(Son of Thomas and Sarah Biggs Newport)
Generation
No. 1
1. JOHN1 NEWPORT was born September 30, 1828 in Preble, Ohio1,
and died July 01, 1913 in Farmersville, Illinois. He married ELIZABETH
MARTHA MCCORMICK March
28, 1855 in Morgan County, Illinois. She
was born September 09, 1831 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, and died March 17,
1910 in Farmersville, Illinois.
More About
JOHN NEWPORT:
Occupation: School teacher
Notes for ELIZABETH MARTHA MCCORMICK:
from familytreemaker.com
from unknown newspaper?
OBITUARY:
NEWPORT - Elizabeth McCormick, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John McCormick, was born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, September 9,
1831, aged seventy-eight years, six months and eight days. The family consisting of her parents, two
brothers and three sisters moved to Morgan county,
Illinois in 1834. When Elizabeth has
completed her education in the Presbyterian college at Jacksonville she taught
school for a time, after which she was united in marriage to John Newport.
To this union three children were born, viz: Mary J.,
Chalmers L., and Emma V.
The two former have preceded
"mother" to the spirit world.
Mrs. Newport lived a humble and devoted Christian life, first in the
Presbyterian church and later in the Methodist
Episcopal church, of which she was an exemplary member at the time of her
death. She was widely known as a true
sympathizing and highly refined woman, always loving and upholding the grand and
noble things of life.
With her family she moved from Morgan
county, Illinois, to Bois D'Arc township, Montgomery
county, Illinois, in 1818[Note: this date must be incorrect!], where she helped
reduce the wild prairie neighborhood to an ideal country home, In the declining years of her life, together
with her husband and granddaughter, Miss Edna Greene, she resided in
Farmersville, where she gained a wide circle of sympathizing friends, who will
ever remember her exceeding devotion to her afflicted companion of the last years of her life. Grandma's was a life of self sacrifice to her
children and husband.
She leaves her feeble companion, one
daughter, eight grandsons, eight granddaughters, two great grandsons and a host
of friends to mourn her loss.
The funeral services were held from the M.
e. church in Farmersville on Sunday, March 20.
An audience much larger that could be accommodated in the church,
gathered to pay their tribute of loving respect to the memory of this truly
good woman. Music was furnished by a
mixed choir with Miss Blanche White presiding at the organ. A beautiful solo, "Jesus Lover of My
soul," was rendered by Mrs. Charles L. Flowers of Litchfield, Wife of a
former pastor of this church.
The funeral sermon was ably delivered by
the Rev. C. X. Boyd of Downs, Ill., also a former pastor. The Burial took place in the Rovey cemetery, the pall bearers being the grandsons of the
deceased. The memory of Mrs. Newport
like a sweet fragrance will linger long among us.
"you may
break, you may shatter the vase if you will but the scent of the roses will
cling round it still."
OUR
HOME-MAKER.
When the mountains slope to the westward,
And their purple chalices hold,
The new made wine of the sunset-- Crimson
and amber and gold.
In this old wide-opened doorway,
With the elm boughs over-head,
The house all garnished behind her,
And the plentiful table spread.
She has stood to welcome our coming
Watching our upward climb,
In the sweet June weather that brought us,
Oh, many and many a time.
Again the doorway opened
And the house is garnished and sweet,
But she silently waits for our coming,
And we enter with silent feet.
A little within she is waiting,
Not where she has net us before,
For over the pleasant threshold
She is only to cross once more.
The smile on her face is quiet,
And a lily is on her breast;
Her hands are folded together,
And the word on her lips is
"rest."
And yet it looks like a welcome,
For her work is ompassed
and one,
All things are seemly and ready,
And her summer is just begun.
It is we who may not cross over;
Only with song and prayer;
A little way into the glory,
We may each, as we leave her there,
But we cannot think of her idle;
She must be a homemaker still;
God giveth that
work to the angels
Who fitted the task fulfill.
And somewhere yet in the hill tops
Of the country that hath no pain,
She will watch in her beautiful doorway.
To Bid us a welcome
again.
Children of JOHN NEWPORT and ELIZABETH MCCORMICK
are:
2. i. MARY JANE2 NEWPORT, b. January 11, 1856, Near
Virden, Illinois; d. February 03, 1900, Farmersville, Illinois.
ii. CHALMERS LINCOLN NEWPORT, b. Abt.
1860; m. ETTA M. WILKINS, February 08, 1882, Morgan
County, Illinois2; b. Abt. 1862.
Notes
for ETTA M. WILKINS:
I have
made an ASSUMPTION that she is his wife, based on the Illinois Marriage Index
record, but this needs to be confirmed.
3. iii. EMMERENTIA VIOLA NEWPORT, b. November 19, 1862, Virden, Maucoupin
County, Illinois; d. August 16, 1943, Litchfield, Illinois.
Generation
No. 2
2. MARY JANE2 NEWPORT (JOHN1) was born January 11, 1856 in Near Virden, Illinois,
and died February 03, 1900 in Farmersville, Illinois. She married LAFAYETTE
MONROE GERHARD April 27, 1876 in
Montgomery County, Illinois2.
He was born March 31, 1844 in New Bedford PA or Massachusetts, and died
September 17, 1931 in Farmersville, Illinois.
Children of MARY NEWPORT and LAFAYETTE GERHARD are:
i. OTIS MONROE3 GERHARD, b. 1878, Farmersville,
Illinois; d. 1879, Farmersville, Illinois.
ii. NELLIE MAE GERHARD, b. May 13, 1879; d.
February 13, 1953, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL.
iii. JOHN GERHARD, b. June 08, 1881, Near
Farmersville, Illinois; d. January 07, 1956.
iv. HENRY CHALMERS GERHARD, b. November 14, 1882,
Farmersville, Illinois; d. November 03, 1966, Girard, Illinois.
v. CHALMERS NEWPORT GERHARD, b. November 19, 1884,
Farmersville, Illinois; d. October 15, 1957, Hillsboro, Illinois.
vi. EMMA ELIZABETH GERHARD, b. June 04, 1886, Farmersville,
Illinois; d. April 11, 1976, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois.
vii. SAMUEL LAFAYETTE GERHARD, b. November 03, 1888,
Farmersville, Illinois; d. March 16, 1968, Auburn, Illinois; m. VESTA LEE BRUBAKER, February 23, 1954,
Litchfield, Illinois; b. June 05, 1894, Farmersville, Illinois; d. November 29,
1974, Springfield, Illinois.
More
About SAMUEL LAFAYETTE GERHARD:
Burial:
Rovey Cemetery, Farmersville, IL
viii. FRANK GERHARD, b. July 23, 1890.
ix. RUTH GERHARD, b. March 18, 1892, Farmersville,
Illinois; d. April 19, 1973, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois.
x. EVERETT BURNETT GERHARD, b. August 1894,
Farmersville, Illinois.
3. EMMERENTIA VIOLA2 NEWPORT (JOHN1) was born
November 19, 1862 in Virden, Maucoupin County,
Illinois, and died August 16, 1943 in Litchfield, Illinois. She married (1) DUANE A. GREENE2 October 14, 1880 in
Macoupin County, Illinois2.
He was born Abt. 1860. She married (2) JAMES L. MCCORMICK February 18, 1890 in Montgomery County, Illinois2. He was born Abt. 1849
in Near Jacksonville, Morgan Cty?,
Illinois, and died Abt. December 1898 in Northeast of
Virden, Macoupin Cty?, Illinois. She married (3) DAVID GRISHAM April 01, 1901. He was born Abt.
1862.
Notes for EMMERENTIA VIOLA NEWPORT:
Virginia Ann Brubaker Johnson
wrote that her name was Emmerinta. The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index lists
her as Emerentia V. Newport.
from familytreemaker.com
Litchfield, Aug 17 -- Mrs. Emma Grisham, 82, wife of David Grisham,
died at 10 a.m. Monday at her home in Waggoner folowing
a long illness. Mrs. Grisham was born in Virden. She is survived by her husband, one son,
Walter McCormick, Deming, Wash; four daughters, Mrs. R. J. Simonson of Pahokee
Fla., Mrs. Glen Brubaker and Mrs. Harold Emery both of West Palm beach Flas, and Miss Louisa Grisham at Home. Decedent was a
member of Waggoner Methodist church and Royal Neighbor lodge. Remains will be
removed from the Carroll and Son funeral home here to the residence Wednesday
afternoon. Services will be held at 2:30
p.m. Thursday in Waggoner Methodist church.
Rev. A. E. Ambler will officiate and inerment
will be in Rovey cemerty,
Farmersville
More About
EMMERENTIA
VIOLA NEWPORT:
Burial: Rovey
Cemetery, Farmersville, IL
Notes for JAMES L. MCCORMICK:
from familytreemaker.com
JACKSONVILLE DAILY JOURNAL,
Jacksonville, Illinois, December 17, 1898
Friday morning at 3 o'clock
James McCormick died at his home near Divernon. He was attacked with pneumonia a few days
before and failed to rally from the dread disease. He has three brothers in this county, John,
Walter and William. He was born and
reared in the vicinity of Woodson and was the son of one of the best and most
Godly men of that vicinity. He had lived
in Sangamon county a number of years previous to his
death. He leaves a wife and two
children.
More About
JAMES L. MCCORMICK:
Burial: Abt.
1898, Brushcreek Cemetery? Virden?
Illinois
Children of EMMERENTIA NEWPORT and DUANE GREENE are:
i. MABEL3 GREENE, b.
Abt. 1885; m. R. J. SIMONSON3; b. Abt.
1880; d. Pahokee, Florida?.
ii. EDNA GREENE, b. Abt.
1885; m. UNKNOWN REED; b. Abt.
1880.
Children of EMMERENTIA NEWPORT and JAMES MCCORMICK are:
iii. WALTER NEWPORT3 MCCORMICK, b. November 07, 1890,
Farmersville, Illinois; d. Deming, Washington?.
4. iv. MARTHA ELIZABETH MCCORMICK, b. Abt.
1892, Virden, Maucoupin County, Illinois.
Children of EMMERENTIA NEWPORT and DAVID GRISHAM are:
v. MARY BELLE3 GRISHAM, b. Abt.
1903; m. HAROLD EMERY; b. Abt.
1900; d. West Palm Beach, Florida?.
vi. LOUISA GRISHAM, b. Abt.
1903.
Generation
No. 3
4. MARTHA ELIZABETH3 MCCORMICK
(EMMERENTIA
VIOLA2 NEWPORT, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1892 in Virden, Maucoupin
County, Illinois.
She married GLENN EARL BRUBAKER January 11, 1912. He was born December 12, 1890 in
Farmersville, Illinois, and died May 12, 1979 in Lake Worth, Florida.
Children of MARTHA MCCORMICK
and GLENN BRUBAKER are:
5. i. VIRGINIA ANN4 BRUBAKER, b. 1913.
6. ii. MCCORMACK LEE BRUBAKER, b.
July 06, 1914, Litchfield, Illinois; d. October 10, 1942, Lake Bluff, Illinois.
7. iii. ALLEN EDSEL BRUBAKER, b. December 1915,
Litchfield, Illinois.
iv. WARREN EARL BRUBAKER, b. Abt.
1917, Litchfield, Illinois; d. April 12, 1968, Lake Forest, Illinois4;
m. HAZEL PEARL VOADEN, June 1940; b. Abt. 1920.
Notes
for WARREN EARL BRUBAKER:
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Generation
No. 4
5. VIRGINIA ANN4 BRUBAKER (MARTHA ELIZABETH3 MCCORMICK, EMMERENTIA VIOLA2 NEWPORT, JOHN1) was born 1913.
She married ROBERT C. JOHNSON October 1937. He was born Abt.
1909.
Children of VIRGINIA BRUBAKER and ROBERT JOHNSON are:
8. i. ROBERT GLENN5 JOHNSON.
ii. MARTHA ANN JOHNSON.
iii. CHARLES WALTER JOHNSON, b. July 1939.
6. MCCORMACK LEE4 BRUBAKER (MARTHA ELIZABETH3 MCCORMICK, EMMERENTIA VIOLA2 NEWPORT, JOHN1) was born July 06, 1914 in Litchfield, Illinois, and
died October 10, 1942 in Lake Bluff, Illinois.
He married JUDITH ROSS 1940. She was
born Abt. 1920.
Child of MCCORMACK BRUBAKER and JUDITH ROSS is:
i. LEE MCCORMACK5 BRUBAKER, b. 1940.
7. ALLEN EDSEL4 BRUBAKER (MARTHA ELIZABETH3 MCCORMICK, EMMERENTIA VIOLA2 NEWPORT, JOHN1) was born December 1915 in Litchfield, Illinois. He married MARY KATHRYN ROCKHOLD November 05, 1938.
She was born February 14, 1915 in 293 N Fisher Street, Wabash, Indiana,
and died November 16, 1998 in Akron, Ohio.
Notes for MARY KATHRYN ROCKHOLD:
from Ohio Beacon Journal (online)
OBITUARY: Mary Kathryn
Brubaker (nee Rockhold) was born in Wabash, Ind., on
February 14, 1915, and lived in the Akron area since 1946. She attended U.C. Berkeley, graduated from the University of Illinois,
and was affiliated with Alpha Xi Delta fraternity. She was a lifelong
volunteer, served with Children's Hospital, UCPSH and
West Side Good Neighbors. She was a longstanding member of Fairlawn-West U.C.C. Survivors include her brother, John R.; sons, David
and Scott; daughter, Beth; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 at Fairlawn-West United Church of
Christ, 2095 West Market St. No flowers please. Donations, if desired, may be
made in Mary Kay's name to Fairlawn-West United Church of Christ or Visiting
Nurse Hospice Care Center.
Generation
No. 5
8. ROBERT GLENN5 JOHNSON (VIRGINIA ANN4 BRUBAKER,
MARTHA ELIZABETH3 MCCORMICK, EMMERENTIA VIOLA2 NEWPORT,
JOHN1) He
married BEV
UNKNOWN.
Children of ROBERT JOHNSON and BEV UNKNOWN are:
i. HELEN6 JOHNSON.
ii. MICHAEL JOHNSON.
iii. EMILY JOHNSON.
Endnotes
1. Family Tree Maker.
2. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 -
1900.
3. Virginia
Ann Brubaker Johnson letter.
4. familytreemaker.com.