Mrs. O.G. Huggins,Sr., 51, died at her home near Hemingway, this morning following an illness of six months. She was formally Miss Ida Bell Newman, daughter of William H. & Martha Sterling Newman of Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, where she was born 10 Nov. 1894. She was a high school graduate and a homemaker. She was a member of the Old Johnsonville Methodist Church.
Ida Belle's Great Great Grandfather, Jacob Newman, Sr., a German immigrant, served in the Revolutionary War as a Pvt., Adjutant (Staff Sgt.), and finally as an Orderly Sergent (1st Sgt.). He was in the business of Brewing and Coopering and was the owner of a small grocery store and a large Coopering establishment in Baltimore, Md.
Two of her 1st cousins were piano makers. Joseph Newman began making pianos about 1820 and in 1830, his younger brother, Elias Newman (10 years younger) started helping him in the piano business and the company became known as Newman Brothers. The two of them built the pianos in the Hollins Market in Baltimore, Md. and they were there until around 1860. Baltimore was a Union town and Joseph had Confederate sympathies, Elias had Union sympathies. Joseph left Baltimore with his family and came to Richland County , South Carolina, where he lived the rest of his life. He became a farmer in SC. Two of the Newman Brothers piano's are in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.
Funeral services for Mrs. Huggins were held at her home Sunday afternoon at four o'clock conducted by the Rev. Jones. Internment followed in the family plot in the Old Johnsonville Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Ottis Guinan Huggins, Sr. and two sons, O.G. Huggins, Jr., U.S. Army and James William Huggins of the U.S. Air Corps; one brother, John Rush Newman of Hemingway; two sisters, Mrs. Della Newman McMillan of Hemingway and Miss Reva Newman of the U.S. Army in Texas.
Ida Belle's Great Great Grandfather, Jacob Newman, Sr., a German immigrant, served in the Revolutionary War as a Pvt., Adjutant (Staff Sgt.), and finally as an Orderly Sergent (1st Sgt.). He was in the business of Brewing and Coopering and was the owner of a small grocery store and a large Coopering establishment in Baltimore, Md.
Two of her 1st cousins were piano makers. Joseph Newman began making pianos about 1820 and in 1830, his younger brother, Elias Newman (10 years younger) started helping him in the piano business and the company became known as Newman Brothers. The two of them built the pianos in the Hollins Market in Baltimore, Md. and they were there until around 1860. Baltimore was a Union town and Joseph had Confederate sympathies, Elias had Union sympathies. Joseph left Baltimore with his family and came to Richland County , South Carolina, where he lived the rest of his life. He became a farmer in SC. Two of the Newman Brothers piano's are in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.
Funeral services for Mrs. Huggins were held at her home Sunday afternoon at four o'clock conducted by the Rev. Jones. Internment followed in the family plot in the Old Johnsonville Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Ottis Guinan Huggins, Sr. and two sons, O.G. Huggins, Jr., U.S. Army and James William Huggins of the U.S. Air Corps; one brother, John Rush Newman of Hemingway; two sisters, Mrs. Della Newman McMillan of Hemingway and Miss Reva Newman of the U.S. Army in Texas.
Mrs. O.G. Huggins,Sr., 51, died at her home near Hemingway, this morning following an illness of six months. She was formally Miss Ida Bell Newman, daughter of William H. & Martha Sterling Newman of Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, where she was born 10 Nov. 1894. She was a high school graduate and a homemaker. She was a member of the Old Johnsonville Methodist Church.
Ida Belle's Great Great Grandfather, Jacob Newman, Sr., a German immigrant, served in the Revolutionary War as a Pvt., Adjutant (Staff Sgt.), and finally as an Orderly Sergent (1st Sgt.). He was in the business of Brewing and Coopering and was the owner of a small grocery store and a large Coopering establishment in Baltimore, Md.
Two of her 1st cousins were piano makers. Joseph Newman began making pianos about 1820 and in 1830, his younger brother, Elias Newman (10 years younger) started helping him in the piano business and the company became known as Newman Brothers. The two of them built the pianos in the Hollins Market in Baltimore, Md. and they were there until around 1860. Baltimore was a Union town and Joseph had Confederate sympathies, Elias had Union sympathies. Joseph left Baltimore with his family and came to Richland County , South Carolina, where he lived the rest of his life. He became a farmer in SC. Two of the Newman Brothers piano's are in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.
Funeral services for Mrs. Huggins were held at her home Sunday afternoon at four o'clock conducted by the Rev. Jones. Internment followed in the family plot in the Old Johnsonville Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Ottis Guinan Huggins, Sr. and two sons, O.G. Huggins, Jr., U.S. Army and James William Huggins of the U.S. Air Corps; one brother, John Rush Newman of Hemingway; two sisters, Mrs. Della Newman McMillan of Hemingway and Miss Reva Newman of the U.S. Army in Texas.
Ida Belle's Great Great Grandfather, Jacob Newman, Sr., a German immigrant, served in the Revolutionary War as a Pvt., Adjutant (Staff Sgt.), and finally as an Orderly Sergent (1st Sgt.). He was in the business of Brewing and Coopering and was the owner of a small grocery store and a large Coopering establishment in Baltimore, Md.
Two of her 1st cousins were piano makers. Joseph Newman began making pianos about 1820 and in 1830, his younger brother, Elias Newman (10 years younger) started helping him in the piano business and the company became known as Newman Brothers. The two of them built the pianos in the Hollins Market in Baltimore, Md. and they were there until around 1860. Baltimore was a Union town and Joseph had Confederate sympathies, Elias had Union sympathies. Joseph left Baltimore with his family and came to Richland County , South Carolina, where he lived the rest of his life. He became a farmer in SC. Two of the Newman Brothers piano's are in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.
Funeral services for Mrs. Huggins were held at her home Sunday afternoon at four o'clock conducted by the Rev. Jones. Internment followed in the family plot in the Old Johnsonville Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, Ottis Guinan Huggins, Sr. and two sons, O.G. Huggins, Jr., U.S. Army and James William Huggins of the U.S. Air Corps; one brother, John Rush Newman of Hemingway; two sisters, Mrs. Della Newman McMillan of Hemingway and Miss Reva Newman of the U.S. Army in Texas.
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