Abraham Newson

As printed in 1880

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.

As printed in History of Morrow County and Ohio : containing a brief history of the state of Ohio ... a history of Morrow County ... biographical sketches, portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.