Newton, Bennett

Born: 1794-08-26 North Carolina

Died: 1859-08-19 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: 1835-1859 Sangamon County, Illinois

As early as 1835, Newton lived in Sangamon County, Illinois. He and his wife Lucinda settled on a farm near Springfield. In 1850, he owned $3,000 worth of real estate. He died from injuries sustained in an accident on his farm.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Sangamon County, 68:216, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 188; Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 20 August 1859, 3:1; Gravestone, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL.