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| Notes for William Edgar Newton: | |||||||||
| Married by A. J. Rhoades Minister of the Gospel at the Brides home. | |||||||||
| Certificate of Death from State Department of Health, in William Newton file states cause of death Coronary Thrombosis, due to blood clot. | |||||||||
| Obituary, Joplin, MO Globe: Survivors: Wife Mamie of home, sons William E. Jr. of Miami, James Herbert Newton of the home, two daughters, Mrs. Harry Kelly of Miami, and Mrs. Donald Hefley of Neutral, KS, his mother Emma Newton of Quapaw; three brothers R. H. of Miami, Earl Newton of Commerce and Roy Newton of Chetopa; two sisters Golda Darnell of Chetopa and Bessie Tipton of Quapaw and seven grandchildren. | |||||||||
| William Edgar was general car foreman for the Northeast Oklahoma Railroad when he died. Before that he helped build the Railroad when it was new. Following that he was a Railroad Detective responsible for ousting free riders from the boxcars. During his military service WWI era, he was a boxer and won many bouts. He was known to pick up two railroad car wheels and axle with ease. He was tall and strong. He was a friend of the local undertaker and a Deputy Sheriff. When a car wreck with fatalities happened, Virgil Cooper the undertaker would call on Edgar to help him and he did not fail to help. He died when his son and I were dating. | |||||||||
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