Biography of Charles E. Newcomer, page 118.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, and New York, 1920.

   Charles E. Newcomer.  In the same Township where he was born and reared, 
Franklin Township, Charles E. Newcomer has spent his active life as a 
tiller of the soil, has gathered many crops through the consecutive 
season, and is directing a large and valuable farm in section 8, where he 
has his home and where his family of children are growing up around him.
   Mr. Newcomer was born in Franklin Township May 12, 1873, a son of 
George and Barbara (Van Horn) Newcomer, the former a native of Columbiana 
County, Ohio, and the latter of Allen Township, Noble County, Ohio.  
George Newcomer came to DeKalb County with his parents, grew up here and 
after his marriage settled in section 29 of Franklin Township.  Some years 
ago he and his good wife retired from the farm and are now living at 
Waterloo. He is a democrat and is a member of the Masonic Order.  Of the 
seven children six are still living: Charles E.; Lona, unmarried; Mary M., 
widow of John Brown; Arnie, who occupies the old homestead; Elmer, also of 
Franklin Township; and William, of that Township.
   Charles E. Newcomer spent his boyhood days alternately attending school 
and working in the fields and about the home.  He married Effie Mann, a 
native of Franklin Township.   They have a family of five children: Marion, 
born June 11, 1897; Harold, born January 16, 1900; Howard, born December 
23, 1901; Grace, born October 25, 1903; and Gladys, born November 30, 
1907. The four older children are all graduates of the common school and 
all are still in the home circle.
   Mr. Newcomer is affiliated with Lodge No. 701, Free and Accepted Mason, 
Royal Arch Chapter No. 106, Council No. 83, Royal and Select Masters, and 
he and his wife are members of the Eastern Star Chapter.  He is a past 
grand of the Odd Fellows and a member of the Grand Lodge and is a past 
chief patriarch of the Encampment. Mrs. New comer is a past grand of the 
Rebekahs. Politically Mr. Newcomer affiliates with the democratic party. 
He is a member of the Hamilton Grange.  His farm in Franklin Township 
comprises 200 acres and he has it well equipped and well stocked with good 
grades.
   Mrs. Newcomer was born in Franklin Township August 8, 1876, a daughter 
of Jahn and Elizabeth (Curry) Mann.  Her father was born in Stark County 
Ohio, in 1838, and came with his parents to Franklin Township in 1839.  
His wife was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1840 and came to DeKalb 
County when a young lady. They were married March 12, 1864, then lived in 
Franklin Township one years, spent a year in Missouri, and after that 
lived in Franklin Township the rest of their days.  Mr. Mann was a 
democrat in politics.  There were two children: Almeda, deceased wife of 
Adam Hamman, and Effie E., Mrs. Newcomer.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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