William Henry Newman

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1820-02-23

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1883-03-17

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"William Henry Newman" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00010228, (accessed July 18, 2025).

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Kentucky physician. Spencer County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Newman and Susan Newman. Married to Maria L. Slaughter Newman on June 8, 1858. Father of James Newman and Eliza Wilkinson Newman. Farmer in Spencer County in 1850. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1855. Physician in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a surgeon and a major from September 20, 1862, to May 1, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 1, p. 98A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown, p. 6.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #000500448, p. 204.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Nelson County Births, 1861, p. 1.
John Fiske and James Grant Wilson, ed., Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. 4, (New York: Appleton, 1888), 505.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 137.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 939.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 70.

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