"An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country; Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, 
Adams  and Franklin Counties; State of Washington". Spokane, Western Historical
Publishing  Company, Publishers, 1904. pp. 825-826.

ANDREW S. NEWLAND. For twenty years this worthy and estimable citizen of
Adams county has toiled here for the general advancement and for the
improvement of the country. He now resides some five miles southwest from
Ritzville, where he has a fine estate of seven hundred and twenty acres of
choice land. His attention is chiefly given to the production of wheat,
although he also handles some stock. He has a good place, has made
comfortable improvements, and is rated one of the leading men of the
community. His labors have not only met with their deserved reward in a
handsome property, which he now owns, but have stimulated others to effort,
which has resulted in great good to this county and the country in general.
     Andrew S. Newland was born in Crab Orchard, Lincoln county, Kentucky,
on October 19, 1844, the son of J. W. and Esther (Whitley) Newland, both
natives, also, of the Blue Grass State. In 1851, they removed to Louisville,
where the mother died. In 1856, the father went on west to Missouri, and
thence, in 1889, he came to the vicinity of Lind and there took a homestead.
There his death occurred in 1895. Our subject and his two elder brothers,
having secured their education in the schools of their native country,
enlisted to fight for the confederacy. John, the oldest of the three, was
killed in the battle of Altoona, Georgia, in 1864. The others saw rigorous
service and know what it is to be in the carnage of the battlefield.
Immediately after the war, Mr. Newland engaged in farming in Missouri, and
in Cape Girardeau county, of that state occurred his marriage. The date is
1880, and the lady then becoming his wife was Fannie Hickman, daughter of
Rev. Joshua and Martha (Dunnivant) Hickman. The father was a native of
Kentucky but removed to Missouri when twenty-one. He took charge of the Fee
Baptist church, in St. Louis county, the oldest Protestant organization west
of the Mississippi, and held the pastorate for twenty years. He now resides
in St. Louis. In 1884, Mr. Newland determined to try the west and as he
could find no other portion more attractive than Adams county, he came
hither and took a homestead where he now resides, and which has been his
home ever since. He was one of the earliest settlers here and had his share
in the hardships and deprivations suffered by the sturdy pioneers. Water had
to be hauled for miles for the farm use; squirrels were so numerous that it
was almost impossible to raise a crop; settlers were far apart; and many
other things combined to make the path of the frontiersman a hard one. But
Mr. Newland was not to be deterred from doing his work well and soon he was
enabled to get more land under cultivation and so when the prosperous years
came along, he was so situated as to take advantage and soon was on the road
to bright prosperity. He added to his homestead betimes until he has the
large estate mentioned, and also has it well improved and is one of the
leading property owners of this vicinity. For several summers after coming,
he was forced to go to Walla Walla to get work so as to bring the necessary
support to the family, but he and his faithful wife labored steadily along
and now have the good rewards of their toil and sagacity.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Newland, five children have been born, Esther, Hickman,
Emma, Robert and Charles. The parents belong to the Baptist church and are
exemplary people and substantial citizens. Mr. Newland is a stanch and
active Democrat and has always taken a lively interest in political matters.


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