- ALMON F. NEWTON, farmer, Sec. 22; P.O. Beloit; born in Lewis
Co., N.Y., in 1836; he
- came to Beloit in 1857, and followed his trade of mason in
the city of Beloit for five years; he then bought, in 1862, 180
acres of land and lived on it four years, then sold it and bought
eighty acres in Sec. 22, with residence partly built; finished
it, built barns and improved it; he then went to Newark Township
and lived there one year, and then came back to Beloit, and lived
on his farm. His father and mother, Ebenezer and Phoebe NEWTON,
were married in York State, in 1812; had seven children, six
now living; his father died in Newark, in 1866; his mother is
now living with him. He married, in Beloit, in 1864, Miss Mary
FOSTER; has two children - Charles F. and Clarence H. His father
was Captain in a regiment in the war of 1812, and had command
at Sacket's Harbor and Ogdensburg. He now owns eighty acres
of land with residence and barns in Section 22. His family attend
the Baptist Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 760.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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