James Elgin Newton

Brief Life History of James Elgin

When James Elgin Newton was born on 25 February 1864, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Dr. Samuel Emanuel Leigh Newton, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Ann Blackburn, was 36. He married Margaret W. Grant on 29 September 1887, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1864 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. In 1900, at the age of 36, his occupation is listed as blacksmith in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 14 June 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Elgin Newton
1864–1909
Margaret W. Grant
1867–1931
Marriage: 29 September 1887
Agatha Newton
1888–1942
Ivie Newton
1890–1891
Fern Newton
1892–1979
Erma Margaret Newton
1895–1926
Elgin James Newton
1895–1971
Melba J. Newton
1906–1990

Sources (35)

  • James Newton in household of Samuel Newton, "United States Census, 1870"
  • James Newton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
  • James Newton, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · The Assassination of a President

While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places in England and Scotland so named, from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, or Middle English neue ‘new’ + toun ‘settlement, town’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English placename. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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