Four Generations of the Newman Family

Four Generations of the Newman Family

Newman, Edgar Douglas (1854-1927)

Newman, Wilbur Lauck (1880-1928)

Newman, Elizabeth (1909-1978)

Newman, Elizabeth Hickman (1822-1917)

On the right is Elizabeth Hickman Newman (1822-1917). She is holding her great-granddaughter Elizabeth Newman. Her grandson Wilbur Lauck Newman stands at the rear of the image. On the left is Elizabeth’s son, Edgar Douglas Newman.

Elizabeth (Hickman) Newman was born in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Her father was John T. Hickman. Her mother’s maiden name was “Trout”. She married Benjamin Pennybacker Newman (1823-1902) on May 6, 1851, and lived near Liberty Furnace for many years as her husband owned an iron furnace.

The 1860 census found the family still there and by that time, Elizabeth and her husband had four young sons. Later the family moved to Woodstock where they farmed.

Edgar grew up on his father's farm, tending to horses, sheep, and cattle. He was a 1876 graduate of Virginia Military Institute.

In 1877, he began his career as an attorney in the office of Walton and Walton, lawyers in Woodstock. That same year, he married Miss. Mary Ott Walton. The couple had six children, Wilbur L., Edgar, Helen, Harold, Houston, and Douglas.

From 1886 to 1898, he served as a judge of the County Court of Shenandoah County. He also served on the board of directors for Massanutten Military Academy at the time of their founding.

William Lauck Newman was the oldest child of Edgar Douglas Newman. He married Ruth (Koontz) Newman and by 1910, they lived on Church Street in Woodstock, where he was a lawyer. The couple stayed there many years and had many more children, mostly daughters, until William died unexpectedly of a heart issue in 1928. He is buried in Massanutten Cemetery in Woodstock.

Elizabeth Newman graduated from Randolph Macon Women’s College in Lynchburg where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She went on to earn a master’s degree from Columbia University. Elizabeth was part of the staff of the public libraries in both New York City and Detroit, Michigan. She married William Acheson MacDonough (1904-1987) and they settled together in Seneca, South Carolina. She left behind a son and a daughter when she died.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

ca 1907-1908

Identified by M.L. Walton, the great nephew (by marriage) of Judge Edgar Douglas Newman. He has recognized these family members through other photos, genealogy, and some speculation.

Additional biographical information compiled from public records.

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Elizabeth (Hickman) Newman is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection images 002542, 005346, and 019672.

Edgar Douglas Newman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002542, 008176, 015044, 015046, and 020170.

Wilbur Lauck appears in Morrison Studio images 001484 and 002542.

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