Bio: Newman, Lorenzo M. (1881)
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---Source: 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin, pg. 215.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF LORENZO M. NEWMAN

LORENZO M. NEWMAN, cashier First National Bank, Chippewa Falls, is a son of Martin and Melissa Amanda (Norton) Newman; he was born in Lanesboro, Susquehanna Co., Pa., July 8, 1851. When he was seven years of age his parents moved to Oak Hill, Green Co., N.Y., and in 1862 to Unadilla, N. Y., and in June, 1876, he came to Chippewa Falls, to take the position of cashier in the First National Bank, having been previously connected with the City National Bank, of Binghamton, N.Y. When he first came to Chippewa Falls, the deposits in the bank averaged about $30,000; now they amount to about $200,000. He is secretary of the Anchor Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Co., which mines are located in Tombstone, Arizona. Mr. Newman was married in Palmyra, Wis., Oct. 7, 1878, to Etta C. Squier, who died in Chippewa Falls. Oct. 28. 1879.