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Newlands, Francis G – Newman, Samuel

Newlands, Francis G

lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 28, 1848, in Natchez, Miss. He was elected from Nevada to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses and having received his nomination from both the silver party and the democratic party was re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress.

Newlin, Enoch E

lawyer, was born Feb. 22, 1858, in Crawford county, Ill.

He was admitted to the bar in 1882; was state's attorney of his county for eight years; and is now a master in chancery.

Newman, Alexander

state senator, congressman, was born in 1806 in Orange county, Va. In 1836 he was elected a representative to the Virginia state legislature, where he served several years; and was also elected to the state senate.

Wheeling; and was elected a representa- From 1845 to 1849 he was postmaster of tive from Virginia to the thirty-first congress. He died in July, 1840, in Pittsburg, Pa.

Newman, Charles Gordon

soldier, journalist, was born in 1841 in Richmond, Va. He is the editor and owner of the Daily and Weekly Commercial of Pine Bluff, Ark.; and contributes extensively to current literature.

Newman, Daniel

soldier, congressman, was born about 1780 in North Carolina. He was lieutenant-colonel commanding Georgia volunteers in 1813; and was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1831 to 1833. He died Jan. 16, 1851, in Walker county, Ga.

Newman, De Witt L

journalist, was born Dec. 4, 1870, in Gillsburg, Miss. For many years he was engaged in educational work; and is now the editor and owner of The Times of Osyka, Miss.

Newman, Francis Marion

educator, lawyer, was born Nov. 4, 1860, in Washington county, Texas. In 1885 he graduated from the Baylor university, and for many years was engaged in educational work. Since 1887 he has been practicing law in Brady, Texas; where he is prominently identified with the pub- lic affairs of his county and state.

Newman, Henry R

artist, was born about 1833 in New York city. In 1877 he exhibited at the academy a View of Florence, and in Florence in 1878 a Study of Pink and White Oleanders; and Grapes and Olives. The same year he sent to the Grosvenor gallery, London, Flowers; and An Architectural Study.

Newman, J. R

journalist, was born Oct. 19, 1859, in St. Louis, Mo. He is the editor and owner of The Times of Harrison, Mo., of which city he has served as mayor. In 1886 he was elected president of the Arkansas Press association.

Newman, James Wirt

journalist, legislator, was born March 12, 1841, in Highland county, Ohio. For two terms he was a member of the Ohio state senate; and during 1883-84 was secretary of state of Ohio. For thirty years he has been editor and owner of the Portsmouth Times.

Newman, John Philip

bishop, author, was born Sept. 1, 1826, in New York city. He is a methodist bishop at Omaha, at one time a prominent Washington pastor; and the author of From Dan to Beersheba; Thrones and Palaces of Babylon and Nineveh; Christianity Triumphant; America for Americans; and The Supremacy of Law.

Newman, Samuel

clergyman, author, was born in 1602 in England. He published A Concordance for the Bible.

It was known as the Cambridge Concordance, and was at one time supposed to be the first work of the kind printed in the English language. He died July 5, 1663, in Rehoboth, Mass.