Biography of Lafayette Newman
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
Page 1059
LAFAYETTE NEWMAN, farmer and stock dealer, P.O. Mechanicsburg. Lafayette Newman, a prominent young farmer, ws born November 26, 1843, in Pike Township, Madison Co., Ohio. He is a son of George W. and Martha Newman, deceased. This gentleman has been reared on a farm, and received a good common-school education. For a short time he taught school in Pike Township. On October 15, 1871, he married Miss Eliza J. Rutan, daughter of David and Magdalena Rutan. By this union there has been an issue of three children — Magdalena, Martha and Herbert. Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Newman settled on a farm, about one mile northwest of Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, where he remained nine and one half years. From thence he located in the western portion of Pike Township, Madison County, where he still resides. He is a man of a retiring and unassuming nature. Politically, he is a Democrat. He is also a man of strict temperate habits, and the owner of 161 acres of land in a good state of cultivation.
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Fall Genealogy Seminar
For anyone in your area who is interested in genealogy that they are invited to
the Annual Fall Seminar of Ohio Chapter Palatines to America:
Researching German Immigration in the 18th Century
Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, October 16, 2010, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Ramada Hotel and Conference Center
Four presentations by Marianne S. Wokeck, Ph.D., on Indentured Servitude
and Immigration to America in the 18th Century
Renowned author of Trade in Strangers
Registration Fee $45; Ohio Chapter PalAm Members Discounted Fee $39; Students ages 17-21 $20
Includes morning coffee or tea, Lunch and Gratuity.
Deadline October 4, 2010; For Late Registration add $5.
The seminar is the Culmination of German Heritage Week in Columbus
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http://www.oh-palam.org/bookstore/images/2010fallregistrationform.pdf
or write to Ohio Chapter Palatines to America, P.O. Box 302, Worthington, OH 43085
Richard E. Hartle,
Publicity Chairman,
Ohio Chapter Palatines to America
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