Newman Family Grave Stones Photograph Collection

Frances (Fanny) Perry Alexander and William Truslow Newman were married 20 September 1871. Fanny, born in Knoxville, Tennessee on 01 November 1846, was a great-granddaughter of the founder of Knoxville. William was born near Knoxville on 23 June 1843. He was a lieutenant in the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry during the Civil War and settled in Atlanta after the war. Newman entered the Georgia bar in 1866 and served as the Atlanta city attorney from 1871-1883. In 1886 he was appointed by President Cleveland to serve as the U.S. Judge for the Northern District of Georgia. He held this post until his death 14 February 1920. Fanny died on 20 April 1922. Both are buried at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.

The Newmans had six children: three daughters and two sons. Isabel Lawson was born 25 October 1872. On 11 October 1899, she married journalist Walter Howard. Isabel died 21 July 1919 and is buried in Westview Cemetery. Margaret was born 02 April 1874. She married John Patterson; they lived in Richmond, VA. Margaret’s burial location is unknown. Lucy Marion was born 10 December 1877. She married Lt. Louis Rucker, Jr. of the 16th Infantry, USA on 23 June 1903. She died 28 May 1906 and is buried at Westview Cemetery.

Frances Percy Alexander Newman was born 13 September 1883. She served as the librarian at Florida State College for Women, then at the Atlanta Carnegie Library, and finally at Georgia Tech. She was also a writer and her works included The Hard-Boiled Virgin and Dead Lovers are Faithful Lovers. She died on 22 October 1928 in New York City and is buried in Westview Cemetery.

Both sons became lawyers and practiced in Atlanta. William Truslow, Jr. was born 09 July 1880 and died 15 October 1905. Henry Alexander was born 04 January 1889 and died 19 November 1943. Both are buried at Westview Cemetery.