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| Birth: | 30 Apr 1844 |
| Death: | 30 Oct 1880 in Valmont, CO |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Isaac Otis b. 26 Sep 1798 in Saratoga Springs, NY |
| Mother: | Caroline Abigail Curtiss b. 20 Aug 1808 in New York |
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His boyhood was spent on the old farm, and his rudimentar
y education was acquired in the district school and at the Richland Seminary. Newton, as he was usually called, was of studious habits, devoted to his books, and early determined upon a professional career. At first he had the law in mind, but a change of heart and special adaptation led him into the ministry. He prepared for college at the Kalamazoo High School, and was a member of its first graduating class. By extra work he succeeded in entering the Sophomore class at the University of Michigan, from which he graduated with honors in 1867. After graduation, to secure means to take a theological course, he accepted a position as superintendent of the Public School of Marshall, Mich., and at the end of one year's service in this position, in 1868 he entered the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. After a two years' course there he was duly ordained a Presbyterian minister in the church of that denomination at Richland, Mich., which had always been the church home. For a time he was established at Parma and later at Paw Paw, Mich. In 1872 he accepted a call to the First Presbyterian Church of Stillwater, Minn. He was an eloquent divine, original and fearless, thoroughly imbued with the modern spirit, liberal in his views, a devoted pastor and successful in evangelical work. After a five years' pastorate at Stillwater, he went to Colorado for his health, and there accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church of Valmont, where he remained until his death. He was patient, persistent and devoted to his work until the end: and when, weakened by disease, his voice failed him, and he became physically incapable of delivering his sermons orally, he wrote them out and his wife read them from the pulpit, where he was seated, to congregations so large that the church could not contain them, and wagons were driven up to the windows to accommodate the overflow.
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