Newcomer, Christopher

Born: 1791-10-09 Pennsylvania

Died: 1852-02-12 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: Sangamon County, Illinois

Alternate name: Newcomber

In 1813, Newcomer married Susan Sells in Ohio, and they moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1824. Together, they had ten children. Newcomer was a farmer; in 1850, he owned $5,000 worth of real estate.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 541-42; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 213.