Captain Joseph Newport and family, Newport, 1899. Born in Prussia in 1820 he founded the town of Newport. The Texas Centennial Marker, placed here in 1936, states that Newport was founded in 1846 by Captain Joseph Werner, but decedents and historians agree that the Werners were probably not in Walker County until 1852 or 1853 at the earliest. In 1868 Captain Joe bought some land adjoining the old Newport property. Werner died January 2, 1872, and was given a Masonic burial in the Newport cemetery with J. P. Barners officiating. | Source: Walker County TreasuresDownload Original File
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"Captain Joseph Werner family " appears in: Newport
