Dollison, Newton

DOLLISON

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 14:29:27

NEWTON DOLLISON
born June 20, 1840, Ohio

Newton Dollison, a prominent farmer of section 29, Belmont township, was born in Noble county, Ohio, June 20, 1840, a son of Andrew and Dorcas (Long) Dollison. They were the parents of nine children, viz: Jasper, a soldier in the Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, is a farmer of Peoria county, Illinois; Newton, the subject of this sketch; Lucretia Jane, wife Philip Ehardt, of Wyoming, Stark county, Illinois; Reese, of Burlington Junction, Missouri; Susanna, wife of Phillip Graves, Oklahoma; Thomas; John, of Iowa; James, of Calhoun county, this State; and George, also of Iowa. The father, Andrew Dollison, was native of Pennsylvania, and removed to Ohio after his marriage. He afterward became resident of Stark county, Illinois, where he spent the declining years of his life, passing away at the age of sixty-four years. His good Christian wife still survives him and resides with her daughter, Lucretia Jane, in Stark county, aged seventy-six years. When two years of age Newton Dollison, our subject, removed with his father to Newton county, Ohio where he received his education. He afterward located in Stark county, Illinois. Mr. Dollison enlisted in defense of his county’s flag in August, 1862, at Toulon, that State, entering Company E, One Hundred Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Knoxville, Burnt Hickory, Atlanta, Bean Station, Somerset, Richmond and other minor battles and sieges. He was honorably discharged at Chicago, July 7, 1865. In September, 1870, Mr. Dollison came to Belmont township, Warren county, Iowa and purchased eighty acres of land on section 29. He was accompanied by his brother Jasper, but owing to his father's death the latter decided to sell his forty-acre tract and return to Illinois, and our subject purchased the land. He has added to his place from time to time until he now owns 320 acres of the finest farming land in Warren county, where he has a comfortable home and all the necessary farm improvements. Mr. Dollison began life a poor man, and until the time of his maturity gave his parents his wages. He is essentially a self-made man, and his able efforts merit deserved recognition. He is a member of Milo Post, No 275, G.A.R. [Grand Army of the Republic]. Mr. Dollison was married in Stark county, Illinois to Miss Mary White, a native of that county, and a daughter of John White. To this union have been born twelve children, namely: Emma, wife of Joseph Behler, a farmer of Belmont township; Anna, deceased at the age of thirteen months; Jane, wife of Pierce Hildreth, a farmer of this township; John Andrew, deceased at the age of fifteen years; Eliza, who died at the age of three years; George, Susanna, William, Alice, Lucretia and Martha, at home; and Sarah, deceased at the age of seven months. Source: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1896, vol.1, p.486