Joseph E. Newcomer and Esther N. Hunter

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Husband Joseph E. Newcomer ¹

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           Born: 8 Aug 1876 - near Dawson, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Father: David M. Newcomer (Abt 1838-1903) 1 2
         Mother: Mary E. Walter (      -Aft 1906) 1 2

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       Marriage: 10 Sep 1902 3

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Wife Esther N. Hunter ³

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         Father: John A. Hunter (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Martha [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Clyde H. Newcomer ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph E. Newcomer

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He was born on the family homestead, near Dawson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he received his primary education in the public schools, afterward attending Redstone Academy, Uniontown, and Mount Union College, Ohio. Later he entered the classical department of the Ohio Northern University, whence he graduated in 1897. He then engaged for two years in teaching, and in 1898 took a business course. He was five years in the school at Ada, taking a thorough course in military tactics, and leaving with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, the highest honor which it is in the power of the school to confer. The first school of which he had charge was his home country school in Fayette County and he was for several years vice-principal of the New Haven public schools. In the autumn of 1898 he took up his abode in Monessen as principal of the schools of that place, a position which he filled for three years, resigning at the end of that time in order to engage in the real estate business. He formed a partnership with Jesse S. Cook, under the firm name of Newcomer & Cook, real estate agents, and on August 1, 1903, sold out to Luce & Sutman. April 1, 1904, he entered into partnership with Eli H. Wolf, under the firm name of Newcomer & Wolf, successors to Mitchell & Myers who had established the business some two years previously. The firm carried on a general land agency, limited to Monessen. They erected several residence properties each year. Aside from this, Mr. Newcomer erected personally some seven properties. The firm also handled all kinds of insurance, including fire, life and accident. They had the exclusive management of the business of the Monessen Improvement Company, which was of considerable scope and embraced a large amount of property, and were also special agents for the Essen plan of lots. They did no little business in placing loans on mortgages, and Mr. Newcomer being a notary public, were prepared to execute all legal papers. He was a director in the People's National Bank of Monessen, and was appointed executor of his father's estate, which was of considerable magnitude, lying chiefly in Fayette county. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and was an elder in the Disciple church of Monessen, also serving as superintendent of the Sunday school.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 240.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 396.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 241.