Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., pages 921-922
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
TROUP COUNTY
H.E. Newton, farmer, Long Cane, Troup Co., Ga., son of John T.
and Sarah (Loyd) Newton, was born in Troup county in 1856. His
paternal great-grandfather, John Newton, was a prominent
Presbyterian clergyman in Virginia. His paternal grandparents,
Ebenezer and Ann (Strong) Newton, were born in Virginia, whence
they migrated to Georgia about 1800 and settled in what is now
Clarke county. Mr. Newton and a neighbor bought a whip-saw,
with which they sawed lumber to build a two-story house, and he
made the nails needed in its construction. He was a soldier in
the war of 1812, and a member of the Presbyterian church, of
which he was an elder. Mr. Newton�s father was born in Athens,
Ga., in 1821. He was reared in the town and received a good
education, his father being a teacher, and in 1841 removed to
Troup county, where he made farming his life-occupation. He
was a soldier in the Confederate service during the late, war,
was a Presbyterian and an elder in the church. Mr. Newton�s
mother was a daughter of James Loyd, a pioneer settler of Troup
county. Mr. Newton received a good common school education,
and then taught school himself two years. In 1882 he settled
on the farm where he now lives, which is one of the best
appointed and best improved in the district. Mr. Newton is a
progressive and very prosperous farmer, a model citizen and an
active and able promoter of all improvements calculated to
advance the community materially and morally. Mr. Newton was
marred in 1884 to Miss Willie Cunningham, born in Troup county,
daughter of Dr. William and Martha (White) Cunningham. He was
a native of Tennessee and a Presbyterian, and she was a native
of Virginia. Three children: Irene, Mattie and Jeannette, are
the fruit of this union. Himself and wife are members of the
Presbyterian church, and when his father died he was elected to
succeed him as elder.
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