[p. 499] general merchant at Energy, and the owner of a fine farm of seventy-seven acres, which is located in Slippery Rock Township, was born June 26, 1842, in Shenango Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of David and Rebecca (Hazen) Newton.
David Newton was born in Wayne Township, Lawrence County, and died in Shenango Township in December, 1897, aged eighty-four years. He was a farmer all his active life. About the time of his marriage he bought property in the southern part of Shenango Township, on the old Pittsburg road, and this farm is now owned by his son, Jacob Newton. He married a daughter of John Hazen, of Shenango Township, and they had nine children, eight of whom grew to maturity, namely: Elizabeth; John, who lives on the homestead; Isaac; Benjamin, who lives in Beaver County; Lydia, who is the wife of J. Wesley Houk, of Hazeldale; Rebecca J., who is the wife of Lyle Cameron, of Wayne Township; Jacob; and Margaret, deceased who was the wife of Henry Sumner. The mother of the above family is now in her ninety-third year and enjoys fine physical health and her mind is unimpaired. The paternal grandfather, John Newton, came to Lawrence County and settled in Wayne Township prior to 1800. He was a native of New Jersey.
Isaac Newton spent all his early life on the farm, and since his marriage, in 1864, has combined farming and merchandising. In the fall of 1896 he built his residence and store building at Energy, closing the store on the farm in Slippery Rock Township, and was postmaster before the establishment of the rural mail route.
On June 2, 1864 Mr. Newton was married to Mary Emily Montgomery, who was born in Lawrence County, February 27, 1848, and is a daughter of William H. and Sarah (Sweeting) Montgomery. William H. Montgomery came to Lawrence County and settled here when the country was covered with forests. He had followed the blacksmith business at Ashtabula, Ohio, and for two years conducted a shop at Waggletown, and later a store where Mr. Newton's store now stands. He married Sarah Sweeting, who was born in Derbyshire, England, who was brought to America by her parents when she was eight years old. They had six children, as follows: John Milton, who resides at Boulder Colo.; David Byron, who was killed during the Civil War, at Louisville, Ky., when aged eighteen years; Mary Emily, who became Mrs. Newton; Anna Melissa, who married George Strider, resides in California; William L., who lives at New Castle; and Steward Anderson, who lives at Hulton Ferry, Allegheny County. The parents were faithful members of the Center United Presbyterian Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton have had five children, all of whom survive and bear the following names: Sarah, who married McClelland Hogue, of Slippery Rock Township, has seven children; Minnie Olive, who married George Young, of Allegheny City; James H., who resides at Wurtemberg; Cora Edna, who lives at home; and Elmer M., who, with his brother, James H., is engaged in a mercantile business at Wurtemberg. Mr. Newton has a tenant living on his farm. In partnership with his son-in-law, McClelland Hogue, he owns another farm of eighty-five acres, in Slippery Rock Township. While neither he nor his wife have identified themselves with any particular religious organization, they have not felt its necessity, proving by their lives the possession of Christian attributes. They are people universally respected and thoroughly esteemed.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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