Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 6 November 2005

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JOSEPH C. NEWPORT, farmer; P. O. Morrow. No one is more entitled to mention in the history of Warren Co. than Mr. Newport; he was born in Turtle Creek Township in the year 1816; he was educated in the common schools of this county, and although not completing any course of study, he has gained much information by reading and observation. When quite young he learned the carpenter trade, at which he labored for a number of years. In May, 1838. he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Montgomery, a native of the State of New Jersey, and born in July, 1818. Their children are—Mary J. (born April 3,1840, married to J. R. Stephenson), Keziah (born Aug. 21, 1842, married to J. B. Ross), Clarissa C. (born May 19, 1844, married to Joseph Luce), William J. (born Feb. 27, 1846, was a member of the 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery during the late war), Susia (born March 6, 1848, married to Z. C. Dunham), John B. (born July 28, 1852), Laura B. (born July 7, 1855. married F. M. Cunningham), Cortland (born March 11, 1858), and Harry (born July 9, 1862). His father, James T. Newport, was a native of Fayette Co., Penn., born in the Old Red Stone Fort Dec. 12, 1792; he married Mary Corwin, a native of Bourbon Co., Ky., born October 16, 1795; she was well connected, being a near relative of the Corwin family of this county. They were the parents of seven children, three sons and four daughters. After a life of usefulness, he died Aug. 2, 1873, and she May 12, 1866. William Montgomery, the father of Mrs. Newport, was born in Ireland, about the year 1791; he married Jane Patterson, of his own native land; she was about his own age; both deceased. Mr. Newport is a Republican in politics, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace of his township for over nine years. He owns a good farm of 153 acres of land, and is considered an honest, upright citizen.