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Surnames: McNew, Waters, O'Connor, Rice, Smith, Davis, Heaton, Sweezy, Owner
Classification: Query
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Attached is a picture of Benjamin McNew and his Family.
My great grandfather (DL) had written on the back:
Benj McNew and Family
Holton, Indiana
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Benjamin was the 12th child of John Brushcreek McNew and Jane Ann "Jenny"
Waters.
From "RIPLEY COUNTY HISTORY, 1818-1988, RIPLEY COUNTY,
INDIANA"
QUOTE . . .
. . Benjamin Tucker McNEW was born on December 14, 1850. He married a girl from Jennings
County by the name of Clara Alice O'CONNOR in 1875. They cleared and built a farm in
the Hopewell area of Ripley County, which is still owned by the family today. They raised
five children there. Their names are, in order, Oscar, Nora Etta, Norma Ellen, Wilbur
Earl, and Zuma Francis. They married respectively, Tessie RICE, John SMITH, Arthur DAVIS,
Lena HEATON, William SWEEZY.
UNQUOTE . . .
As you can see, there are seven children (I assume all Benjamin's) in the photo.
Can anyone identify any of the children? I would assume the two older males on the back
row would be the two boys as listed above and the three girls, more than likely are the
two older girls standing in the back row and the young girl on the right of the picture.
However, the young boy on the left and the girl on the right look to be the same age (or
mighty close) and I was wondering at first look, could they be twins? (since twins seem to
run in the McNew family).
Does anyone know if his wife's name was Alice OWNER or Clara Alice O'CONNOR??
I also noticed the family resemblance passed from father (John Brushcreek McNew) to his
son, Benjamin Tucker McNew.
For more information about this family, see:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~greatmcnewclan/d22.htm#P22 and
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~greatmcnewclan/Clayton/d5867.htm...