Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1886. Metcalfe County.

EUGENE W. NEWMAN was born in what is now Metcalfe County, Ky., May 3,
1845, and is the only surviving child of Thomas E. and Amy E. (Cummins)
Newman, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, and the latter of
Barren County, Ky. They were of Englsh and Scotch descent and were born
in 1808 and 1826, respectively.  Thomas E. Newman received a good common
school and academic education in youth in his native State.  Soon after
attaining his majority, in 1829, he removed to Louisville, Ky., where he
was employed as a clerk on a boat plying between that city and New
Orleans, for seven years. In 1836 he removed to Bullitt County, Ky.,
where for four years he was superintendent of the largest iron forge in
the State at that time. In 1840 he came to Barren County, Ky., and
engaged in general merchandising at Lafayette or Centre, continuing the
same until 1856, when he retired from active business. He was married,
in 1842, and his death occurred June 2, 1863.  He belonged to no church,
but was a member of the Masonic fraternity, having advanced to the
Council degrees of R. and S. M., and held numerous official positions in
that order.  His father, Richard Newman, was a veteran in the war of
1812, and was present at Baltimore during the siege of Fort McHenry.
Mrs. Amy E. Newman departed this life December 3, 1856.  Her father,
James Cummins, was a native of either Scotland or Pennsylvania, and was
among the early pioneers of Barren County; for many years he was colonel
in the old State militia, and once represented Barren County in the
Lower House of the State Legislature. Eugene W. Newman received a good
academic education at Columbia and Greensburg; after attaining his
majority he was employed in agricultural pursuits and the tobacco trade
for a time, when he commenced the study of law, and at the same time
rode as deputy sheriff of Metcalfe County for two years. He was admitted
to the bar in 1869, and practiced his profession until 1873, when he
abandoned it to engage in the newspaper business.  In 1873-74 he edited
The Bowling Green Pantagrah, and afterward edited the Columbia Spectator
for a time. In 1882-83 he edited the Mississippi Sun, at Macon, Miss.,
and since 1875 to the present time has been connected with various
papers in the character of correspondent, among them the Courier-Journal
of Louisville, and the Globe-Democrat of St. Louis. He was clerk of the
House Committee on Invalid Pensioners during the Forty-sixth Congress.
Mr. Newman married, January 10, 1865, Sophia E. Clark, a native of
Barren County, Ky., born April 5, 1846. She was a daughter of George A.
and Amanda P. (Brockman) Clark. Two sons and two daughters blessed their
union:  Helen, Fannie Lee, Rupert and Thomas E. (deceased).  The death
of Mrs. Sophi E. Newman occurred July 9, 1873.  Mr. Newman belongs to no
church, but is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken all the
A. Y. degrees, and was for many years secretary of his lodge.  In
politics he is a Democrat, and is one of the prominent and well-known
newspaper men, as well as one of the leading and influential citizens of
southwestern Kentucky.

Brockman Clark Cummins Newman
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