Person Sheet

Name Ira L Potter NEWTON Birth 9 Dec 1842, Marlboro County, SC. Death 30 May 1918 Father Daniel C. NEWTON (1806-1857) Mother Mary (Polly) COVINGTON (1809-1879)
Spouses:
1 Susan Elenor (Elender) COVINGTON Birth 8 Aug 1845, Richmond Co., NC Death 30 Aug 1926
Marriage 27 Mar 1864
Children: Myrtie Alice (1865-1923) Lucy Ann (1866-1904) Mary Daniel (1868-1935) Celia Evelyn (1871-) Luther Samuel (1874-1935) Tilden Arthur (1875-1878) Daisy Beatrice (1877-) James A (1880-) Daniel Covington (1883-1953) Ira Lloyd (1885-1962) Ethel McLean (1888-)

In a recording made at the Newton Family Reunion in 1963, Roy Newton refers to the death of Daniel C. and 4 of the children in 1957, saying that they were taken "with the fever". All 12 of the children were sickened, and only one male child, Ira L Potter, survived.

See also:

• http://ncgenweb.us/richmond/gilesyounger.html

  25.  IRA L.P.4 NEWTON (DANIEL CARGILL3, YOUNGER2, GILES1) was born December 09, 1842 in Marlboro County, SC, and 
  died May 21, 1918 in Antioch, Hoke County, NC.  He married SUSAN ELENOR COVINGTON August 1864, daughter of 
  JAMES COVINGTON and SUSAN COVINGTON.  She was born August 08, 1845 in Richmond County, NC, and died August 29, 1926 
  in Antioch, Hoke County, NC.
  
  Notes for IRA L.P. NEWTON:
  Died Mitral Insufficiency
  Death Cert shows b. Marlboro Co., SC, to Daniel Newton b. SC and Lucy Covington b. SC
  Informant, D.C. Newton, Red Springs, NC
  
  More About IRA L.P. NEWTON:
  Burial: Alloway Cemetery, Red Springs, Hoke County, NC
  
  Notes for SUSAN ELENOR COVINGTON:
  Died Chronic Diabetes Militus
  Informant, Ira L. Newton, Red Springs, NC
  
  More About SUSAN ELENOR COVINGTON:
  Burial: August 31, 1926, Alloway Cemetery, Red Springs, Robeson County, NC
  	
  Children of IRA NEWTON and SUSAN COVINGTON are:
  	i.	MATTIE A.5 NEWTON, b. February 08, 1865, Adamsville, Marlboro County, SC; d. January 23, 1923, 
  Red Springs, Robeson County, NC; m. H. C. NEWTON.
  
  Notes for MATTIE A. NEWTON:
  Died Diabetes - Gangreen
  Informant, Ollie Smith, Red Springs, NC
  
  More About MATTIE A. NEWTON:
  Burial: Newton Cemetery, Marlboro County, SC
  
  	ii.	LUCY ANN NEWTON, b. 1867, Adamsville, Marlboro County, SC.
  	iii.	MARY D. NEWTON, b. 1870, Adamsville, Marlboro County, SC.
  	iv.	CELIA E. NEWTON, b. July 21, 1871, Adamsville, Marlboro County, SC; d. January 18, 1955; 
  m. CARY W. ODOM; b. August 10, 1870; d. May 23, 1933.
  
  More About CELIA E. NEWTON:
  Burial: Newton Cemetery #1, Marlboro County, SC
  
  More About CARY W. ODOM:
  Burial: Newton Cemetery #1, Marlboro County, SC
  
  	v.	LUTHER S. NEWTON, b. June 17, 1874, Adamsville, Marlboro County, SC; d. January 21, 1935, 
  		Robeson County, NC; m. ELIZABETH B.; b. April 20, 1880; d. January 04, 1978, Robeson County, NC.
  
  More About LUTHER S. NEWTON:
  Burial: Alloway Cemetery, Red Springs, Robeson County, NC
  
  More About ELIZABETH B.:
  Burial: Alloway Cemetery, Red Springs, Robeson County, NC
  
  	vi.	DAISY NEWTON, b. 1877, Adamsville, Marlboro County, SC.
  	vii.	DANIEL C. NEWTON, b. August 17, 1883, Hoke County, NC; d. May 28, 1953, Red Springs, 
  		Robeson County, NC.
  
  More About DANIEL C. NEWTON:
  Burial: Alloway Cemetery, Red Springs, Robeson County, NC
  
  	viii.	JAMES PRESTON NEWTON, b. 1884; d. 1970; m. BLANCHE BRIGHT ADAMS; b. 1889, SC; d. 1964.
  	ix.	IRA LLOYD NEWTON, b. November 10, 1885, Marlboro County, South Carolina; d. September 02, 1962, 
  		Scotland Mem. Hosp., Laurinburg, Scotland County, NC; 
  		m. SUSANNA BROWN 'SUE' RAY; b. January 31, 1884, Robeson County, NC; d. February 21, 1966, 
  		Dorthea Dix Hosp., Raleigh, Wake County, NC.
  
  More About IRA LLOYD NEWTON:
  Burial: Alloway Cemetery, Red Springs, Robeson County, NC
  
  Notes for SUSANNA BROWN 'SUE' RAY:
  Died Cardiac Arrest. Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
  
  More About SUSANNA BROWN 'SUE' RAY:
  Burial: February 22, 1966, Alloway Cemetery, Red Springs, Robeson County, NC
  
  	x.	ETHEL NEWTON, b. August 1889.
  

• James Newton refers to " http://www.threerivershistoricalsociety.org/Marriages/pdmn.htm Says the marriage was Aug 08th, with no year specified."