NEWNUM, Marcius - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Source: Unknown newspaper but hand dated at bottom April 1948.  Also I’m so sorry I did not save it with the name of who sent it so thanks so very, very much.

Maurice Newmum, a retired farmer, died of heart trouble at his home in Kingman Friday morning. He was 84. The son of Peter and Mary Stiner Newmum, he was born Dec 24, 1863.  Mr. Newmum was married to Miss Mary Ann Massey, Nov 8, 1887. She died in 1928. He was a member of the Centennial Church. Surviving are two children, Mrs. Ruth Pearson and Robert Newmum, both of Kingman; two granddaughters, three grandsons and four great grandchildren.  Funeral services were held at the Centennial Church Sunday at 2 p.m. followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Lesley Smith was in charge.  

Funeral services for Marsh Newnum were held at the Centennial Church Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Leslie Smith was in charge with music by Miss Inez Meade and Mrs. Keith Cates with Mrs. Arthur Phipps at the piano.- thanks to S&E

Source: Kingman Star Friday, April 16, 1948

Marcius C., son of Peter and Mary Stiner Newnum, was born to die on December 24, 1863 and died to live April 9, 1949.  He was united in marriage to Mary Ann Massey November 7, 1887. To this union were born three children, Robert, Ruth, and one daughter, Myrtie Bell, who died at the age of six years. With the exception of the first year of their married life, he spent all of the more than four score years in Millcreek Township. He was taken by his father and mother to Centennial Church from his earliest youth and when a boy he was converted and united with the church. It was his privilege to grow up in a home of unusual devotion and loyalty to the church and its cause. The many expressions of religious joy of Uncle Peter and Aunt Mary will never be forgotten by not only the children, but by all who knew them.

The friends of Marcius Newnum knew him as a quiet and unassuming man, a good husband, a loving father and an understanding neighbor.  He was preceded in death by the wife and mother of his children on August 12, 1928. Since then he has lived with the children to love and be loved by them and their families. Also preceding him in death were one grandson, Benny Lee Pearson and six brothers and one sister.    He is survived by the son, Robert and the daughter, Mrs. Ruth Pearson; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren; with one brother, Octavius of Hammond, besides a host of other relatives and friends. – thanks to S&E