| Notes for WILBUR ELIJAH NEWTON: | |||||||||||||
| He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge Pitcher, OK, Knights of Pythia, and the American Legion. He served in Ft. Mc Arthur, TX in WWI, and the Police force of Webb City, MO --Joplin, MO and Miami, OK obituaries in Rose Newtons' files. | |||||||||||||
| More About WILBUR ELIJAH NEWTON: | |||||||||||||
| Fact 1: 1888, Bible of Amanda Pate Newton | |||||||||||||
| Fact 2: July 20, 1926, Webb City, Jasper, MO, Mt. Hope Cem. | |||||||||||||
| Fact 3: July 20, 1926, Joplin, Jasper, MO Joplin Globe, Tuberculosis Fatal to Former Soldier | |||||||||||||
| Fact 4: July 20, 1926, Miami, Ottawa, OK, Record Herald, Died at Tuberculosis Sanatarium., Webb City, MO | |||||||||||||
| Fact 5: September, Birth Month - 1900 Census Soundex, same as moms Bible record with no date. | |||||||||||||
| Fact 6: July 19, 1926, Death Certificate, Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Remember he and his brother worked in the mines from a very young age following the death of their father. .) | |||||||||||||
| Note from Rose: Wilburs' daughter Bernadine has children. They live in Kansas City, MO. | |||||||||||||
| I have a lovely photo of Wilbur in a uniform. | |||||||||||||
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