My Genealogy Hound

SHERMAN U. NEWTON, one of the earnest young business men of this section, who is bound to make an indelible mark as a successful and honorable man, is a son of Harrison and Janette (Marsh) Newton, and was born in Irving, Chautauqua county, New York, July 17, 1867. Milo Newton (grandfather) was also a native of Irving, was by occupation a farmer and died in 1886, in the village where he was born, aged seventy-two years. In religion he was a member of the Methodist church, and in politics was a republican. Harrison Newton (father) was also born in Irving, in 1841, and has been a resident of Buffalo, Erie county, since 1870. He is a passenger conductor on the L. S. M. S. R. R., which position he has held for thirty-three years, running between Buffalo, and Cleveland, Ohio. In politics he is a stanch republican, is a member of Silver lodge. No. 757, F. and A. M., of Silver Creek, lodge No. 9, A. O. U. W., of Buffalo, and of the Conductor’s Life Insurance Company. In 1863 he married Janette Marsh, who was born in Irving in 1843, and by her had two children.

Sherman U. Newton was reared in Buffalo, this State, and was graduated from the high school at that place at the age of fourteen, after which he took a thorough business course in Bryant & Stratton college of that city. In June, 1883, he came to Silver Creek to assume the position of assistant cashier in the Excelsior bank, where he discharged the duties of that office so satisfactorily that on November 18, 1890, he was appointed cashier to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his cousin, Dana C. Swift, who had held that position several years. In politics he is independent, is a charter member and Sr. Kt. Fin Kr., of Chau. Tent, No. 95 Knights of the Maccabees, and also a charter member of Huntley Hose and Fire Co., No. 1.

Sherman U. Newton was married October 21, 1890, to Minnie C. Barnes, a daughter of Charles Barnes, of Silver Creek, N. Y.