U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Squires, Newlon (1861-1906) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Page 441 Newlon Squires, son of Asa and Catharin Gibson Squires, was born March 2, 1841. He married Catharin J., daughter of Levi and Sally Skidmore Prince, April 7, 1861. To them were born Minter, Ertin, Cary, Warder, Lucy Nettie and Ida. His wife having died in 1886, he in 1892, married for his second wife Ettie Haymond, daughter of Eugenus Haymond. By this marriage, he had four children, Herbert, Esther, Newlon and Henry. He was a farmer, and owned the farm on Salt Lick where his widow and children now reside. When the war between the States began, he volunteered in Company F, 10th W. Va. Vol. Inft. and served to the close of the war. He was wounded in the shoulder, at the battle of Droop Mountain. He was made a prisoner in a raid made by Capt. Baldwell, of the Confederate Service, sent to Libby Prison, at Richmond, Va., but was afterwards exchanged, and participated in many of the battles in the Valley of Virginia, and in front of Richmond, Petersburg and Appomattox, Va. Mr. Squires was a man well beloved, a noble citizen, a true friend. He died of Cholera Morbus, in 1906, and was buried at the Squires cemetery, by the side of many of his loved ones. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Register of Deaths, Braxton County, WV FULL-NAME: Newlon Squires DEATH-DATE: June 23, 1906 at 65-years of age DEATH-PLACE: Braxton Co. OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cronic Diarrhea INFORMANT: M. B. Squires, M.D. (1st wife of Newlon Squires) From Register of Deaths, Braxton County, WV (Page 58, Line Numbered 8) FULL-NAME: Louisa J. Squires BIRTH-PLACE: Braxton DEATH-DATE: August 2, 1886 at age 46y-4m-15d DEATH-PLACE: Holly Dist. MARITAL-STATUS: wife of Newlon Squires OCCUPATION: Domestic PARENTS: S. & Levi Prince CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Dropsy INFORMANT: N. Squires, husband (2nd wife of Newlon Squires) From Death Certificate, Braxton County, WV #1468 FULL-NAME: Sarah Etta Squires BIRTH-DATE: April 7, 1861 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 11, 1924 DEATH-PLACE: Holly District, Braxton County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: widowed OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: E. Haymond (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Mary Berry (born in W.Va.) INFORMANT: Sarah J. Squires (of Flatwoods, W.Va.) BURIAL: Squires Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------