Newton Pingrey Branch, son of Jasper Levi and Rebecca Branch and grandson of Josiah and Polly (Pingrey) Branch, was the first postmaster at Jeffersonville, which was named by Newton's father, Jasper Branch.
Newton married Maria "Louisa" Cornell 23 Sep 1845 in Meigs County Ohio, and they had eight children; Charles J., Florence C, Sarah E.(died as child), Elma J, John Elrie, Newton P(died age 7), William Alpheus, and Otto L.
Newton married Maria "Louisa" Cornell 23 Sep 1845 in Meigs County Ohio, and they had eight children; Charles J., Florence C, Sarah E.(died as child), Elma J, John Elrie, Newton P(died age 7), William Alpheus, and Otto L.
Newton Pingrey Branch, son of Jasper Levi and Rebecca Branch and grandson of Josiah and Polly (Pingrey) Branch, was the first postmaster at Jeffersonville, which was named by Newton's father, Jasper Branch.
Newton married Maria "Louisa" Cornell 23 Sep 1845 in Meigs County Ohio, and they had eight children; Charles J., Florence C, Sarah E.(died as child), Elma J, John Elrie, Newton P(died age 7), William Alpheus, and Otto L.
Newton married Maria "Louisa" Cornell 23 Sep 1845 in Meigs County Ohio, and they had eight children; Charles J., Florence C, Sarah E.(died as child), Elma J, John Elrie, Newton P(died age 7), William Alpheus, and Otto L.
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"Why weep ye for me, why look ye so sad? Why so bitterly sigh when my spirit is glad? O, could you but view the scene opened to me, The far spreading boughs of life's heavenly tree, the light of salvation which ever doth burn, You'd be glad that you know I shall never return.
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Age: 40 y, 2 m, 11 d. (Masonic emblem & I.O.O.F. emblem on stone)
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