Teamster Peter Newsome

Teamster Peter Newsome

A Slave on a Georgia Plantation.

Moved to Elgin, Ill. in 1866.

       From the 1870 Census
Name - Peter Newsome
Aged - 45 Years
Born - 1825 in North Carolina
Home in 1870 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - Black
Occupation - Day Laborer
Spouse - Sarah Newsome
Spouses Age - 35 Years

       From the 1880 Census
Name - Peter Newsome
Aged - 56 Years
Born - 1824 in North Carolina
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Race - Black
Occupation - Drayman
Spouse - Sarah Newsome
Spouses Age - 48 Years

Worked as an Express Wagon Driver.

Member of the Second Baptist Church.

       From the 1900 Census
Name - Peter Newsome
Aged - 73 Years
Born - 1826 in Alabama
Home in 1900 - 5th Ward, Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Address - 244 Willington avenue
Race - Black
Marital Status - Widowed

Died April 23, 1907 at his home on 244 Wellington Ave. of Paralysis due to Apoplexy.  Aged 80 years.
Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.