mt. Sterling, Keller's Bridge, Cynthiana and Camp Nelson. The unit was mustered out of service on December 26, 1864.
William returned home after the war and in 1870 he married Mary Wyatt. Over time they had five sons and two daughters.
Apparently in the early 1880's the family moved to Arkansas as several of their children were born there between 1882 and 1888. Some time in the late 1890's the family moved to Oklahoma and settled in Burnett, now a ghost town which was located about four miles west of Macomb (**note...Burnett was previously featured as a "ghost" town of the day on Things Forgotten...type Burnett into the search bar on the page to read that story)
A daughter was born in 1897 in Burnett and the 1900 and 1910 censuses listed the Newtons as residents of the town and William was listed as a farmer.
Not much else is known about him, even an exact date of death couldn't be found although some information indicated it may have been around 1920.
He is buried in the Moral cemetery in Pottawatomie county near Tribbey. Moral was a small town that existed briefly around the turn of the 20th century about two miles north of present day Trousdale. It was so named because the town founder was successful in keeping saloons from opening in the community. By Things Forgotten 1/6/2017
Civil War veteran, Co G, 47th Ky Infantry G.A.R.
William Newton was born on April 6, 1848 in Owsely county Kentucky where he family farmed. William had four sisters and a brother.
The family remained in that general area and in 1864 William joined the military. Although exact dates and information couldn't be found for his service, it is known he served for the 47th Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry, which was formed in January of 1864 at Camp Nelson and Irvine, Kentucky. It would make sense William joined at this time or soon after as he was only fifteen, which although very young, wasn't uncommon at all, especially with volunteer units such as this one appears to be.
They performed mainly scouting and patrol duty until June of 1864, when they began to see combat action, with battles at Mt. Sterling, Keller's Bridge, Cynthiana and Camp Nelson. The unit was mustered out of service on December 26, 1864.
William returned home after the war and in 1870 he married Mary Wyatt. Over time they had five sons and two daughters.
Apparently in the early 1880's the family moved to Arkansas as several of their children were born there between 1882 and 1888. Some time in the late 1890's the family moved to Oklahoma and settled in Burnett, now a ghost town which was located about four miles west of Macomb (**note...Burnett was previously featured as a "ghost" town of the day on Things Forgotten...type Burnett into the search bar on the page to read that story)
A daughter was born in 1897 in Burnett and the 1900 and 1910 censuses listed the Newtons as residents of the town and William was listed as a farmer.
Not much else is known about him, even an exact date of death couldn't be found although some information indicated it may have been around 1920.
He is buried in the Moral cemetery in Pottawatomie county near Tribbey. Moral was a small town that existed briefly around the turn of the 20th century about two miles north of present day Trousdale. It was so named because the town founder was successful in keeping saloons from opening in the community. By Things Forgotten 1/6/2017
William Newton was born on April 6, 1848 in Owsely county Kentucky where he family farmed. William had four sisters and a brother.
The family remained in that general area and in 1864 William joined the military. Although exact dates and information couldn't be found for his service, it is known he served for the 47th Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry, which was formed in January of 1864 at Camp Nelson and Irvine, Kentucky. It would make sense William joined at this time or soon after as he was only fifteen, which although very young, wasn't uncommon at all, especially with volunteer units such as this one appears to be.
They performed mainly scouting and patrol duty until June of 1864, when they began to see combat action, with battles at Mt. Sterling, Keller's Bridge, Cynthiana and Camp Nelson. The unit was mustered out of service on December 26, 1864.
William returned home after the war and in 1870 he married Mary Wyatt. Over time they had five sons and two daughters.
Apparently in the early 1880's the family moved to Arkansas as several of their children were born there between 1882 and 1888. Some time in the late 1890's the family moved to Oklahoma and settled in Burnett, now a ghost town which was located about four miles west of Macomb (**note...Burnett was previously featured as a "ghost" town of the day on Things Forgotten...type Burnett into the search bar on the page to read that story)
A daughter was born in 1897 in Burnett and the 1900 and 1910 censuses listed the Newtons as residents of the town and William was listed as a farmer.
Not much else is known about him, even an exact date of death couldn't be found although some information indicated it may have been around 1920.
He is buried in the Moral cemetery in Pottawatomie county near Tribbey. Moral was a small town that existed briefly around the turn of the 20th century about two miles north of present day Trousdale. It was so named because the town founder was successful in keeping saloons from opening in the community. By Things Forgotten 1/6/2017
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