Biography of Caleb L. Newman
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
Page 1059
CALEB L. NEWMAN, farmer, P.O. Mechanicsburg, was born September 11, 1846, in Union Township, Union County; he is one of the sons of
George W. Newman and Martha Newman, deceased. Having received a good common school education and a short experience in teaching, he entered, in the fall of 1866, Wittenberg College at Springfield, this State, which institution he attended two years; for five months during the latter part of 1868, and at the beginning of 1869, he taught as Principal of the Milford Centre graded school in Union County. On April 7, 1869, he married Miss Ollie Reed, born November 3, 1848, and daughter of Robert D. and Olive Reed. This union has been blessed with two children — Clarence R., born August 19, 1874, and Robert D., born August 30, 1878. After his marrige, for six years he remained in Union County, and for a short time taught school; from thence he went to Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, where for one year he was engaged in the mercantile business. In the spring of 1876, he located in the western portion of Pike Township, Madison County, where he at present resides. In 1882, he was elected Trustee of Pike Township, in which capacity he now officiates; he is the owner of 200 acres of land in a fine state of cultivation, and upon which are built fine and substantial buildings, making it not only a pleasant home, but one of the most pleasantly located and finest farms in Madison County. Mr. Newman is a stong advocate of prohibition. He has been for a young man quite successful in business.
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