J. HENRY NEWBY

NEWBY, HOSIER, BINFORD

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Date: 7/27/2009 at 06:18:01

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

J. HENRY NEWBY, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Iconium; born in Henry Co., Ind., in 1849; his father, Abner N., born in North Carolina, 1819, a farmer; came to Henry Co., Ind., where he married Miss Elizabeth Hosier, a native of that county; removed to Lee Co., Iowa, where he became an extensive farmer. J.H. acquired a good common school education. At the age of 23, married Miss Judith Binford, daughter of Binford and Ann B., residents of Lee Co., Iowa, from Indiana; she was born in Lee Co., Iowa, 1851. In 1872, came to this county where he owns 160 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre; have three children - Stella, born in 1872; Clyde, born in 1876; Clem, born in 1877. Republican. Mrs. Newby is a member of the Friends' Society.