Individual Details
Melchor Snively Newcomer
(28 Jan 1842 - 18 Feb 1920)
In 1854 Melchor Newcomer's family moved from Hagerstown, Maryland to a farm six miles northwest of Mount Morris, Illinois. He helped organize Mount Morris College in 1879, after the closure of Rock River Seminary. He bought the seminary for $6,000 from Robert Hitt in 1879.
In 1866 he joined the Church of the Brethren (then German Baptist Brethren). He was elected to the ministry of the Church of the Brethren in 1869.
Melchor Newcomer's book of poems and prose entitled "Golden Gleamings, Comprising Poems and Prose Extracts from the Writings of M. S. Newcomer" was published by the Daily Republican Printing and Binding House in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1891.
In 1866 he joined the Church of the Brethren (then German Baptist Brethren). He was elected to the ministry of the Church of the Brethren in 1869.
Melchor Newcomer's book of poems and prose entitled "Golden Gleamings, Comprising Poems and Prose Extracts from the Writings of M. S. Newcomer" was published by the Daily Republican Printing and Binding House in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1891.
Events
| Birth | 28 Jan 1842 | Hagerstown, Washington, MD | |||
| Marriage | 17 May 1865 | Mount Morris, Ogle, IL - Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" HAMMER |  | ||
| Death | 18 Feb 1920 | Mount Morris, Ogle, IL | |||
| Burial | Plainview Cemetery, Mount Morris, Ogle, IL |  |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" HAMMER (1843 - 1920) |
| Child | Ida May Newcomer (1866 - 1900) |
| Child | Mary Elva Newcomer (1867 - 1951) |
| Child | Martha Newcomer (1869 - 1893) |
| Child | Elizabeth "Bessie" Newcomer (1871 - 1925) |
| Child | Alice Newcomer (1873 - 1895) |
| Child | Anna Eliza Newcomer (1877 - 1891) |
| Child | John Isaac Newcomer Senior (1879 - 1941) |
| Child | Ruth Newcomer (1884 - 1962) |
| Child | Grace Newcomer (1885 - 1932) |
| Father | Isaac Newcomer (1809 - 1895) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Emmert (1812 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Ann Maria Newcomer (1834 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Emmert Newcomer (1835 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth F. Newcomer (1836 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Josiah Newcomer (1838 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Abner Newcomer (1839 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Mary Catherine Newcomer (1844 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Martin D. Newcomer (1846 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Orpah Ellen Newcomer (1847 - ) |
| Sibling | Emma Jane Newcomer (1849 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Amanda Emmert Newcomer (1851 - 1853) |
| Sibling | William Franklin Newcomer (1854 - 1854) |
| Sibling | Laura Newcomer (1856 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Isaac Newcomer (1856 - 1947) |
Notes
Marriage
Melchor Newcomer and Mary Eliza Hammer were second cousins. They were wed in the West Branch Church of the Brethren (then German Baptist Brethren).Endnotes
1. Williams, Thomas. History of Washington County, Maryland: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time, Including a History of Hagerstown (Hagerstown. 1906).