Family lore says Abe was a doctor, though nothing has been found in the record to support this. It has also been reported that he took a bullet in the knee during the war and carried this souvenir for the rest of his life. My Aunt Reuviel said that Abe received a sword from the superior officer whose life he saved, and that his son, William Arthur Newman, had last seen this hanging over the fireplace in their home when he was 8 years old (about 1882).
Abe's second wife, Mollie, died from typhoid fever in July 1900, shortly after the census was completed. In that census, Abe and Mollie were living in Hawkinsville (Blue Springs District), Pulaski County, Georgia: Abraham, 56, farmer; Mollie E., 47; James W., 25; John, 12; Mary L., 7.
Abe's gravemarker and other documents show June as his birthmonth, but it was recorded as August in the 1900 census.
- Elijah A. Newman, b. ca 1868; d. before 1872
Abe's first wife, Lucy, and their son, Eli, apparently died after 1870, since they appear with Abe in the Pulaski County census for that year.
Children with Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Conner:
- William Arthur Newman, b. 10 July 1874; m. Susan Ann Scaff
- James W. Newman, b. Jan 1875; m. Flora Beckham, Abbie McDuffie, Aline Hatcher
- Wesley Newman, b. ca 1878; d. 5 Dec 1882
- Fanny Newman, b. unknown; d. bef 1892
- Wiley Newman, b. unknown; d. bef 1892
- Lucius Newman, b. unknown; d. bef 1892
- John Newman, b. 6 Oct 1887
- Mary Louise Newman, b. 27 Jun 1892; m. Fritz Fleda Brogdon
As reported in The Hawkinsville Dispatch, 28 Dec 1882: "Little Wesley, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Newman, died of hemorragic (sic) fever on the 5th of this month. 'Whirley,' as he was called, was about 4 years old...His uncle J.W.C., December 1882."
Fanny, Wiley and Lucius drowned when they fell out of the family's wagon as it crossed Big House Creek (or Jelks Mill Pond, depending on the source). It's unknown when exactly the accident occurred (probably about 1891), or how old the children were, but the span of years between Wesley and John suggests they came between these two. Reportedly, John was also in the wagon at the time but survived the accident.
Jim Newman and family were living in Wilcox County at the time of the 1910 census, 433rd Militia District, Bowen's Mill: Jim, 29 (this is an error as Jim was 5 in the 1880 census), Farmer; Aline (Hatcher) Newman, 16; Emma Hatcher, 38, mother-in-law; brothers-in-law Reuben, 14 and Lewis R., 9; and sisters-in-law Maria, 12; Emmie, 7; and Lilian, 6. Jim is farming and Reubin works on the farm. Jim apparently suffered some form of alcohol-induced dementia in later life and died 18 August 1948 at Milledgeville, where he had been sent 4 days before. Jim was 73 and a widower at the time of his death.
John Newman, 22, is also in the 1910 Wilcox County census, living on and working his own farm in 1177th Militia District, Ryals Mill. I have no further information on him.
