Johnnie May Newton

Johnnie May Newton

• Father: Jeremiah T. Newton b. circa 1846
• Mother: Frances L. (?) b. circa 1856

• Johnnie May Newton was born on 24 May 1880 in Texas.
• She was known as May.
• Jeremiah T. Newton and Frances L. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 308 Travis. Other members of the household included Johnnie May Newton, Lewise D. Pegues. "Lewis" is identified as their son, age 3 years.
• She appeared in the '1893-1894 Dallas, Texas, City Directory in the household of Frances L. (?) at 171 Ross Avenue; Fannie is listed as widow of A. G., dressmaker, and Mamie and Pearl employed as salesladies by Doolittle, Simpson & Co.
• She appeared in the '1894-1895 Dallas, Texas, City Directory in the household of Frances L. (?) at 126 Magnolia; Fannie is listed as widow of A. G., dressmaker, and Mamie and Pearl employed as salesladies.
• She married William Arthur Harford, son of George M. Harford and Jane Brown, in May 1897.
• William Arthur Harford and Johnnie May Newton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Dallas, Texas, at 182 Washington Avenue enumerated near the household of May's father's brother "Dock" Pegues. Other members of the household included George Arthur Harford and George M. Harford.
• The following appeared on 26 May 1901 in The Dallas Morning News: George Arthur Harford, aged 3 years, 2 months, died Friday at 182 Washington avenue. Death resulted from scarlet fever.
• The following appeared on 29 July 1903 in The Dallas Morning News: [Died] Mrs. Fannie L. Pegues, mother of Mrs. W. A. Harford and Mrs. A. F. Pegues, died Tuesday morning at 188 Columbia-ave. Funeral from residence Wednesday 3 p. m.
• The following appeared on 5 November 1905 in The Galveston Daily News Sunday Magazine Supplement: Our Portrait Gallery of Bright, Attractive Young Texans . . . Francis Loyuise Harford, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harford, Dallas, Tex.
• The following appeared on 27 August 1907 in The Galveston Daily News: A hard fought legal battrle between father and mother for the custody of a little girl occupied almost the entire morning in the Sixty-First District Court. The case is that of William A. Harford against Johnnie May Harford.
       Suit was originally filed by the husband for divorce and a cross bill was filed by the wife, and although grounds for a divorce were difficult to find the mutual antagonism of the two was such that the court granted the divorce. The custody of the child, a little flaxen-haired, blue-eyed girl of tender age, who was present in the court, was awarded to the mother because of the age and sex of the child, but the case was held on the docket subject to any further or supplemental orders which the court may see fit to render. . . .
        Sixty-First District Court. . . . William A. Harford vs. Johnnie Mary [sic] Harford; divorce granted and custody of child awarded to mother.
• Johnnie May Newton appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 1207 Lamar. Other members of the household included Frances Louise Harford. Also in the household were five roomers.
• She was keeping a rooming house, according to the 1910 census.
• Johnnie May Newton appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, at 231 Bowie Street. Other members of the household included Frances Louise Harford. Also in the household were five roomers.
• She was keeping a rooming house, according to the 1920 census.
• Johnnie May Newton died on 1 January 1926 at age 45 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 2309 Main of a pistol shot wound . Her death was officially witnessed by William Arthur Harford. Surname written on her death certificate has yet to be deciphered.
• She was interred at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 17 Feb 2015