BENJAMIN NEWLAND, M.D., was born in Jackson County, Ind., July 19, 1821, the
third of nine children born to Wm. and Susan C. (Harold) Newland, early
settlers of Indiana.  Until he was twenty years of age Dr. Newland followed
farming, although he taught school some.  At the age of twenty-one years he
entered the office of Dr. Elijah Newland at Salem, with whom he studied two
years, and then took a course at the University at Louisville, Ky.,
graduating from that institution in 1847.  In October, 1846, he married Miss
Louisa A. Curry, and to their union four children have been born:  Helen,
Mary, Laura and Kate.  The doctor is an A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter
and Commandery, being the present W.M. of Bedford Lodge.  In politics he is
a Democrat, that party electing him to the State Senate in 1852, which
position he filled with credit for himself and constituency. During the late
war he was Surgeon of the Twenty-First Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
remaining in the service eighteen months.  There is no physician in the
southern part of the State more eminent in his profession than Dr. Newland.
He is prominently connected with all the local medical societies, and has a
state reputation in extreme cases of disease.  His convictions are deeply
rooted, and his positions strongly taken.  His portrait appears elsewhere.

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