Individual Details
Newman Enos
(22 Sep 1812 - 2 Nov 1898)
Reference History of Michigan:
Newman Enos tells of a trip of "land-looking," wherein he and a companion got lost one dark, rainy night, and provided themselves with a fire by firing their rifles into a fallen tree, by which they stood all night while the wolves were howling on all sides, and the lightning occasionally revealed their gaunt forms in rather too affectionate proximity. He says he was married in 1837, and endured many trials on his wife's account previous to their marriage, as she was on one side of the river and he the other, and the only crossing was by logs and poles; and it frequently occurred that he had to make his Sunday afternoon call after having tumbled off the bridge into the water and given his Sunday best a soaking, but did not think it made any difference in the warmth of her reception of him. They began housekeeping in December of that year, with furniture he manufactured with his axe and an auger. The bedstead was made of poles, and the bark he peeled from them he wove into a bed-cord like a chair-bottom; stools made of slabs answered for chairs, and their cooking-utensils were kettles and spiders, and a Dutch chimney served for a stove.
Provided by: Bushong Weiss
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Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995:
Newman Enos
Birth: 1812, NY
Death: 2 November 1898, Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan
Father: Joseph Enos
Mother: Chloa Burleigh
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Marshall (MI) Statesman
Friday, June 24, 1898
Jottings.
The claim of Newman Enos through the Tekonsha News that he is "the oldest living pioneer to Michigan residing in Calhoun county, sae one, Lewis Merrifield, of Tekonsha," is incorrect. Mr. Enos states he came to Michigan in May, 1834, and that he will be 84 years of age Sept. 22 next. Lucius B. Holcomb, residing here, came to Michigan May 19, 1833, and he was 85 years of age April 4, 1898. We have a number of people residing here now who came to Michigan before 1834. Aspah Holcomb and Asahel Ferris came here in October, 1831. George Ferris came here Sept. 3, 1833, and located land in this village and he lives on the same place now. -Athens Times.
Marshall (MI) Daily Chronicle
Monday, November 14, 1898
Around Old Calhoun.
Tekonsha.
Tekonsha, Nov. 10.
Newman Enos, familiarly known was "Uncle Newman," died at his home in Clarendon Wednesday, Nov. 2, after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the Clarendon church Saturday, Nov. 5, Rev. G. W. Luthell officiating. Mr. Enos was one of the oldest pioneers of Michigan, having passed his eight-sixth birthday before his death.
Newman Enos tells of a trip of "land-looking," wherein he and a companion got lost one dark, rainy night, and provided themselves with a fire by firing their rifles into a fallen tree, by which they stood all night while the wolves were howling on all sides, and the lightning occasionally revealed their gaunt forms in rather too affectionate proximity. He says he was married in 1837, and endured many trials on his wife's account previous to their marriage, as she was on one side of the river and he the other, and the only crossing was by logs and poles; and it frequently occurred that he had to make his Sunday afternoon call after having tumbled off the bridge into the water and given his Sunday best a soaking, but did not think it made any difference in the warmth of her reception of him. They began housekeeping in December of that year, with furniture he manufactured with his axe and an auger. The bedstead was made of poles, and the bark he peeled from them he wove into a bed-cord like a chair-bottom; stools made of slabs answered for chairs, and their cooking-utensils were kettles and spiders, and a Dutch chimney served for a stove.
Provided by: Bushong Weiss
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Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995:
Newman Enos
Birth: 1812, NY
Death: 2 November 1898, Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan
Father: Joseph Enos
Mother: Chloa Burleigh
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Marshall (MI) Statesman
Friday, June 24, 1898
Jottings.
The claim of Newman Enos through the Tekonsha News that he is "the oldest living pioneer to Michigan residing in Calhoun county, sae one, Lewis Merrifield, of Tekonsha," is incorrect. Mr. Enos states he came to Michigan in May, 1834, and that he will be 84 years of age Sept. 22 next. Lucius B. Holcomb, residing here, came to Michigan May 19, 1833, and he was 85 years of age April 4, 1898. We have a number of people residing here now who came to Michigan before 1834. Aspah Holcomb and Asahel Ferris came here in October, 1831. George Ferris came here Sept. 3, 1833, and located land in this village and he lives on the same place now. -Athens Times.
Marshall (MI) Daily Chronicle
Monday, November 14, 1898
Around Old Calhoun.
Tekonsha.
Tekonsha, Nov. 10.
Newman Enos, familiarly known was "Uncle Newman," died at his home in Clarendon Wednesday, Nov. 2, after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the Clarendon church Saturday, Nov. 5, Rev. G. W. Luthell officiating. Mr. Enos was one of the oldest pioneers of Michigan, having passed his eight-sixth birthday before his death.
Events
| Birth | 22 Sep 1812 | Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York | |||
| Marriage | 1837 | Clarendon, Calhoun County, Michigan - Margaret Blashfield | |||
| Death | 2 Nov 1898 | Michigan | |||
| Burial | West Clarendon Cemetery, Clarendon, Calhoun County, Michigan |  |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Blashfield (1811 - 1871) |
| Father | Joseph Enos (1779 - 1852) |
| Mother | Chloe Burley (1777 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Mary Enos (1807 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Erastus B. Enos (1808 - 1873) |
| Sibling | Phebe M. Enos (1810 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Joseph H. Enos (1815 - 1881) |
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