Edgar Edwin Newman

Elmer married Edna Williamson on 1 Nov 1918 in Borough of Queens, New York, New York, USA. Edna was born on 5 Oct 1899 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA; died in 1951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Luna Laura Dundy on 15 Apr 1891 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Luna was born in 1865 in Nebraska, USA; died on 19 Jan 1906 in Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dundy County, Nebraska, is named for her father, Elmer Scipio Dundy.

The famous Luna Park on Coney Island was named for Luna (Dundy) Newman. Her brother Elmer was one of the owners. She died shortly after the parks opening. The park is still famous as a large tourist destination when visiting NYC. The New York New York hotel even has a "Luna Park" of it's own which operates as the arcade for the visitors of the hotel.

David married Angelia Louise French Thurston on 25 Aug 1859 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Angelia (daughter of Daniel Sylvester Thurston and Matilda Benjamin) was born on 4 Dec 1837 in Montpelier, Vermont, USA; died on 15 Apr 1910 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Newman, Angelina F. Thurston: author and publicist. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, United States of America, 1837. At 14 went with her parents to Madison, Wisconsin. Educated at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. Married Frank Kilgore, of Madison, who lived but a few months. In 1859, married David Newman, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. For 16 years, Mrs. Newman was on the lecture platform--8 years, consecutively, Western Secretary of the Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She has been identified with many national and international philanthropies. Charter member of National Council of Women and Daughters of American Revolution. She was for 27 years Superintendent of Prison Work in National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). When Mormonism startled Americans by announcing for itself a "Capital" and a "Country," Mrs. Newman was elected to represent the American forces in behalf of anti-Mormon legislation. She was given hearings before the Senate Committees. Printed by Act of Congress, these speeches were circulated by the thousands in America and Europe, and Congress, in answer to her appeal, appropriated $80,000 for a home, under Federal support, for Mormom women who abandoned polygamy. During the Philippine War, Mrs. Newman received a commission as hospital inspector for the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands. In 1888 Mrs. Newman was the first woman elected delegate to the Quadrennial General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. As an author she wrote: "Heathen At Home," in 1888. After a year's tour with her daughter, through Europe, Egypt, and Palestine, during the presidential campaign of William McKinley, having everywhere worn the McKinley Button of the campaign, she wrote of the reception of the button in foreign lands, under the title "McKinley Carnations Of Memory"; followed by "Sacrifice Of IPhigenia"; "An Italian Winter"; "Lilith, Adam's First Wife," from legends gathered in Egypt and Palestine; and "The Tragedy Of Christianity." An arraignment of the Mormon faith, and propagandism is her latest work. Address: 1724 _____ St., Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. --Who's Who In The World, 1912, c1911, Pgs. 807-808