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Village:Harvard, MA Source:bios:210Search: Full Last First
id 210 firstname Ezra Beaman lastname Newton birthyr 1795 deathyr 1896 bio Newton, Ezra Beaman (1795-1896), elder of the South F. at Harvard, MA, was born in Paxton, MA. He was 53 years old when he became a Shaker (he was formerly a Millerite). He parted with his wife on amicable terms and stipulated that she keep their two children. He was cared for in his old age by Sr. Catherine Walker, who died, however, before him. He died after he turned 101, as he wanted to, .with the sunrise."
Village:Harvard, MA Source:findgrave:1474Search: Full Last First
id 1474 firstname Ezra B. lastname Newton deathdate 1896-04-24 source findgrave sourceid 1973617:127209201 sourceurl http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=201&GScid=1973617&GRid=127209201
Village:Harvard, MA Source:harvard:749Search: Full Last First
id 749 FirstName Ezra MiddleName B. LastName Newton Town Paxton Sequence 730 County Worcester TranscriptionNote "Record shows date he was adm from South Family where he had been admitted around 1849; Cemetery lists DD as 4/23/1897 vs Chh R 4/23/1896, data meshed" OriginalSource SE AdmittedCode 18470124 DOB 02/24/1795 DeceasedCode 18960403 RecordNote R 2nd Family DOBCode 17950224 Admitted 01/24/1847 toNorth 1 Deceased 04/03/1896 Removal 05/01/1895 Gender M State MA Country USA RemovalCode 18950501
Village:Harvard, MA Source:sqtrlyobits:575Search: Full Last First
ID 575 FULLNAME Newton, Ezra ISSUE tm2606 DETAILS Ezra Newton, at Harvard, Mass. April 23, 1896. Age 101 yrs. 1 mo. and 27 days. The obsequies were more in the nature of a memorial meeting than anything else, where all the Brothers and Sisters gathered together in the common meeting place and paid their last tribute of love and respect to one who had beefl associated with the Shaker settlement for nearly half a century. A very interesting and extended account of the funeral services was published in the Worcester Telegram of April 27, 1896.
AGE 101 yrs. DEATHDATE 1896-04-23 VILLAGE Harvard, MA FirstNAME Ezra LastNAME Newton
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