Teamster Arthur "Uncle Arthur" Newsome

Teamster Arthur "Uncle Arthur" Newsome

5th Minnesota Inf.

Born a slave on the Ned Newsome Plantation in North Carolina.   On the death of Ned Newsome his family was sold to an Arkansas Plantation and he to a plantation in Mississippi, from here he was able to escape to the Union lines.

Known Actions;
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 4, 1862

       From the Civil War Draft Records
Name - Arthur Nusom
Born - 1835 in Alabama
Age on July 1, 1863 - 28 Years
Race - Black
Marital Status - Married
Residence - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Laborer

       From the 1870 Census
Name - Sarah Newsome
Aged - 35 Years
Home in 1870 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Spouse - Peter Newsome
Spouses Age - 45 Years

Lansing Morgan Lumber

Standard Oil Co.

       From the 1880 Census
Name - Sarah Newsome
Aged - 48 Years
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Address - 62 Railroad avenue
Race - Black
Spouse - Peter Newsome
Spouses Age - 56 Years

Deacon of the Second Baptist Church.

       From the 1900 Census
Name - Arthur Newsome
Aged - 68 Years
Born - 1832 in North Carolina
Home in 1900 - 1st Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Address - 264 Ann street
Race - Black
Occupation - Gardner
Marriage Year - 1861
Spouse - Minerva Newsome
Spouses Age - 61 Years

Died April 11, 1913 of Pneumonia at his home at 264 Ann St.   Aged 86/10/25.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.