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Caroline Boyd ~ Clark Newcomer 

Merrick Co; Nebraska

For over thirty-eight years the gentleman here named was closely identified with the agricultural interests of Merrick county, Nebraska, and during this time he acquired a valuable estate by dint of his industry and honesty. His death occurred October 27, 1910, and was mourned by a host of friends and neighbors. 

Clark Newcomer, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hershey) Newcomer, was born in Pennsylvania, October 27, 1835, and was fourth in a family of ten children; one of the brothers resides in California; three in Pennsylvania; one in Spokane, Washington; a sister in Pennsylvania; and the others being deceased, as are also the parents, both having passed away in Pennsylvania, the father in 1868, and the mother in 1898.  Our subject received his education in the home state, and later went to Illinois where he followed farming for almost a year and a half, when he returned to Pennsylvania, and in August, 1861, enlisted in Company B, Twenty-second Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving something over three years. Much time was spent in skirmishing, but the most important battles engaged in were at Greenbriar, Rumney, and Winchester, all in West Virginia; and Cedar Creek, and Falling Water, Maryland. At the latter place Mr Newcomer was wounded, being shot through the shoulder, after which being unfit for regular service he was employed at headquarters. Our subject returned to Pennsylvania after the war, receiving his honorable discharge in the fall of 1864, at Pittsburg; and on February 22, 1865, was married to Caroline Boyd, also of Pennsylvania. In 1867 Mr and Mrs Newcomer went to Tennessee where they engaged in farming, and in August of 1871, came with family to Merrick county, Nebraska, homesteading one hundred and sixty acres of land in section thirty-two, township fourteen, range six. Mrs Newcomer died December 5, 1879, on the homestead farm, survived by her husband and one child, Cora, who is married to George Baker and resides in Central City, and has eleven children. Mr Newcomer sold his homestead in 1884 and purchased at various times and in various tracts something over five hundred acres. On October 14, 1886, Mr Newcomer was united in marriage to Mrs Elvira J. Porter Nash, who was born in Illinois, but who later came to Nebraska.  Mrs Newcomer's father, S. W. Porter, died in 1881, and her mother, Mrs Mary Porter lives in Central City at the advanced age of ninety-six years; two brothers reside in Nebraska. Mrs Newcomer's father enlisted at the beginning of the civil war in Company A, Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, served until the close of the war and then went to the Black Hills to fight Indians; serving over five years  Mrs. Newcomer had three brothers in the service, Richard, Charles Henry and Lewis. The last named died in the army. Mrs Newcomer's first husband, Benjamin Franklin Nash, came with his family to Nebraska in 1873. He died in 1884. Mr. Nash had two brothers who served in the civil war, Lemuel and John. Lemuel was killed at Perryville. Mrs Newcomer had ten children by her former marriage, two of whom are living: Arch M., who lives in Montana and Frank R,., who is married, has two children and resides in Central City. Mr. Newcomer served as director of his school district number nineteen, for some years, also as treasurer of same. Indeed Mr Newcomer was instrumental in organizing the district and the school building was erected when Mr Newcomer's daughter was the only pupil in the district. In 1909, our subject returned from the farm and moved to Central City, where he purchased a good home. His death occured October 25, 1910. Mr and Mrs Newcomer were among the earlier settlers of the county and passed through all the trying experiences and hardships of frontier life. Mr Newcomer was a member of the Odd Fellows, Masonic and Grand Army of the Republic fraternities and was a man of prominence and influence in the community in which he lived. 

Source: Compendium of Reminiscence and Biography of Nebraska; Chicago,Alden Publishing Co; 1912;   FHL Film1000179 

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