"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana"
Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884


JOHN W. NEWLAND, M.D. was born in Lawrence County, Indiana, July 26, 1827,
one of eleven children born to JOHN and AGNES (ALLEN) NEWLAND, who came to
Indiana in 1819 from BERKS COUNTY, North Carolina, he being a native of
VIRGINIA.  After their location in this county they lived here till their
deaths, his occurring August 14, 1838;  and hers October 16, 1867.  They
were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Dr. Newland was raised on a
farm, and at the age of nineteen began the study of medicine with Dr. BEN
NEWLAND, and afterward taking the course at Louisville Medical College, from
which institution he graduated in March, 1850, immediately beginning the
practice of his profession at Leesville, Indiana, coming to Bedford in 1854.
October 1, 1848, he married SARAH E. DUNCAN.  The Doctor and wife are both
members of the Christian Church, and he is a Republican, though never taking
an active interest in politics.  He was a member of the Board of Trustees of
Bedford for eight years.


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