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1873
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names listed in the Pittston Gazette (1868-1889)
Names
listed in the write-up about Newton Township ©1880
Soldiers
from Ransom and Newton Townships
Surnames
of Newton people listed with short biographies©1880
A
Glimpse of Life in Newton-Ransom Twps., PA in 1895/1897
Early
settlers listed in the front of the book History of Newton and Ransom
Townships
©1912
Surnames
of Newton people
in the History of Newton and
Ransom
Townships ©1912
Newton
Directory ©1912
List
of names in database. Database contains genealogical data from the
History of Newton and Ransom Townships ©1912 by JB Stephens (there
are 6 pages in all)
History of Newton and Ransom Townships ©1912 by JB
Stephens online through the Penn
State website to view listing of pages
Download the entire book History
of Newton and Ransom Townships ©1912 by JB Stephens (.pdf file)
through Penn State's website
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Location
Newton Twp., Lackawanna
County, PA is located along the Susquehanna River. Before 1842, it
was a part of Falls Twp., Luzerne
County, PA. When Wyoming
County was made a county from Luzerne County, it divided Falls
Township
into two sections. The part that stayed in Wyoming County is
called
Falls Township and the other part in Lackawanna County is called
Newton.
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History
Before 1842, it was a part of
Falls Twp., Luzerne
County, PA. When Wyoming
County was made a county from Luzerne County, it divided Falls
Township
into two sections. The part that stayed in Wyoming County is
called
Falls Township. In 1844, the other part of Falls in Lackawanna
County
became Newton named after the township in Sussex
County, New Jersey where several of the pioneer settlers came
from.
In 1849, part of Newton Township with a part of Exeter Township,
Luzerne
County created Ransom
Township. Many of the people who settled in Newton were from
Connecticut,
Sussex County,
New Jersey, from Monroe
County which was then a part of Northampton
County, Pennsylvania, and later from Germany. Many of these
people
had relatives in the neighboring township, Ransom
Township, Lackawanna Co.
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