NEWTON, SARAH

NEWTON, HAZEN, MARSH, BATCHELDOR

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/12/2019 at 22:50:50

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP

NEWTON, SARAH, far., Sec. 8 ; P. O. Denmark ; grand-daughter of Hezekiah Hazen, who was born in Connecticut, and when quite a young man, with six brothers, settled at Hartford, Vt., when that State was a wilderness ; where he married Sarah Marsh, whose parents were also among the early settlers of the Green Mountain State; had seven sons and four daughters ; Mrs. Newton's father, Dan, the third, was born at Hartford, Vt., March 12, 1790, where he married Abigail Batcheldor, who was born at Stratford, Vt., Sept. 2, 1789 ; had three sons and three daughters, the youngest daughter, Mrs. Newton, was born at Hartford, Vt., Jan. 21, 1823, and March 5, 1855, married Charles R. Newton (son of David Newton), who was also born at Hartford, Vt., Dec. 9, 1822 ; soon after their marriage, they removed to Iowa, and settled on the farm where Mrs. N. now lives, consisting of 100 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre, and where Mr. Newton died April 14, 1869, leaving four children— Jasper, born Dec. 15, 1855: Solon, Nov. 18, 1858 ; Sabra, May 31, 1861, and Dan, March, 1866.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879