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A. Watson Neuman, of Nepera. Westchester county. New York, is one of the representative and well-known men of this county. He was born here February 24, 1848, and belongs to a family long resident in America. His father, Alvah Neuman, was born in 1813, son of John Neuman and grandson of Joseph Neuman, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. John Neuman married Hannah Benedict, daughter of Colonel Benedict, an officer in the Revolutionary war. The subject of this sketch has the musket that was used by his great-grandfather, Joseph Neuman, in the Revolutionary war. It has the mark made by a saber cut in the hands of a British officer. While in charge he warded off the blow with his gun and used the bayonet. John Neuman had ten children: Joseph (1), Sarah, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Holly, Alvah, Deborah, Joseph (2), Mary Jane and Patience. Alvah Neuman, the father of our subject, married Nancy See, daughter of James Peter See and granddaughter of Peter See, a Revolutionary soldier. Thus it is seen that A. Watson Neuman can in more ways than one trace his direct descent from Revolutionary stock. Alvah Neuman and wife were the parents of nine children, three of whom died in infancy. Those who reached adult years are as follows: James A.; John Milton, of New York; William A., also of New York; A. Watson, whose name introduces this sketch; Abbie Amelia, wife of Bailey Kipp; and Loring, who died at the age of twenty-five years. The mother died in 1883, at the age of sixty-seven years, and the father died in 1891, at the age of seventy-eight. Sometime before his death he was thrown from a wagon and had a limb broken, and from the effects of this injury he never recovered. He was a prosperous farmer, religiously a member of the Reformed church, being an elder of the same, and politically a Democrat. April 3, 1809. by Daniel D. Tompkins, governor of New York, he was appointed an officer in the military regiment of Westchester county.

A. Watson Neuman was reared on the old farmstead, and in 1879 he married Miss Anna May Graham, daughter of Newman Graham, and, like her husband, having Revolutionary blood in her veins. Her grandfather, Dr. Isaac Graham, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and was a descendant of the Scotch duke of Montrose. Newman Graham married Anne Onderdonk, a daughter of Abraham Onderdonk, a native of New York. Three children came to bless their union, — Ike Gilbert, of Tarrytown; William Warren, of SingSing; and Anna May. Mr. and Mrs. Neuman have four children, — Anna Kate, Albert Milton, Howard Graham and Laurinda.

Both Mr. Newman and his wife were reared in the faith of the Reformed church and they, like their parents, are consistent members of the same, he being an elder in the church. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has served several terms as township collector.