CONTACT ME
  • Home
  • ABOUT ME
  • News
  • Newsletter Archives
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Early History of Sissonville
  • Resources
  • Biographies
  • The Aultz Family
  • The Baber Family
  • The Baldwin Family
  • The Beane Family
  • The Burgess Family
  • The Casdorph Family
  • The Dawson Family
  • The Derrick Family
  • The Fisher Family
  • The Johnson Family
  • The Martin Family
  • The Newhouse Family
  • The Prillerman Family
  • The Robinson Family
  • The Samuels Family
  • The Slack Family
  • The Sigmon Family
  • The Shirkey Family
  • The Shively Family
  • The Sisson Family
  • The Thaxton Family
  • The Walker Family
  • The Wallace Family
  • The Whittington Family

The Newhouse Family

​

The Newhouse Family
The name Newhouse reached England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Newhouse family lived in Yorkshire. The name Newhouse is topographical in nature and is of obvious derivation, indicating that its original bearer lived in a such a house as is described.  The surname Newhouse was first found in Yorkshire, where they held a family seat from early times as Lords of the manor of Neuhuse. This small collection of houses near Gisburn was held by William Percy at the time of the taking of the Domesday Book survey in the year 1086 A.D.
 
Michael Newhouse was born Bef 1740 possibly in Greenbrier County, Virginia.  Michael may be descended from Thomas Newhouse who owned land south of the Jame River prior to 1670.  Michael was the father of:

1. Elizabeth Newhouse was born Abt 1762 in Virginia.  She married Edward Price (Abt 1755-Abt 1832) on 19 Jan 1785 in Greenbrier County, Virginia. Elizabeth died Aft 1832 in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

2.  Michael Newhouse was born Abt 1770 in Virginia.  He married Katherine Lewis (Abt 1776-Abt 1840) the daughter of Benjamin Lewis (1737-1817) and Susannah Nickel (l756-1829), on 13 Jul 1793 in Greenbrier County, Virginia.  Katherine’s siblings were: John Lewis, Andrew Lewis [half], Samuel Lewis [half], Abner Lewis [half], John Lewis [half], Isaac Lewis, Thomas Lewis, George Washington Lewis Sr, Andrew Lewis, William Lewis, James Ballard Lewis, Benjamin Lewis and Mary (Lewis) Edwards. In 1810, Katherine was living in Mason County, Virginia.  Katherine died about 1840 in Kanawha, Virginia, United States, aged about 63. 

Michael, with his brothers, are listed on the muster roles of Fort Lee for 1791.  Michael is listed in the 1810 census for Kanawha Valley:  1 male 45+ (Michael), 1 male 26-45 (brother, Edmund?), 1 female 26-45 (wife, Katherine), 4 males 0-10 (Benjamin, Henry, Andrew, and John), 2 females 0-10 (Susan and Mary), and 0 slaves; 1820 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 45+ (Michael); 1 female 45+(Katherine); 1 female 16-26 (Polly); 4 males 10-16 (Henry, Andrew, John, and ???); 2 males 0-10 (Edmund and Thomas); 2 females 0-10 (Nancy and ?); and 0 slaves; and in the 1830 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 50-60; 1 female 50-60; 3 males 20-30; 1 male 15-20; 1 female 15-20; 1 male 10-15, and 0 slaves.  [see the Children of Michael Newhouse and Katherine Lewis below]
 
Henry Newhouse was born Abt 1778 in Virginia.  He married Elizabeth Claypole (b. 3 Aug 1772 in Virginia; d.1850) on 13 Sep 1796 in Greenbrier County, Virginia.  He, with his brothers, was listed on the muster roles of Fort Lee for 1791.  Henry is listed in the 1840 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 20-30; 1 female 20-30; 3 males 0-5; and 0 slaves [see the Children of Henry Newhouse and Elizabeth Claypole below] 

Edmond Newhouse was born Bef 1780 in Virginia.  Edmond is listed in the 1810 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 45+ (Henry); 1 female 26-45 (Elizabeth); 1 female 10-16 (?); 5 males 0-10 (Edmund, James, Joseph, Michael, Henry); 2 females 0-10 (Phoebe, Abigail); and 0 slaves; 1820 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 45+ (Henry); 1 female 26-45 (Elizabeth); 1 female 16-26 (Abigail); 1 male 16-18 (James); 1 male 10-16 (Joseph); 2 males 0-10 (Michael, Henry); 3 females 0-10 (Elizabeth, Mary, Jane); and 0 slaves; and in the 1830 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 50-60; 1 female 50-60; 2 males 20-30; 1 male 15-20; 1 female 15-20; 1 female 10-15; and 0 slaves.  [see the Children of Henry Newhouse and Elizabeth Claypole below] 

Keziah Newhouse was born Abt 1786 in Virginia.  She married James Slack (Bef 1790 in either Virginia or Pennsylvania) the son of Phillip Slack (Bef 1755) and Sarah (Unknown) Slact (Bef 1755), on 26 Jun 1807 in Kanawha County, Virginia. James is listed in the 1810 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 16-26; 1 female 16-26; 2 males 0-10; and 0 slaves; 1820 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 26-45; 1 female 26-45; 2 males 10-16; 1 male 0-10; 2 females 0-10; and 0 slaves; and in the 1830 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 40-50; 1 female 30-40; 10-15; 1 female 10-15; 2 females 5-10; 1 female 0-5; and 0 slaves census for Kanawha County, Virginia.  [see the Children of Keziah Newhouse and James Slack below]  

Children of Michael Newhouse and Catherine Lewis

Benjamin Newhouse was born in 1797in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Mahala Casdorph (Bef 1800) around 1820 in Kanawha County, Virginia and is listed in the 1820 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 18-26 (Benjamin); 1 female 16-26 (Mahala); and 0 slaves. He left Kanawha Co. VA for Indiana between 1820 and 1830. Benjamin died in 1886 and is buried in Marion County, Indiana.

Susanna Newhouse was born in 1800 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married John Baxter (Abt 1793-1869) on 10 Dec 1818 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Susanna died on 26 Apr 1853 in Kanawha County, Virginia.

Andrew Newhouse was born in 1804 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Juliann Jordan (Bef 1825) on 27 Aug 1840 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He is listed in the 1840 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 40-50; 1 female 70-80; and 0 slaves.  Andrew is buried in Marion County, Indiana.
John Jefferson Newhouse was born Abt 1805 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Catherine L. Squires Abt 1834.  John died on 7 Dec 1891 near Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana and is buried in the Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Henry Newhouse was born in 1807 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Elizabeth Claypole (Bef 1810) on 24 Jan 1828 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Henry died in 1866. [see the Children of Henry Newhouse and Elizabeth Claypole below]

Edmond Newhouse was born in 1809 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Rachel Samuels (1813-Aft 1880), daughter of Greenbury Samuels (1777-Bef 1850) and Esther Slack (1784-Bef 1850) on 29 Sep 1831 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He is listed in the 1840 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 30-40; 1 female 20-30; 1 female 0-5; 1 female 5-10; 1 male 70-80; and 0 slaves.   He is also listed in the 1850 and 1860 census for Kanawha County and in the 1870 and 1880 census for Poca District, Kanawha County, West Virginia. Edmond died after 1880.  Edmond and Rachel were the parents of:

1. Edmond Newhouse was born Abt 1832 in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

2. Eveline Newhouse was born Abt 1834 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Alexander Wallace (Abt 1833) on 11 Nov 1853 in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

3. Henrietta Newhouse was born in Jul 1837 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married David Wilson Fisher (1834-1916) on 7 Jun 1855 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Henrietta died before 1900. 

4. John G. Newhouse was born in Aug 1845 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Mary C. Sisson (Mar 1850), the daughter of Henry C. Sisson Sr. (Abt 1815-1865) and Rebecca Samuels (Abt 1822-Bef 1880) on 23 Feb 1867 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  John is listed in the 1850 and 1860 census for Kanawha County, Virginia and in the 1870,1880,1900 and 1910 census for Poca District, Kanawha County, West Virginia.  [see the Children of John G. Newhouse and Mary C. Sisson below] 

5. Thomas Henry Newhouse was born in Dec 1847 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Louisa Isabelle Matthews (Dec 1853), the daughter of Francis W. Matthews (1826-Aft 1910) and Mary Jane Carney (1827-1896), on 16 Oct 1875 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  He is listed in the 1850 and 1860 census for Kanawha County, Virginia and in the 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 census for Poca District, Kanawha County, West Virginia.  Thomas died in 1928 in Kanawha County, WV. [see the Children of Thomas Henry Newhouse and Louisa Isabelle Matthews below] 

6. Mary Newhouse was born Abt 1810 in Virginia.  She married Isaac Cyrus (Abt 1780) on 1 Aug 1826 in Kanawha County, Virginia.

7. Nancy E. Newhouse was born on 12 Nov 1811 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Eli Jarrett (1809-1897) on 1 Mar 1831 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Nancy died on 29 May 1899 in Kanawha County, WV and is buried in the Jarrett Cemetery, Elkview, Kanawha County, WV.

8. Thomas George Newhouse was born 1816 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Sarah McDaniel (Abt 1818-Abt 13 Jan 1883), the daughter of James McDaniel (Abt 1771-1860) and Nancy (Unknown) McDaniel (Abt 1786) on 27 Sep 1843 in Kanawha County, Virginia. He is listed in the 1840 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 20-30; 1 female 20-30; 1 male 0-5; and 0 slaves. He is also listed in the 1850, 1860 census for Kanawha County, VA and in the 1870 and 1880 census for Charleston District, Kanawha County, WV.  Thomas died in 1881.  Thomas and Sarah were the parents of:

1. Nancy Estaline Newhouse was born Abt 1843 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Christopher C. Roy (Abt 1838) on 10 Sep 1862 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  

2. Harriet Newhouse was born Abt 1845 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Andrew P. Jones (Abt 1841) on 11 Oct 1863 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

3. Milton P. Newhouse was born Abt 1847 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Annie (Unknown) Newhouse (Abt 1851).  Milton is listed in the 1850 and 1860 census for Kanawha County, Virginia, in the 1870 census for Charleston District, Kanawha County, WV and in the 1880 census for Scott District, Putnam County, West Virginia.  

4. Elvin Newhouse was born Abt 1849 in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

5. Robert Newhouse on 25 Sep 1853 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Eliza J. Dean (Abt 1849 in Raleigh County, VA), the daughter of James F. Dean (Abt 1818) and Amanda (Unknown) Dean (Abt 1827-Bef 1866)  on 24 Aug 1872 in Putnam County, West Virginia. Amanda is listed in the 1850 census for Raleigh County, Virginia and in the 1880 census for Scott District, Putnam County, WV as a servant.  He married secondly Mala (Unknown) Grass (Abt 1856) on 29 Jan 1889 in Kanawha County, WV.  Robert is listed in the 1860 census for Kanawha County, Virginia and in the 1870 and 1880 census for Charleston District, Kanawha County, West Virginia.  Robert and Eliza were the parents of George Newhouse who was born Abt 1876 in Putnam County, WV.  

6. Mary Belle Newhouse was born on 6 Nov 1856 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Henry Rummel (1847) on 23 May 1873 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

7. Roxanna Newhouse was born Abt 1858 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Charles Wygal on 26 Mar 1884 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  

8. Thomas Newhouse was born in 1864 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  He died at the approximate age of 6 years on 10 Sep 1870 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  

9. Emma Newhouse was born Abt 1876 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  

Children of Henry Newhouse and Elizabeth Claypole

Phoebe Newhouse was born on 11 Aug 1797 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married John Huffman (Abt 1790-Aft 1880) in 1820 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Phoebe died on 13 Apr 1867 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Edmond Newhouse was born on 16 Dec 1798.  He married Sarah Rucker on 13 Jul 1825 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He is listed in the 1830 census for Kanawha County, Virginia and resided in Marion County, Indiana, after 1835.  Edmond died in Indiana.

James Newhouse was born on 15 Oct 1800 in Kanawha County, Virginia.

​Joseph M. Newhouse was born on 16 Jul 1802 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Elizabeth Slack (Abt 1806-After 1880), the daughter of Benjamin Slack (Abt 1873-1876) and Nancy Price (Abt 1787-1859) on 23 Jan 1831 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Joseph M is listed in the 1840 Kanawha Co, VA census: 1 male 20-30; 1 female 20-30; 2 males 0-5; 2 females 0-5; and 0 slaves. He is also listed in the 1850 and 1860 census for Kanawha County, Virginia and in the 1870 and 1880 census for Elk District, Kanawha County, WV.  Joseph died after 1880.

Abigail Newhouse
was born on 25 Feb 1805 - Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Fielding Rucker (Abt 1795) on 18 Jun 1829 - Kanawha County, Virginia.

Michael Newhouse
was born on 15 Jun 1806 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Frances Jane Price (Sep 1811-Aft 1 Jul 1900), the daughter of Edward Price (Abt 1755-Abt 1832) and Elizabeth Newhouse (Abt 1762-Aft 1832) on 18 Apr 1839 in Kanawha County, VA.  Michael is listed in the 1840m 1850m and 1860 census for Kanawha County, Virginia.  He is listed in the 1870 and 1880 census for Elk District, Kanawha County, West Virginia. Michael died Bef 1900 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  Michael and Frances were the parents of:

1. Lewis Melvin Newhouse was born on 15 Jul 1843 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Sarah Elizabeth Newhouse (Abt 1847-Bef 1872) on 9 Jun 1864 in Kanawha County, West Virginia and married secondly Mary Ann Willis (1849-Bef 1910) on 6 Feb 1872 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  

2. Rosanna Newhouse was born Abt 1846 in Kanawha County, Virginia.

3. Lucinda Newhouse was born Abt 1848 in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

4. Mary Jane Newhouse was born in Jul 1854 in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

5. Margaret E. Newhouse was born in Jul 1854 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married James L. D. Ferrell (1859) on 23 Dec 1880 in Kanawha County, West Virginia. 

6. Rebecca Matilda Newhouse was born on 15 Mar 1855 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Benjamin Rucker (Abt 1826) on 8 Sep 1875 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

7. Elizabeth Newhouse was born on 18 Apr 1808 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Charles King (Abt 1801) on 22 Apr 1830 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Elizabeth died Bef 1863.

8. Henry Newhouse was born on 22 Apr 1810 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Sarah Martin (Abt 1816) on 28 Nov 1833 in Kanawha County, Virginia. Henry is listed in the 1840, 1850 and 1860 census for Kanawha County, Virginia and in the 1870 and 1880 census for Elk District, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

9. Mary Newhouse was born on 24 Oct 1812 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Cornelius Page on 9 Jun 1835 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Mary died on 1 Dec 1857 in Kanawha County, Virginia.

10.Jane Newhouse was born on 17 Apr 1815 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married James Ennis (1802) on 13 Mar 1834 in Kanawha County, Virginia.
 
Children of Keziah Newhouse and James Slack

1. Son Slack
was born Bef 1810 in Virginia.

2. William Hiram Slack
was born Abt 1810 in Virginia.  He married Mary Jane Woodward (Abt 1817) on 24 Feb 1833 in Kanawha County, Virginia.   William is listed in the 1850 census for Kanawha County, Virginia.  William died Bef 1870.  William and Mary were the parents of:​ 

3. Hannah Ann Slack was born in May 1834 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married William M. Copen (1824) on 13 Jun 1851 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  

4. Sarah Jane Slack was born in 1835 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Spicer James Cavender (Abt 1830-Bef 1900) on 29 Jul 1852 in Kanawha County, Virginia and married secondly John S./C. Moles (Abt 1836) on 4 Jun 1856 in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

5. James H. Slack was born in 1837 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  He married Jane (Unknown) Slack.

6. Maria E. Slack was born in 1844 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Justin N. Chamberlain (Abt 1835) on 18 Jan 1863 in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

7. Keziah Electa Slack was born in 1847 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  She married Emerson McMullen (Abt 1842-Bef 1877) on 18 Oct 1864 in Kanawha County, West Virginia and married secondly William A. Wilson (Abt 1846) on 28 May 1877 in Kanawha County, WV.


Osa Slack was born Abt 1815 in Virginia.  She married Joseph A. Pauley (Abt 1810-Aft 1880) on 24 Mar 1833 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Osa died Bef 1880 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Sarah Slack was born in 1824 in Virginia.  She married Perry A. Gatewood (1821-1910) on 14 Aug 1844 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Sarah died in 1895 in West Virginia.831 in Virginia.  She married James Copenhaver (Abt 1828-Bef 1900) on 19 Nov 1849 in Kanawha County, Virginia.  Kesiah died before 1911 in West Virginia.
 
Children of John G. Newhouse and Mary C. Sisson

Edmond Newhouse
was born in Jul 1870 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  He married Sidney Alice Fisher (Jul 1877), the daughter of James A. L. Fisher (Abt 1839) and Margaret Lucinda Burdett (Abt 1838), on 25 Dec 1896 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  Edmond is listed in the 1880, 1900 and 1910 census for Poca District, Kanawha County, West Virginia as a Farmer.  Edmond and Sidney were the parents of: 

1. Clarence Newhouse was born in March, 1898.  

2. Sherman Newhouse was born in Poca District, Kanawha County, WV on 24 May 1908.  He married Hester Baldwin.  Sherman died at the age of 45 years, 11 months and 12 days on 6 May 1954.  He is buried at Grapevine, Sissonville, Kanawha County, WV in the Newhouse Family Cemetery.

 3. Daniel Clyde Newhouse was born on 31 Jan 1912 in Sissonville, Poca District, Kanawha County, West Virginia.  He married Veval Milam (11 Oct 1918-22 Aug 2018).  Clyde died on 4 Jan 2000 at the age of 87. Veval died at the age of 99.  Both are buried in the John Beane Cemetery in Sissonville, Kanawha County, WV.   Daniel and Veval were the parents of Dale T. Newhouse (1957-2018). Mary Newhouse was born Abt 1873 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Mattie Newhouse was born Abt 1875 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Sarah Elizabeth Newhouse was born in Oct 1879 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  She married Clarence F. Fisher (1877-1911) Abt Jan 1900.

Ernie Newhouse was born in Dec 1881 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  She married Christopher Columbus Fisher (1874-1953) in Abt 1899.

Thomas H. Newhouse
was born in Mar 1884 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  He married Nealie E. Hughart (1891-1916), the daughter of William H. Hughart (1870) and Nancy Susan Thomas (1871-1938) on 11 Feb 1910.  Thomas is listed in the 1900 and 1910 census for Poca District, Kanawha County, WV.

John Sivetus Newhouse
was born in Apr 1890 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Oscar V. Newhouse was born in Aug 1891 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
 
Children of Thomas Henry Newhouse and Louisa Isabelle Matthews

William H. Newhouse was born in Aug 1875 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Mary Esta Newhouse was born in Nov 1877 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Charles S. Newhouse was born in Sep 1879 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.  Charles died on 26 Dec 1956.

Hennie R. Newhouse was born in Dec 1882 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Louise Newhouse was born in Dec 1884 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

John B. Newhouse was born in Mar 1886 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Verdie Newhouse was born in Dec 1889 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Effie Newhouse was born in Dec 1891 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Arnett W. Newhouse was born in Feb 1895 in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • ABOUT ME
  • News
  • Newsletter Archives
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Early History of Sissonville
  • Resources
  • Biographies
  • The Aultz Family
  • The Baber Family
  • The Baldwin Family
  • The Beane Family
  • The Burgess Family
  • The Casdorph Family
  • The Dawson Family
  • The Derrick Family
  • The Fisher Family
  • The Johnson Family
  • The Martin Family
  • The Newhouse Family
  • The Prillerman Family
  • The Robinson Family
  • The Samuels Family
  • The Slack Family
  • The Sigmon Family
  • The Shirkey Family
  • The Shively Family
  • The Sisson Family
  • The Thaxton Family
  • The Walker Family
  • The Wallace Family
  • The Whittington Family