City: Knoxville
NEWMAN, Charles Sheridan, banker born Orange Co., Va., Jan. 30, 1839; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of James and Mary (Scott) NEWMAN; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandfather, Reuben NEWMAN; maternal grandfather, John SCOTT; educated in Orange Co., Va., Schools and University of Virginia; served as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant 60th Tenn. Regiment, C. S. A.; captured near Vicksburg, and was prisoner Johnson’s Island from May 17, 1863, to Feb. 28, 1865; in early life taught school eight years, later entered the mercantile business, in which he continued 28 years; married Kate F. HAZEN, June 25, 1874; member of Camp No. 5 Confederate Veterans; Democrat; attends Presbyterian Church.
