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          Life Summary
Full name
              Joseph Parkinson Newsham
          Place of Birth
              
          Burial Place
              
          Birth Date Certainty
              Exact
          Death Date Certainty
              Exact
          Gender
              Male
          Race
              White
          Sectional choice
              North
          Origins
              Free State
          No. of Siblings
              1
          No. of Spouses
              1
          No. of Children
              1
          Family
              Ann Parkinson Newsham (mother), Louisa Weber (wife), James Newsham (twin brother - fought for Confederacy)
Occupation
          Politician
          Military
          Farmer or Planter
          Businessman
          Journalist
              Relation to Slavery
          White non-slaveholder
              Political Parties
          Republican
              Government
          US House of Representatives
          Other state government
              Military
          Union Army