William W. Newman

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1823-06-12

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1908-10-12

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"William W. Newman" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00004698, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Catherine C. Newman. Father of Louisa Newman, Edmond E. Newman, Ellen Newman, Fannie Newman, Sarah Newman, and Patsy Newman. Private in the 4th Kentucky Infantry in the Mexican-American War from October 1847 to July 1848. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850, 1860, and 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 295; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 57; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 23; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Hancock County, KY, 1863, p. 474, (Accessed via ancestry.com); Index To Compiled Service Records Of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During The Mexican War, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M616, Roll 0027; Find A Grave, "William W. Newman (1823-1908)," Memorial #90196837, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=90196837 (accessed April 14, 2017).

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