John Calvin, son of John Alexander Newsom and Mary Ellen Luck of Pisgah, Randolph Cty N.C. He was a lumberman looking for good stands of timber to buy when he met May Lavonia Sidbury in Onslow Cty N.C. near Hampstead. He eloped with her and made a life in Wilmington and Whiteville N.C. Managing a hotel in Wilmington and sawmills in and around Whiteville. He was a good businessman. He had 3 sons and a daughter. Clifford, Chester, Leslie and Mamie Ray. Chester died soon after birth. John died at home of respitory problems, probably bronchial pneumonia in his own bed in 1941.∼John Calvin Newsom was a Lumberman who sought good stands of timber establishing on-site sawmills. He also owned and managed a large hotel in downtown Wilmington NC during the 1920's. He established a headquarters for his enterprises in Whiteville NC and lived there from the late 1920's until his death in 1941 from bronchitis. He met his wife May Louvenia Sidbury while looking for good timber stands in Onslow County NC near Hampstead NC.
John Calvin, son of John Alexander Newsom and Mary Ellen Luck of Pisgah, Randolph Cty N.C. He was a lumberman looking for good stands of timber to buy when he met May Lavonia Sidbury in Onslow Cty N.C. near Hampstead. He eloped with her and made a life in Wilmington and Whiteville N.C. Managing a hotel in Wilmington and sawmills in and around Whiteville. He was a good businessman. He had 3 sons and a daughter. Clifford, Chester, Leslie and Mamie Ray. Chester died soon after birth. John died at home of respitory problems, probably bronchial pneumonia in his own bed in 1941.∼John Calvin Newsom was a Lumberman who sought good stands of timber establishing on-site sawmills. He also owned and managed a large hotel in downtown Wilmington NC during the 1920's. He established a headquarters for his enterprises in Whiteville NC and lived there from the late 1920's until his death in 1941 from bronchitis. He met his wife May Louvenia Sidbury while looking for good timber stands in Onslow County NC near Hampstead NC.
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