Joshua K. Newbold and Arilla Mayo

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Husband Joshua K. Newbold ¹

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           Born: 12 Jul 1844 - Greenville Twp, Crawford Co, PA 1
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         Father: Caleb Newbold (1799-1852) 2
         Mother: Margaret Elizabeth Boitner (1797-      ) 2

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       Marriage: 1872 3

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Wife Arilla Mayo ³

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           Born: 1845 3
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         Father: L. Mayo (      -      ) 3
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General Notes: Husband - Joshua K. Newbold

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He lost his father when he was eight years of age, his mother managing the estate and operating the farm for twenty years. He gave his entire time to the work of the farm from the age of fifteen (when he left school) until that of twenty years. He was then employed for two years in a grist mill in Fayette County, and upon his return to Mercer County attempted to enlist in the Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, but not being of age (and his mother objecting) he was not successful. In February, 1863, however he joined Company I, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, under Captain Stone, and with that command was sent to Camp Copeland, Pittsburg, and thence to Washington, District of Columbia. There his company was fully equipped and mounted and again despatched to the national capital. But at this point in his military career he was stricken with fever and, after being a patient in several hospitals, recovered at Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia, and was then sent home on a thirty-day furlough. At its expiration he reported at Pittsburg, rejoined his company at Washington, and for some time thereafter was engaged in scouting in Maryland, chiefly in the vicinity of Harper’s Ferry. He afterward became a member of the force gathered about Washington in defense of the capital against the threatened incendiary raids of General Early and which force followed the Confederate leader in his retreat. Later, Mr. Newbold returned to his company near Petersburg, and found himself on the list of “deserters until proven.” He soon cleared himself, however, and remained with his regiment until his honorable discharge and muster-out at Pittsburg, July 13, 1865. Returning to Pittsburg, he then farmed for a year in Crawford County, moved west with his family for a time, and located at Ashtabula, Ohio, and made this the headquarters of quite a large business which he established in the line of carpentry. In 1872 Mr. Newbold returned to his old home, Sheakleyville, and married. After his marriage he commenced his long and successful career in Mercer County, as a carpenter, contractor and structure mover, and for thirty years, both alone and in partnership with J. Nelson, became widely known in that field. In that connection he was the builder of the United Presbyterian Church of Sheakleyville, a Catholic Church in Fruit Township, as well as of other prominent structures. In 1903 he retired from active work, and enjoyed the peace and comforts of a faithful and industrious life. He was a charter member of the Sheakleyville Post No. 417, and always voted the Republican ticket. [HMC 1909, 1100]

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1100.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1038, 1100.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1102.