Emory A. Newlon
Emory A. Newlon was born around 1842 in Ohio to Elijah and Catherine Newlon. His father was a farmer who owned $4,500 of real estate and $650 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Deerfield, Ohio, and by 1860, he was working as a laborer. He enlisted in the Union army on August 13, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company D of the 30th Ohio Infantry later that day. The regiment took part in the Battle of Antietam, the siege of Vicksburg, and the siege of Jackson. He fell ill in October 1863, and Union officials sent him to the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 28. He died there on October 31, 1863.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1575) | Newlon, Emory A. | 1842 | 1863-10-31 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
People - Records: 1
- (1576) Newlon, Elijah is the [parent of] (1575) Newlon, Emory A.
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (512) [enlisted] [D] ~ 30th Ohio Infantry
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958, available from Ancestry.com.
