Newton, John (1823-1895)

Name:: Newton, John (1823-1895)
Title:: 2nd Lieutenant, United States Army, 1842
Major, United States Army, 1861
Brigadier General, United States Army, 1862
Major General of Volunteers, United States Army, 1863-1866
Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers, United States Army, 1865
Colonel of Engineers, United States Army, 1879
Brigadier General of Engineers, United States Army, 1884-1886
Commissioner of Public Works, City of New York, 1886-1888
President, Panama Railroad Company, 1888-1895
Member, Roman Catholic Church
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Honorary Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Born:: 08/24/1823
Birthplace:: Norfolk, VA
Died:: 05/01/1895
Death Location:: New York, NY
Residence:: Norfolk, VA
New York, NY
Nationality:: American
Occupation:: Engineer
Father:: Newton, Thomas (1768-1847)
Mother:: Pool, Margaret Jordan (1786-1861)
Spouse:: Starr, Anna Morgan (1831-1914)
Children:: Virginius M., born 1852; died 1929

John Thomas, born 1855; died 1942
Augustine M., born 1858; died 1895
Anna Maria, born 1859; died 1862
Francis Julian, born 1862; died 1863
Victor M., born 1866; died 1938
Thomas Maria, born 1868; died 1924
Mary, born 1874; died 1952
Notes:: Dumas Malone, Editor. Dictionary of American Biography. Volume XIII. (New York: Charles Scribner's sons, 1934), 473-474.

Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, NY