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Family: Newsom, Henry C. / Abney, Mary Ellen (F7944)

• Father | Male Newsom, Henry C.

  
  

  Born		Warren, Georgia
  Died
  Buried
  Married	16 Dec 1855  [1]	Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia  [1]
  Father	Newsom, James | F73 Group Sheet
  Mother	Newsom, Elizabeth | F73 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Abney, Mary Ellen

  
  

  Born	27 Jan 1837	, , Alabama
  Died	19 Sep 1863	Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia
  Buried	Sep 1863	Clapp's Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia
  Father	Abney, Absalom P. | F18 Group Sheet
  Mother	Hall, Rosannah | F18 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Clapp's Factory Cemetery: NEWSOM, Catherine Lewcina [=Lucinda] - b. 28 MAY 1857, d. 04 MAY 1858 NEWSOM, unnamed son - b. JUN 1858, perhaps the child called Charles NEWSOM, age 4, b. GA, in the household of Henry & Ellen on the 1860 federal census of Muscogee Co, GA NEWSOM, Martha An[n] Elizabeth - b. 24 JUL 1859, 05 APR 1871, appears as an unnamed female infant, age 1, b. GA, in the 1860 household of Henry & Ellen, and Martha, age 12, in the 1870 household of Henry and his second wife Permelia. NEWSOM, Clara Tabitha - b. 11 DEC 1861, d. 30 JAN 1863 NEWSOM, unnamed son - b. 18 SEP 1863

  
  

• Sources

  [S614] Clapp Village Cemetery (Reliability: 1). NEWSOME, Mary Ellen (ABNEY) - b. 27 JAN 1837 AL, d. 19 SEP 1863 prob. in Muscogee Co, GA, apparently due to complications from childbirth, dau. of Absolom & Rosannah (HALL) ABNEY; m. 16 DEC 1855 in Musocgee Co, GA to Henry M. NEWSOME, brother to F. Penelope NEWSOME, James NEWSOME, and Elizabeth (NEWSOME) BELCHER who are buried at Clapp’s. After Ellen’s death, Henry m2. Permelia A. PAGE, whose brother William PAGE is also buried at Clapp’s. Henry and Permelia were living in the Clapp’s Factory community on 29 JUL 1869 when their daughter, Candis Dorinda NEWSOM was born (per family Bible record). None of Henry’s five children by Ellen is known to have survived to adulthood, and they too are likely buried at Clapp’s Cemetery. (However, Ellen’s and the children’s interments there are speculative at this time.) According to family Bible records, they are (probably all b. and d. in Muscogee Co, GA):