UPlPER TOWN PRECINCT.



William, born Feb. 7, 1869; Sarah, Oct. 23, 1871; James G., Jan.
8, 1877, and Goodlow M., in 1881. Mr. Morrison is a member of
the Methodist and his wife of the Presbyterian church.
   C(. G. ANawz, florist and market gardener, was born in Germany,
 Jan. 1, 1843, and came to America in 1865, landing in New York
 the day before Lincoln was assassinated. He came direct to Louis-
 ville, Ky., and remained there three years. In 1868 he went to
 Clark County, Ind., and in 1872 came to Nelson County, Ky. In
 February, 1878, he canme to Owensboro. He has two green-houses
 on Griffith avenue, a half mile south of the court-house. He was
 married in April, 1874, to Fannie Mattingly, a native of Nelson
 County, Ky., born in March, 1855. They have five children-
 Benedict, Henry, Robert, Williamn and Kate. Mr. and Mrs. Nawz
 are members of the Methodist Episcopal chturch. Mr. Nawz is a
 member of Lodge No. 19, K. of P., Owensboro, Ky.
 Colonel William Yewton. (deceased),born in Culpeper County, Va.,
 June 9,1783, was a son of William and Elizabeth (Fields) Newton,
 also natives of Virginia, where they were married, and where their
 children were born.  William, Jr., was the second son of a large
 family. le was reared in Virginia,and came to what is now Daviess
 County, Ky., in 1809. In 1810 he went to Virginia for his parents,
 and returning settled on the old Newton farm in Murray Precinct.
 In 1813 lie enlisted in an independent company, under Colonel
 William Russell, against the Indians. March 18, .815, he matr-
 ried Miss Elizabeth Field, eldest daughter of Captain Ben. Field,
 who was born in Danville, Ky., Mav 2. 1793. He went to Hart-
 ford for his license, and was obliged to swim all the creeks on
 account of high water. After his marriage lhe settled on the o!d
 Shoemaker farm in Murray Precinct. In 1843 he removed to the
 fArin in Upper Town Precinct, where his daughter, Mary J., now
 resides.- Colonel Newton was Deputy Internal Revenue Collec-
 tor, under his father-in-law, Captain Ben. Field, in 1815, and Dep-
 uty County Sheriff in 1823-'24. While holding the latter office,
 March 18, 1824, he sold on the premises 1,950 acres of land,
 patented to John Mays, lying on the Ohio River, in this
 county, to the highest bidder. It was purchased by Philip Trip-
 lett, at 25 cents per acre. In the afternoon of the same day he sold
 at the door of the court-house in Owensboro the same representa-
 tive's interest in 3,000 acres, patented to John Mays and D. Ross,
 and also said representative's interest in the town of Owensboro.
Philip Triplett was the purchaser of the whole at 25 cents per acre,



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