Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

ALEXANDER NEWMAN, farmer; P. O. Virginia; is a native of 
this county; born May 29, 1857; son of Robert and Sarah E. 
(Mangis) Newman, natives of Virginia; he, a farmer residing 
in this county, she died about 1860, leaving two children, 
Alexander and Sarah Ann, wife of Thomas Workman of 
Virginia. Our subject received an ordinary education, and 
at the age of nineteen years began farming on his own 
account, and has since pursued that occupation; he has a 
well cultivated farm of ninety acres, on which he raises 
the usual crops. In this county Oct. 29, 1878, he married 
Ellen Cunningham, a native of this county, born Dec. 24, 
1857; daughter of Thomas and Euphemis (Wilkey) Cunningham, 
residents of this county; two children have been born from 
this union, viz: Mary and Florence. Mr. Newman is a 
Republican.

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