NORTHERN NEW YORK
Genealogical and family history of northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people and the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation.
New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. 1910.



NEWTON




Elson Newton, father of Royal Newton, was born in 1809, in Chezy, Clinton county, New York, and was descended from the Newton family of Marlborough, Massachusetts, many pioneers of which settled in the different counties of the state of New York. He had a common school education. He went to Ogdensburg, N.Y. in 1840, and was engaged in the sawmill business, until he moved to the farm in Lisbon, where he continued to live until he died in 1888. In politics he was an ardent Republican. His every day life was marked by the strictest honor and integrity. This was the religion he lived and died.
He married Mary Northrup, born in Hebron, Washington county, N.Y., 1811, died 1890, daughter of Robert Northrup, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and took part in the battle of Plattsburgh. Of this union there were three children:
William, died in Canton, N.Y. in 1905.
Sarah, who lives in Oskaloosa, Iowa; and is the wife of Dr. Pardun, of that city.
Royal, see forward.

Royal Newton was born in the city of Ogdensburg, March 5, 1850, and in chldhood moved with his parents to that section of the town of Lisbon, St. Lawrence county, known as Morey Ridge, where, with his parents he continued to reside until he as twenty-six years of age, except such portion of the time he was away attending school or teaching. He received his early education in the district school and later in the Canton Academy. He commenced teaching when he was eighteen years of age, and taught in the district schools of that vicinity; for three seasons conducted the school in his own home district, and later taught in the village school in Russell, Morley and Colton. While teaching in Colton he, out of school hours, worked and studied early and late in the drug store of H. S. Hepburn, where by the persevering qualities that in after years characterized his life, he became proficient in the drug business which was the foundation of his business career. In 1876, in company with H. S. Hepburn, he purchased the drug store of S. L. Clark at Parishville, N.Y., which was conducted under the firm name of Hepburn & Newton, for about three years, when Mr. Newton puchased his partner's interest, and about one year later admitted into partnership F. D. Gilmore, and under the firm name of Newton & Gilmore conducted the business until the present [1910] time; Mr. Gilmore, however, having died in 1905.
In 1884 he was appointed receiver of the Flanders Manufacturing Company of Parishville, manufacturers of lumber and butter tubs; afterwards he became associated with Mr. Flanders in the lumber business. In 1890 he entered into partnerhship with S. L. Clark & Son in the lumber business under the name of the Parishville Lumber Company, continuing until 1902, when Mr. Newton withdrew from the concern. He is a member of the Watkins Lumber Company, conducting business in New York City. He was the principal owner of the drug business of W. T. Hinman & Company, of Potsdam, until 1909, when the property was destroyed by fire, and Mr. Newton withdrew from the co-partnership. At the present time (1910) he is a director in the Trois Pistoles Lumber & Pulp Company of Trois Pistoles, Quebec, Canada. He is also a director and vice-president of the People's Bank of Potsdam, of which he was one of the original stockholders, and of which he has been director since its organization.

In politics he is a Republican. In 1893 he was elected to his first public position - supervisor of the town of Parishville, which position he held for eleven years, during which time he served his town and the county faithfully and with marked ability. He served on all the important committees of the board of supervisors and was twice elected chairman of that body. He was the originator of many important measures which are closely followed at the present time, principally the purchasing committee of which he was the originator; and acted as chairman of that committee as long as he remained a member of the board. He was a member of the sub-committee that built the present courthouse and a member of the building committee that remodeled and built the jail. He was presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1900 when McKinley and Roosevelt were elected. He was alternate of Congreeman Malby to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1904 when Roosevelt was nominated. He was elected treasurer of St. Lawrence county in 1905 and re-elected in 1908. He has filled that office to the utmost satisfaction of the public. He has always conducted the affairs of his office with the same conscientious and conservative endeavors that he applies to his own private affairs. He is always ready to devote his time and efforts to promote the best interests of the public.
He is a member of Amber Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Parishville, of which he was master for several years. He is also a member of Lodge No. 704, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Mr. Newton married, Nov. 28, 1882, Eliza Duffy, of Parishville, daughter of Patrick and Mary Duffy. They have no children.

SECOND ENTRY:

Rufus Newton, descendant of an old Massachusetts family, settled in Hubbardton, Vermont.
He had sons: Rufus, Charles and Alexander.

(II) Alexander, son of Rufus Newton, was born in Hubbardton in 1822, died at Forestdale, town of Brandon, Vermont, in 1905. He had a common school education, and learned the trade of cabinetmaker. In 1855 he invented the automatic turning lathe, a contrivance of inestimable value in the wood-working business, and he engaged in manufacturing turned woodenware with much success. In 1860 he admitted to partnership in his business Edward Thompson under the firm name of Newton & Thompson. The firm was incorporated afterward as Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company, with Mr. Newton president, and the business was continued thus until Mr. Newton died. The plant was located at Forestdale in the town of Brandon, Vermont, and was one of the important industries of that village.
Mr. Newton was a Republican in politics and held various offices of trust and honor. He was selectman for a number of years and held other town offices, representing the town in the state legislature. He was a member of the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Brandon.
He married, (first) Silvia Hack; (second) Esther Austin, born at Rochester, Vermont, in 1839, died in 1908.
Children of first wife:
Alice, Emma, Eugene, died young.
Children of second wife:
Eugene A., born July 23, 1861; farmer at Salisbury, Vermont.
Irving Cassius, mentioned below.
Charles, July 30, 1865, resides at Brandon.
Etta, Oct., 1869, lives at Brandon.
Viola, Jan. 18, 1874, died Feb. 1879.
Leila, Oct., 1880; married Paul Field, of Salisbury.
Lucy, died in infancy.

(III) Irving Cassius, son of Alexander Newton, was born at Brandon, Vermont, Jan. 21, 1863. He received his early education in the public schools of his native town. At an early age he began to work in his father's factory in summer, attending the winter terms of school. He continued in his father's employ until he was twenty-four years old. In 1887 he entered the employ of the Vermont Investment and Guarantee Company as a clerk and continued three years, making his home in the meantime in Orwell, Vermont.
Since 1890 he has been auditor of the Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company, and is also interested in various lumbering concerns. He is director and vice-president of the National Bank of Ticonderoga.
In politics he is a Republican. He has been a trustee of the incorporated village of Ticonderoga for three years and a member of the board of education for the past seventeen years. He was made a Mason in St. Paul's Lodge at Brandon, and was a member of the Royal Arch Chapter of that town. He is now a member of the Mount Defiance Lodge, No. 794, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Carillon Chapter, No. 290, Royal Arch Masons of Ticonderoga.
His family attends the Congregational church.
Irving C. Newton married (first) in 1884, Etta Brewster, who died a year after marriage. He married (second) Nov. 11, 1891, Ellen Gibbard, born at Dresden, N.Y., daughter of Joseph and Sarah De Long, both natives of England.
Child, Cleo Grace, born at Ticonderoga, Dec. 25, 1899.

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