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Henry Isaac Newton

Henry Isaac Newton

Male 1836 - 1893  (56 years)

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  • Name Henry Isaac Newton 
    Alternate birth Bef 15 Jan 1836  [1
    Birth 31 Oct 1836  Bullitt County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Alternate birth Abt 1837  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12
    Death 14 Jan 1893  Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
    Burial 15 Jan 1893  St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 18, 19
    Person ID I7084  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2023 

    Father Benedict Newton,   b. Bef 1815, Marion County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1869, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 54 years) 
    Mother Eliza Jane Cheshire,   b. 1814, Bullitt County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1865 (Age < 50 years) 
    Marriage 14 Dec 1834  Nelson County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22, 23
    Family ID F6049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Matilda Lewis,   b. 10 Apr 1840, Breckinridge County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1919, Rome, Daviess, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 15 Feb 1859  Breckinridge County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [24, 25, 26, 27
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Ellen Newton,   b. 16 Oct 1860, Breckinridge County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1902, Parma, New Madrid, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +2. Joseph Sylvester Newton,   b. 12 Jan 1862, Breckinridge County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1939, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +3. Virgil Leo Newton,   b. 23 Feb 1866   d. 19 Jan 1937, Breckinridge County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +4. Anna Justine Newton,   b. 10 Mar 1868, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1936, Stanley, Daviess, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +5. Mary Etta Jane Newton,   b. 19 Apr 1870   d. 7 Aug 1950, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     6. Hilary Franklin "Frank" Newton,   b. 17 Jul 1872, Breckinridge County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1919, Rome, Daviess, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    +7. Margaret Marcelline Newton,   b. 2 Dec 1874   d. 26 Aug 1961, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     8. Lucy Jenny Rose Newton,   b. 5 Apr 1876   d. 4 Sep 1899, Rome, Daviess, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    +9. Sarah Frances "Fannie" Newton,   b. 7 Oct 1880, Liberty Hall, Breckinridge, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1970, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +10. Frederick Thomas Newton,   b. 5 Mar 1882, Daviess County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1980, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)
    Photos
    Lewis-Newton marriage bond
    Lewis-Newton marriage bond
    Family ID F3990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2019 

  • Photos
    Henry Isaac Newton
    Henry Isaac Newton
    newton graffiti, mammoth cave
    newton graffiti, mammoth cave
    Left by Henry Isaac Newton and his brother John in 1866. Just past "Fat Man's Misery."

  • Notes 
    • Soldier, US Civil War, Union. 12th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry.

      According to Descendants of Henry Isaac Newton, in 1862 Newton enlisted "in the Union Army of the Cumberland, 12th Kentucky Cavalry. A corporal by the time the war ends, Newton would be captured in Sweetwater TN during Burnside's abortive campaign to push south and spend nearly a year in Confederate prison."

      By PNH's third cousin F. X. Flynn, writing in 2011, posted in 2023 by Jim Alvey to Henry Isaac Newton's Wikitree page:

      Newton Mammoth Cave Smoked Names 1866

      At the end of the benches past Fat Man's Misery and outside the bathrooms Isaac and his brother John smoked their names in the ceiling in 1866. This act was conflated with his POW status to live in family memory as "Newton was kept prisoner by the Confederates in Mammoth Cave." However, he was captured in eastern Tennessee and the Confederacy never controlled Mammoth Cave and nobody kept prisoners there at any time. Growing up, I heard stories about this from my mom, his great-granddaughter, and in August 1973, at the age of 19, I took a camping trip with two college pals which began at Gettysburg, went thru the Blue Ridge and into W Va, thru the Cumberland Gap into KY and on to Mammoth Cave and finally Owensboro. At Mammoth Cave, I asked at the Park Service information station whether or not there was an index of names in the ceiling of the cave. The question was greeted with derisive laughter, but the senior man said some names were well remembered and I should go ahead and tell them who I was looking for. "Isaac Newton, my great-great grandfather, who is said to have been a POW here during the Civil War," I replied. Lots of head shaking. "No. No POWs were kept here. And I don't remember seeing that name. Anyone else?" No. More head shaking. I turned away from the window, feeling like the whole trip was a stupid waste. A second later, as I took my third or forth step away, I heard a young woman call "Wait...wait..." I stopped and turned. Leaning out the window, a young woman my age, probably an intern. "What name are you looking for?" "Isaac Newton," I called out. She beamed. "You're not going to believe this, but I noticed that name yesterday. It's at the very end of the benches at the bottom of the cave, outside the bathrooms. You get there just after you go through 'Fat Man's Misery.'" And indeed, it was. News of actually finding it and having a location clearly excited my Great Aunt Martine when I arrived in Owensboro. To me, the importance of this story is that oral traditions are extremely important sources of information, and are not to be dismissed, but rather, cajoled into revealing their truths.
      From the National Park Service:

      UNION KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry

      OVERVIEW: Organized at Caseyville and Owensboro, Ky., November 17, 1862. Attached to District of West Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. Independent Cavalry Brigade, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, May, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to June, 1864. Detached Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Dismounted Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, September, 1864. District of Louisville, Ky., to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District East Tennessee, to July, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District East Tennessee, to August, 1865.

      SERVICE: Action at Owensboro, Ky., September 18, 1862. Sutherland Farm September 19. Action at Calhoun, Ky., November 25, 1862. Operations against Morgan's Raid into Kentucky December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Bear Wallow, Ky., December 23, 1862. Near Glasgow December 24. Bear Wallow and near Munfordsville December 25. Bacon Creek near Munfordsville December 26. Johnson's Ferry, Hamilton's Ford, Rolling Fork, December 29. Boston, Ky., December 29. Duty in District of Western Kentucky till April, 1863. Creelsborough April 19. Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky April 26-May 12. Narrows, Horse Shoe Bottom, April 28-29. Horse Shoe Bend, Greasy Creek, May 10. Pursuit of Morgan through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio July 2-26. Marrowbone July 2. Buffington's Island, Ohio, July 19. Surrender of Morgan near Cheshire, Ohio, July 20. New Lisbon, Ohio, July 26. Ordered to Glasgow, Ky., August 4. Burnside's march into East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10. Carter's Station September 20-21. Jonesboro September 21. Watauga River Bridge September 21-22. Philadelphia October 20. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Little River November 14-15. Stock Creek November 15. Near Knoxville November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Clinch Mountain December 6. Rutledge December 7. Bean's Station December 9-17. Rutledge December 16. Blain's Cross Roads December 16-19. Bean's Station and Rutledge December 18. Bend of Chucky Road near Dandridge January 16-17. About Dandridge January 16-17. Dandridge January 17. About Dandridge January 26-28. Flat Creek and Muddy Creek January 26. Fair Garden January 27. Dandridge January 28. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., February 3-12. At Mt. Sterling till April. March from Nicholsville, Ky., to Dalton, Ga., April 29-May 11. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 11-September 8. Vernell Station May 11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Pine Log Creek May 18. Cassville May 19-22. Eutaw River May 20. About Dallas May 25-June 5. Burned Church May 26-27. Mt. Zion Church May 27-28. Allatoona May 30. Pine Mountain June 10. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 11-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. McAffee's Cross Roads June 20. Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Cross Roads June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Lost Mountain July 1-2. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 14. Duty there at Lexington and Camp Nelson, Ky., till November. Rally Hill November 29. Burbridge's Saltsville Expedition December 10-29. Kingsport December 13. Bristol December 14. Near Glade Springs December 15. Marion and capture of Wytheville, Va., December 16. Mt. Airey December 17. Near Marion December 17-18. Capture and destruction of Salt works at Saltsville, Va., December 20-21. Operations against Sue Monday's guerrillas near Elizabethtown, Ky., and in Green River Counties January and February, 1865. Moved to Knoxville, Tenn., March 20 and join General Stoneman. Stoneman's Raid in Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina March 20-April 27. Boone, N. C., March 28. Statesville April 10-11. Shallow Ford and near Mocksville April 11. Grant's Creek and Salisbury April 12. Catawba River near Morgantown April 17. Howard's Gap, Blue Ridge Mountains, April 22. Near Hendersonville April 23. Asheville April 25. Return to East Tennessee and duty at Sweetwater till August. Mustered out August 23, 1865. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 22 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 204 Enlisted men by disease. Total 233.

      Owensboro Messenger, 15 Jan 1893:

      Henry R. [sic] Newton died yesterday at his home on the Wayne bridge road of pneumonia aged 57 years. The funeral will take place this morning at 9 o'clock at St. Raphael's Church.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1119] Owensboro (Kentucky) Messenger, 15 Jan 1893.

    2. [S312] John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County Maryland, His Descendants, by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1995., place only.

    3. [S388] FamousKin.com., date and state only.

    4. [S911] Our Cheshire Family by Patricia O'Connor., year and county only.

    5. [S2231] 1870 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year only.

    6. [S3468] 1850 United States Federal census, on familysearch.org., year only.

    7. [S3470] Find a Grave page for Henry Isaac Newton., date and state only.

    8. [S3486] "William Lewis", gedcom by Joe Lewis.

    9. [S4986] Newton family records, held by P & T Nielsen Hayden., date only.

    10. [S2229] 1860 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com.

    11. [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com.

    12. [S1] U.S., Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865, on ancestry.com.

    13. [S388] FamousKin.com., date only.

    14. [S911] Our Cheshire Family by Patricia O'Connor., date and county only.

    15. [S3399] Declaration for Widow's Pension, by Margaret M. Newton, 19 Jan 1893. Copies held by F. X. Flinn and P & T Nielsen Hayden., date only.

    16. [S3470] Find a Grave page for Henry Isaac Newton., date and county only.

    17. [S3486] "William Lewis", gedcom by Joe Lewis., date and county only.

    18. [S3470] Find a Grave page for Henry Isaac Newton., place only.

    19. [S388] FamousKin.com., place only.

    20. [S910] Selma Sam Wiesenberg, 3 Jan 2016, post to the Facebook "Descendants of Henry Isaac Newton and Margaret Matilda Lewis" group., says 12 Dec.

    21. [S911] Our Cheshire Family by Patricia O'Connor., says 12 Dec.

    22. [S3485] Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, on ancestry.com.

    23. [S1122] Notes and records of Francis X. Flinn (1953-living), great-great grandson of Henry Isaac Newton and Margaret Matilda Lewis.

    24. [S388] FamousKin.com., says "11 Feb 1859".

    25. [S911] Our Cheshire Family by Patricia O'Connor.

    26. [S3399] Declaration for Widow's Pension, by Margaret M. Newton, 19 Jan 1893. Copies held by F. X. Flinn and P & T Nielsen Hayden.

    27. [S3472] Henry I. Newton and Margaret Lewis marriage bond dated 11 Feb 1859, copies held by F. X. Flinn and P & T Nielsen Hayden.