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| Senator Francis Griffith NEWLANDS
Clara Adelaide SHARON Edith McALLISTER |
| Husband: Francis "Frank" Griffith NEWLANDS
Birth: 28 Aug 1848, KY or Natchez, Adams Co., MS Death: 24 Dec 1917, Washington, DC — another source says San Francisco Disposition: buried Oak Hill Cemetery [San Jose, CA?] Education: privately tutored; attended Yale and Columbian Law School [now Geo. Wash. Univ.], Washington, DC Occupation: attorney Elected Office: 1893-1903, U.S. Representative from Nevada; 1903-1917, U.S. Senator from Nevada Transhumance: 1848, to IL w/parents; 1870, to San Francisco; 1888, to NV Sister: Anna NEWLANDS, b. 1850/1, KY Parents: born in Scotland |
| Marriage-1: 1874 |
| Wife-1: Clara Adelaide SHARON
Birth: 1852/3, City & County of San Francisco, CA Death (in childbirth): 17 Feb 1882, City & County of San Francisco, CA Occupation: homemaker Father: William S. SHARON Mother: Maria A. MALLOY Clara is said to be born in 1854, but in two censuses, Clara's age indicates a birth in 1852/3. |
| Marriage-2: 4 Sep 1888, England |
| Wife-2: Edith McALLISTER |
| Children with Clara Adelaide SHARON — born in City & County of San Francisco, CA: |
| 1. Edith NEWLANDS, b. 17 May 1876
2. Jannette / Janet NEWLANDS, b. Jan 1878; d. 29 Jan 1965 3. Frances Clara NEWLANDS, b. 21 Nov 1880; d. 21 Aug 1907 4. Sharon NEWLANDS [male], b. 17 Feb 1882; d. 17 Feb 1882 |
| Children with Edith McALLISTER: |
| 5. Hall McAllister NEWLANDS, b. 17 Feb
1890; died age two
6. John Cutler NEWLANDS, b. 2 Dec 1893; d. 3 Dec 1893 |
| Keywords for search engines: UK, United Kingdom; USA, United States, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada |
| Sources:
1. Marriage Record: 2. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #20 of 29): 16 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco (Ward 10), San Francisco Co., CA, Roll T9_76, p. 56C, PN 1, SD 1, ED 114, enumerated 5 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
3. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (online at bioguide.congress.gov). 4. Bill Putnam. The Sharon Families in Califorrnia. (online at www.billputman.com). |
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