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Newman, William Truslow

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born June 23, 1843, in Knoxville, Tenn. For twelve years he was actively engaged in the practice of law in Atlanta, Ga.; and since 1886 has been United States district judge.

NEWSHAM, JOSEPH PARKINSON, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born May 24, 1837, in Preston, England. In his youth his parents settled in Monroe county, Ill., and subsequently moved to St. Louis, Mo. He there attended the public schools and clerked in a store.

He studied law in Edwardsville, Ill.; was admitted to the bar, and acquired a reputation as a successful lawyer and eloquent orator. During the war he obtained the rank of first lieutenant of cavalry on the staff of General John T.

Fremont; and was afterward first lieutenant and adjutant of the thirty-second Missouri infantry. After the war he settled in Ascension parish, La., and there taught school and practiced law; took a part in the reconstruction acts of congress; and was elected to the fortieth and forty-first congresses as a republican. For many years he was the editor and owner of a republican newspaper; has been a strong advocate of home protection, and has taken an active part in public affairs; has been parish attorney, district attorney, and filled various other positions with scrupulous energy and consummate ability.