U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Newlon, William (1808-1883) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 411 Colonel Wm. Newlon of Taylor county, Virginia, was born November 29, 1808. He married Eliza Pool Camden, daughter of Henry and Mary Pool Camden, November 19, 1835. Their children were Mary Link, Jennie, Sarah, Lyde, Wm. P., Camden, Newton, Charles E., Anna D. Of this family, all are dead except Wm. P. and Anna D. Colonel Newlon came to Braxton about the time of its formation. He was a practicing physician, and was elected first Clerk of the Court of Braxton, holding the office for many years. He afterward studied law, and practiced in Braxton and adjoining counties, at one time being Prosecuting Attorney of Braxton county. Colonel Newlon was a man of more than ordinary ability, kind, obliging, affable in his manner, and well beloved. He was the son of Wm. Newlon. He had three sisters. Nancy married John S. Camden, and was the mother of Johnson N. Camden, the famous financier and statesman; Polly married Thomas Bland of Lewis county; and Matilda married Weeden Huffman. Colonel Newlon died at his home in Sutton, October 17, 1883. He had been a prominent man in the official transactions of the county for a great many years. His passing away marked the close of a long and useful life, and left a memory that will long linger and abide with those who knew him. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------