Gregg County
BIOGRAPHIES
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 Newman-
D.C. Newman was born February 27, 1893 in Meadville, Mississippi
and attended the local schools there graduating from High
School in 1910. He served during WWI in the medical department
in 1917-1919. He began his career in Vicksburg, Mississippe
in 1920 working as manager of the Merger Furniture Company.
He left the furniture business a year later to go into
the insurance business in Vicksburg, only to leave the
insurance business a year later to manage the Home Furniture
Company of Vicksburg. Two years later he opened the Newman
Furniture Company in Biloxi, Mississippi. From there he
went to El Dorado, Arkansas to manage the American Furniture
Company. In 1932 he arrived in Longview as manager, secretary,
treasurer of the American Furniture Company on 212 East
Methvin Street. Later he opened stores in Kilgore and
Henderson, Tx. He was a member of the Longview Chamber
of Commerce and the Baptist Church. |
 Nixon-
A native of New Iberia, Louisiana, he was a pastor
for 40+ years. A great civil rights leader and was the
picked with the first civil rights group that met with
President J.F. Kennedy. His activities included: Trustee
of Bishop College, President of the Longview NAACP, the
Bi-Racial committee of Civil Rights Act of 1954, a member
of the National Baptist Convention Board, the National
Southern Baptist Convention, a member of the St. Luke
Masonic Lodge, and president of the Sunday School &
BTU Congress. |
| Northcutt - John Alexander was from Cobb County,
Georgia and ventured to Texas in 1870. He moved to Kilgore
in 1872, where 5 of his children were born. He bought
Lawson Keener's cotton gin, Grist Mill, mill house, cotton
press, and everything pertaining to those businesses,
including 2 acres of land where it was all located. He
bought all of this from Mrs. Keener after Lawson Keener's
death. The 5 children born in Kilgore were: George, Dixie,
Naomi, Lucy Alexander and Exie. In 1894 John moved to
West Texas. (This short bit of information was found
in a book titled Early Kilgore Families) |
 Northcutt
- William George Northcutt was born 1837, Cobb County,
Georgia. He married Julia Ann Moore, the daughter of Jeremiah
Moore and Susannah Scurry. They moved into Longview in
1870 after staying for a year in Harrison County, east
of Longview. William owned the Northcutt Hardware &
Furniture Company. He also manufactured wagons in 1878,
owned the monument works where they imported marble and
finished and inscribed it, and owned the brickyard that
made the very first bricks in Longview. He was mayor of
Longview twice from 1898-1900 and a charter member of
the First Baptist Church. William and Julia had 7 children:
John Thomas, Jere E., William Davis, Sarah (married L.M.
Markhan), Jessie (married E.B. Prothro), Dolly (married
S.C. Forman) and Iba (married C.L. Taylor). |
(Left Picture: Dr. William Davis
Northcutt. Center Picture: Eda Mauthe Northcutt. Right
Picture: Their home built 1902 at 313 S. Fredonia street
Longview.)
Northcutt
- Dr. William Davis Northcutt married Eda Mauthe,
daughter of Jacob Mauthe & Barbara Grund, in 1882.
He was a graduate of Texas A & M and the University
of Louisville Medical Department. He was a local physician
and surgeon for the T&P, Sabine & Northwest, and
I&G.N. railways for 35 years. He was a member of the
following: Gregg County Medical Society, the Northeast
District Medical Society, Texas Medical Assn, the American
Medical Assn, the Longview Volunteer Fire Department,
Longview Rotary Club, the Masons and the First Baptist
Church. He served as the City Health Officer and served
as Longview's mayor twice. Will and Eda had the following
children: Leon, Emma, Dolly, Flossie (married W.R. Wheeler),
William Jr., Eda and Jessie (married E.A. Brown). |
Norton - O.L. Norton was co-owner of the Norton-Barbee
Grocery with Claude Barbee. He was considered to be a
prominent Longview business man with an outstanding record
of community service. He was Chairman of the Longview
Community Chest, a Directory of the East Texas Exhibit
Association, a member of the Pine Crest Country Club,
a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a member of
the Rotary Club, a member of the Board of Directory of
the Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Longview School
Board (Chairman from 1934-1936), a Director of the First
National Bank, President of the Salvation Army Board,
and a President of the Chamber of Commerce. |
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