Nelson Newman From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 960.

TOWN OF LIMA

NELSON NEWMAN, Sec. 1; P. O. Washburn; miller; was born in Madison Co., Ill., March 15, 1830; left there with his parents in 1837, and came to Lima, Wis., where they built the first grist-mill in the town in 1840, and built the second mill in the village of Washburn in 1846; run this till the spring of 1868, when he removed to the site he is now on and built the mill which is now run by the firm of Newman & Wagner. Nelson was married to Louisa Melvin, Dec. 23, 1858; she was born in town of Smelser, Wis., November, 1841. They have six children living - Alice, Jessie, Jefferson, Inez, Frank R., Louisa G. and one deceased, Wilber, who died in 1864 and was buried in Washburn Cemetery. Mr. Newman has been on School Board fifteen years, and on Town Board one year; is also a Mason, of Melody Lodge, Platteville, and is a member of I. O. O. F., Washburn Lodge, No. 128. He is now extensively engaged in raising stock.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.