Probably born either at Clapp's Factory in Muscogee County, where his parents lived in 1870, or at Trion Village in Chattooga County, where they were residing in 1875. Son of Henry M. & Permelia A. (PAGE) NEWSOME. Dates per Bible record, which gives the spelling Robert Marien NEWSOM.
"Little Boy Drowned.
"On Saturday a little eight year old son of Mr. Henry NEWSOME was drowned while bathing near West Point. The remains were brought to the Columbus factory and interred in the family burying ground on Sunday."
[Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Tuesday, 19 JUL 1881, p. 4.]
"TROUP COUNTY ITEMS…
"A sad accident occurred at the West Point mills on Friday night. A little son of Mr. NEWSOME, the foreman of the spinning department, got into a boat by himself, rowed into the river and was drowned. His body was found the next morning, lodged under an overhanging rock. He was about ten years old."
[Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Saturday, 23 JUL 1881]
Robert's grave is not currently marked, and its location within the cemetery is not known.
"Little Boy Drowned.
"On Saturday a little eight year old son of Mr. Henry NEWSOME was drowned while bathing near West Point. The remains were brought to the Columbus factory and interred in the family burying ground on Sunday."
[Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Tuesday, 19 JUL 1881, p. 4.]
"TROUP COUNTY ITEMS…
"A sad accident occurred at the West Point mills on Friday night. A little son of Mr. NEWSOME, the foreman of the spinning department, got into a boat by himself, rowed into the river and was drowned. His body was found the next morning, lodged under an overhanging rock. He was about ten years old."
[Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Saturday, 23 JUL 1881]
Robert's grave is not currently marked, and its location within the cemetery is not known.
Probably born either at Clapp's Factory in Muscogee County, where his parents lived in 1870, or at Trion Village in Chattooga County, where they were residing in 1875. Son of Henry M. & Permelia A. (PAGE) NEWSOME. Dates per Bible record, which gives the spelling Robert Marien NEWSOM.
"Little Boy Drowned.
"On Saturday a little eight year old son of Mr. Henry NEWSOME was drowned while bathing near West Point. The remains were brought to the Columbus factory and interred in the family burying ground on Sunday."
[Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Tuesday, 19 JUL 1881, p. 4.]
"TROUP COUNTY ITEMS…
"A sad accident occurred at the West Point mills on Friday night. A little son of Mr. NEWSOME, the foreman of the spinning department, got into a boat by himself, rowed into the river and was drowned. His body was found the next morning, lodged under an overhanging rock. He was about ten years old."
[Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Saturday, 23 JUL 1881]
Robert's grave is not currently marked, and its location within the cemetery is not known.
"Little Boy Drowned.
"On Saturday a little eight year old son of Mr. Henry NEWSOME was drowned while bathing near West Point. The remains were brought to the Columbus factory and interred in the family burying ground on Sunday."
[Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Tuesday, 19 JUL 1881, p. 4.]
"TROUP COUNTY ITEMS…
"A sad accident occurred at the West Point mills on Friday night. A little son of Mr. NEWSOME, the foreman of the spinning department, got into a boat by himself, rowed into the river and was drowned. His body was found the next morning, lodged under an overhanging rock. He was about ten years old."
[Columbus (GA) Enquirer newspaper, Saturday, 23 JUL 1881]
Robert's grave is not currently marked, and its location within the cemetery is not known.
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