JAMES C. NEWLIN, Constable, Havana; was born in Scotland July 27, 1828, and came to the United States with his father's family when a bairn but 1 year old. The family located in Butler Co., Ohio. In 1851, his father came to Illinois, and died in Putnam Co. in 1854. James C., the subject of this sketch remained in Butler Co., Ohio, till 1858; then went to California over land, and remained there until 1864, engaged mostly in mining, but was two years in the employ of Wells, Fargo & Co.; returned to Butler Co., Ohio, and was married, in 1866, to Miss Jane Lesourd, who was born in Ohio; one child, Rosa.  Is a member of Rose of Sharon Lodge, No. 77, A., F. & A. M., in Butler Co., Ohio, has been a member about twenty-two years. He came to Illinois in 1867, and located in Quiver Township, in this county, and engaged in farming; removed into Havana in 1873.



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