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Hon. Newton J. Temple, a very prominent attorney of Eureka Springs, was born in Winchester, Tenn., May 16, 1830. He is a son of Addison and Nancy (Waggoner) Temple, both natives of Tennessee. Addison Temple is now living in Franklin County, Tenn. He has always been engaged in farming, and also in blacksmithing. His wife died about 1868. Newton J. Temple was reared on his father’s farm, and secured a common-school education. When eighteen years of age he began reading law in the office of Collier & Carter, in Winchester, Tenn. There he was first admitted to the bar, and practiced his profession until 1856, when he removed to Pine Bluff, Ark., but after six months’ practice there he removed to Benton, Ark., and remained one year. Thence he removed to Paraclifta, Ark. In 1860 he was elected prosecuting attorney for seven counties, and held the office until 1864, during which time he resided at Paraclifta. In 1864 he went back to Tennessee, and remained until the close of the war, when he removed to Fort Smith. Soon after he was appointed by the governor prosecuting attorney for that district, and held the office until 1867. In 1867 he went to Knoxville, Tenn., and practiced law with Oliver P. Temple till 1868, when he was appointed by Gov. Brownlow attorney-general of the judicial district in which Winchester, his old home is situated. After holding this office one year he resigned and came to Fort Smith, Ark., and resumed the practice of his profession. Soon after he was appointed prosecuting attorney by Gov. Clayton, and held the position until he resigned. On June 19, 1872, he was appointed United States District Attorney by Gen. Grant, but three years later resigned this position, and went to California, where he remained three or four years. In 1879 he located in Topeka, Kas., and in 1880 he went to Eureka Springs, Ark. This has since been his stopping place, with the exception of two years spent in Fort Worth, Tex. His wife was Angelette McIntosh, a native of Mississippi. They are the parents of one daughter, Maudie.