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Charles Vernah Newman

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  • Name Charles Vernah Newman 
    Birth Jul 1848  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Old Newman Cemetery, Lincoln County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Melba Gene McLemore writes that he was in Co. B of the 106th Infantry during the Civil War.

      Dan Sanchez, of Edgewood, New Mexico, emailed Melba Gene McLemore that "The story I have of Charles Vernah Newman, has been told to me by my grandfather (still living) and my mother (deceased).

      Charles Newman came from Canada, somehow ended up in Illinois and joined the Union Army, he was in the 106th Illinois Infantry Company B, he mustered in at Mt. Pulaski, Illinois and served in the battle of Vicksburg, near Vicksburg Mississippi at the time the Civil War ended. When the Civil War ended the Army took the horses back from the soldiers if they even had horses as the horses belonged to the federal government. The soldiers were left on foot as they marched through Arkansas my great great grandfather got hungery and tried to steal a chicken from a store near the old military road, 5-10 miles west of Star City.

      the store was owned by a widow woman Elvira "Missy" Melissa McLemore, and from what I've been told she shot him for trying to steal a chicken, nursed him back to health, and they later married. Charles mustered out at Camp Robinson (now North Little Rock) at the time the government could't afford to pay the soldiers in cash money so they paid them in landgrants. According to my mother my GG Grandfather was paid with a land grant in the territory of New Mexico, from what I was told the land grant is part of the White Oaks mines near White Oaks in Lincoln County New Mexico (Carrizzozo is the county seat presently). I have no information as to whether or not Charles ever visited New Mexico to claim his pay. I know that Charles is buried in the Old Newman Cemetery (as it is refered to by the locals in Star City) and I have cleaned gravesites there when I was younger. I've been told that there are several unmarked graves in the cemetery due to disrepair. There are two other cemeteries on the west side of Star City, one is called the New Newman Cemetery and the other I'm not sure what it is called. Star City is in Lincoln County Arkansas.This is all the information I have at present. I would venture to guess that the Wright McLemore buried in the Old Newman Cemetery is Sr. not Jr.

      Dan Sanchez
      P.O. Box 2940
      Edgewood, NM 87015
    Person ID I28755  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Elvira Malissa "Missy" Mary Reynolds,   b. 24 Feb 1836, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1907, Star City, Lincoln County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1872  Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George Newman,   b. Abt 1873, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Charles V. Newman,   b. 8 Nov 1874, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1918 (Age 43 years)
     3. Joseph "Joe" Floyd Newman,   b. 26 Oct 1878, Feenyville, Lincoln County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1950, Lincoln County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F9299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2007 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - Jul 1848 - Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Old Newman Cemetery, Lincoln County, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1872 - Arkansas Link to Google Earth
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