Newton, B. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 875, Putman Township
B. Newton was born in this tp. Jan. 26, 1842, son of Dr. Charles and Mahala (Louderback), natives of Ct. and Penn., respectively. The subject of this paragraph was educated in the common school; Aug. 19, 1860, he married Phoebe Barkley, and now has 4 children, all living. He is a farmer on sec. 14, has been successful, and now owns 60 acres. In 1862 he enlisted in the 70th Ill. Inf., and re-enlisted in 1864 in the 148th; was Corporal. Since the war he has been School Director and Constable.
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