James Irvin Newton

In his youth he studied under his cousin Martin John Spalding. He was married on Oct. 26, 1840 at Holy Mary Catholic Church, in Calvary, Marion Co., Kentucky to Elender Rhodes. A blacksmith, he enlisted on Mar. 3, 1864 in Co. C, 12th Regt., of the Kentucky Cavalry. He was later transfered to the 74th Co., 2nd Battalion, of the Veterans Reserve Corps, and was discharged with a surgeon's certificate of disability on May 29, 1865 at Camp Nelson. The original copy of his Civil War discharge is in my possession. In it, his personal description is given as height 5'8", his hair dark, eyes hazel, and dark complexion. I have photocopies of affidavits from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, detailing his murder on his front porch in Meadeville by an unknown assailant, and the subsequent scouring of the countryside by Union troops stationed at Brandenburg.

Newton, James I. BATTLE UNIT NAME: 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry SIDE: Union COMPANY: C
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M386 ROLL 20 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: none

Biography compiled by James' 3rd-great-grandson Todd Whitesides.

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