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From A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902), History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881)
F. NEWMAN, lawyer, Crestline: was born iin Germany, in 1839, and came to this country in 1854, and first settled in Crestline in November of 1854. He went to Maryland an:l remained there until 1858, and returned to Crestline in ISriO, and remained there until 1862. He lived in Annapolis, Md., from 1S()2 to 1865, when he went to New York, remaining there nearly one year. In 1806, he returned to Crestline, remaining there until 1876, when he went to Florida, and remained there nearly one year, when he again returned to Crestline, where he has remained ever since. He was married, in 1868, to Emma T. Smith, daughter of John S. and Jane Smith, of Crestline. They have four chikh'en — Florence, Elnora, Edna and Earl. Mr. Newman and wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church. ]Mi". Newman has been practicing law for the past twelve years. He has always been a prominent Democrat in the township.
As printed in History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
FRED NEWMAN.
Fred Newman, an attorney at law and justice of the peace of Crestline, is one who has attained a prominent and enviable position as a leading business man of Crestline entirely through his own efforts. Without any extraordinary family or pecuniary advantages to aid him he has successfully hoped with adverse fate and by determined purpose has worked his way steadily upward. He was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, January 21, 1839, and there remained until thirteen years of age, during which time he pursued his education in the schools of his native country. In 1852 he started for America, coming alone as a passenger on the sailing vessel, which was fifty-four days upon the water. While on the passage he engaged in cooking and from the wages which he received he managed to save twenty-five dollars, which was the amount of capital which he possessed when he arrived at Baltimore,. Maryland. From that city he made his way to- Laurel Factory, where he engaged in clerking in a store for a short time, after which he went to Annapolis, Maryland, where he occupied a clerkship in a general mercantile establishment.
In 1854 Mr. Newman arrived in Crestline, after having spent a fewr months in Leesville, Ohio. He was employed as a salesman in a store belonging to his uncle. John Newman, who was one of the pioneers of the county, and he remained in his service until 1866. He desired, however, to enter professional life, and when about nineteen years of age, he took up the study of law, which he continued as occasion offered until he pas prepared for admission to the bar. He was licensed to practice at Mount Gilead, Ohio, in 1868, and immediately afterward opened his office in Crestline, -where he has since remained. The profession of law is one in which attainment must depend upon individual merit; it cannot come from the aid of birth or influential friends. The lawyer must prepare, plead and win his first case and continue to advance through merit and ability resulting from a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence and a correct application of the law to the points of the case in litigation. Mr. Newman is always painstaking and careful in his preparation of the case and before the court and jury he is a logical reasoner, basing his arguments on facts with clearness and force. For a number of years he was city solicitor of Crestline and in 1895 was elected justice of the peace, a position which he yet holds. Success has attended his efforts and in addition to the large practice which he retains he is the owner of a fine business block, the rental from which adds materially to his income.
In 1868 Mr. Newman was united in marriage to Miss Emma T. Smith, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, and unto them have been born three daughters and one son: Florence, now the wife of William Moss, a resident of Utah; Eleanora, who resides in Jacksonville, Florida, and is the widow of Henry E. Bos worth, who was killed at Bristol, Tennessee, in July, 1897; Edna, a resident of New York city; and Earl, who is studying law with his father. Mr. Newman is a member of the Presbyterian church at Crestline and his family attend its services. Since 1862 he has been an exceptionally valuable member of the Masonic fraternity and for about the same time he has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he has been secretary for a number of years. He takes an active interest in promoting the work of these organizations and is a true followed of their benevolent teachings. He gives his support to the Democracy and is unswerving in his allegiance to the principles of the party.
A self-educated and self-made man the work that he has accomplished in life is certainly creditable. He is public-spirited in an eminent degree: national progress and local advancement are both causes dear to the heart of "this adopted and thoroughly loyal son of the Republic. His devotion to the country is above question, and no native son of America is more true to her institutions or more faithful to his duties of citizenship.
As printed in A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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