Two Newson households came from Washington County, Maryland, to the land around Mt. Gilead in the 1820s. Abraham Newson and his wife Lucy Friend arrived in 1825 with a six-horse team, lived in a tent until they could build cabins, and brought seven Black people from Maryland who later went back there; the 1880 history says Abraham once weighed 448 pounds. Their sons John and Nelson T. farmed near Mt. Gilead, and A. B. built up 500 acres in Washington Township with about a thousand sheep. Joseph P. and Susannah (Snider) Newson also settled near Mt. Gilead, where their son S. P. farmed the home place, and their daughter Maria married M. G. Webster, who with his father built the first house in Mt. Gilead. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Morrow County history.
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Maria (Newson) Websterborn 1810Most recent in our records
Joseph P. Newson and Susannah (Snider) Newsonborn 1878Each number matches a section below. Tap a name to jump to that person.
Pioneer farmer near Mt. Gilead
ABRAHAM NEWSON, deceased; was born on a farm in Washington Co., Md., and followed that vocation in his native State. With his brother Joseph he lived on the parental farm, until at the death of the old people, they inherited the same. He continued to reside there until 1825, when he moved in a wagon, stopping for three months in Mansfield, and thence to the vicinity of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, where he continued to follow farming. His wife’s name previous to marriage was Lucy Friend, also of Washington Co., Md. They were blessed with twelve children; eight of whom are now living — John, who resides on the old homestead; Louisa Talmage, Elizabeth Hull, A. B., Lucy A. Goorley, and Nelson T., all in the vicinity; and Joseph T., in Iowa; and Nellie F. McKee, in Bellefontaine. At the time Mr. Newson moved to this State, the locality in which he settled was all timber land, and they lived in a tent, until he could erect a couple of round-log cabins, one for the seven colored persons whom he brought with him from Maryland, but who after a time returned to that State. Mr. Newson was a remarkably large man, having at one time weighed 448 pounds, and though when he first came west he was able to work, he was at length obliged to cease, on account of his great fleshiness.
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Farmer on the home place
JOHN NEWSON, farmer; P.O.,Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Md., March 2 1820, and lived there five years, when the family moved to Ohio, stopping a few months at Mansfield; they then came to this vicinity and settled on the farm Mr. Newson now lives on. The family arrived with a six-horse team and a two-horse carriage; they put up a tent and lived in the same until a log cabin could be built, in which they lived while clearing the farm. At the age of. 25 John and his father conducted the farm in partnership, though John superintended, to a great extent, from the age of 17 onward; the conditions of the partnership continued until the death of his parents. Jan. 18, 1847, he married Miss Ruth Blakeley; she was born in. Virginia, and came to this county with her parents when young; they have no children. His parents, Abraham and Lucy (Friendy Newson, were natives of Washington Co., Md.; they married in Maryland and came here as stated, in 1825, and lived here until their deaths, April 1861, and Feb. 1867, respectively.
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Stock farmer, Washington Township
A. B. NEWSON, fa m w; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Gilead, Morrow Co., in 1832. His parents were originally from Washington Co., Ind.; his ancestry preceding the second generation were English. Mr. Newson spent his youth on his father’s farm, attending the public school in the vicinity. At the age of 25 he married Miss Phoebe A. Hull; the following four years he remained in Gilead, after which he removed to Washington Tp., and settled on apart of the large farm, which he has since acquired, and now controls. They have three children — Georgiana, now the wife of W. F. Blayney, living on a part of the farm; Laura, 14, and Elry, 5 years of age. Mr. Newson’s farm numbers 500 acres, cultivated principally with a view to stock-grazing; while he has a large number of many varieties of live stock, he specializes two branches, viz: fine horses and sheep. He at present has on the farm about a thousand sheep, some thorough-bred, of the Spanish Merino variety; Mr. Newson is also a prominent official in the M. E. Church. With a character unimpeachable, with an abundance at his command, with opportunities unsurpassed, the future before him is indeed enviable.
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Farmer south of Mt. Gilead
NELSON T. NEWSON, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born on his father’s farm, in Marion, now Morrow Co., Ohio, Feb. 24, 1843, and lived there until he was 24 years of age, during which time he attended school and worked on the farm; he then sold his interest in the home farm to his brother, and bought his present place, which now consists of 10S£ acres, located a mile south of Mt. Gilead. He married Miss Esther Wood, Oct. 10, 1869; she was born in Marion, now Morrow Co., about two and a half miles south of Mt. Gilead; they had one child, John F., who died in infancy. Mr. Newson is the son of Abraham and Lucy (Friend) Newson.
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Pioneer settlers near Mt. Gilead
Farmer on the home place
S. P. NEWSON, farmer; P. O., Mt. Gilead; was born in Washington Co., Md., April 9, 1820, and lived there six years, when, with his parents, he came to Marion (now Morrow) Co., Ohio, and settled on and cleared the present place, on which he has lived ever since, it becoming his after the death of his parents — he Sept. 13, 1865, and she July 12, 1867. He married Miss Nancy R. Kingman Dec. 24, 1855. She was born in Delaware (now Morrow) Co. They had six children; five are living — William, Henry, George, Belle and Nellie. His parents, Joseph P. and Susannah (Snider) Newson, were natives of Washington Co., Md.; they married there, and came West as before stated. They had twelve children; five are living — Moriah, now Mrs. M. G. Webster, of Mt. Gilead; S. P., on the present place; Susan, now Mrs. Dennis Loren, of this county; Sarah, now Mrs. Dr. Charles Hahn, of Marion Co.; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Wesley Roberts, of Crawford Co. Mrs. Newson ’s parents, Joseph and Susannah (Wood) Kingman, were natives of Grand Isle Co., Vt., and Clinton Co., N. Y. They married in the latter county, and came West at a very early date. Of their eight children, four are living — Hannah, now Mrs. Robert Blakeley, of this county; Melissa, now Mrs. Robert Owens, of Madison Co., Ind.; Orman lives in this county, and Nancy R., now Mrs. S. P. Newson, also of this county. After the death of his first wife, he married Miss Sarah Herendeen, of Cardington, this county. They had three children; one is living — Binal T., of Cardington. The exact date of his settlement is in doubt, but his oldest son born here, died in Indiana in the winter of 1878, and was aged 60 years; hence, they were here prior to 1818.
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Wife of M. G. Webster
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