Miami Union
August 4, 1866
HARTER, NEWTON J. - In Troy, Saturday morning, July 28th, Newton J. Harter, in the 32nd year of his age. The death of Mr. H. was sudden and unexpected. Up to within a few days of its occurrence , he was hale and hearty, and bid as fair for long life as any one among us. His disease was inflammation of the stomach and bowels. On the organization of the 71st Reg't, O. V. I. at this place in 1861, he volunteered for the service. He was chosen a Lieutenant in his Company, and from the time the regiment went into service until the surrender at Clarksville, by Col. Mason. It had no better soldier in it then Lieutenant Newton J. Harter. That unfortunate affair, and the unjust treatment received by some of the officers at the hands of the War Department, threw him out of the service when he returned home and remained till his death. Lieutenant Harter possessed many noble traits of character, which attached to him many devoted friends, who deeply regret his early death, and will long cherish his memory.
Troy Times August 2, 1866 HARTER, NEWTON JASPER - In Troy, on the morning of July 28th, after an
illness of only four days, of inflammation of the bowels, Newton Jasper Harter,
son of Jacob D. and Elizabeth Harter, in the 32d year of his age. Mr. Harter has
left behind him many earnest friends, won by his genial and social qualities,
and his generous, warm hearted manliness. His young wife has the sympathy of all
in her early and her heavy bereavement. The funeral services on Sunday, were
conducted, at his late residence, by Rev. M. J. Miller, and were attended by a
very large concourse. The procession which followed his remains to the grave,
was probably the largest ever seen here. It was headed by the Tippecanoe Aeolian
Band and the Troy Brass Band--followed by the Odd Fellows of Troy, and
delegations from Piqua, Tippecanoe, Addison, and other neighboring towns, and
some seventy or eighty carriages.
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