About Newton W. McConnell
Lived 1832 – 1915 (aged 82–83). Newton W. McConnell was a judge, military officer and politician.
Newton Whitfield McConnell (May 22, 1832 – December 22, 1915) was chief justice of the Territorial Montana Supreme Court, appointed by President Grover Cleveland, serving from 1887 to 1889.
Born near Mooresville While serving in that capacity, he was conferred an honorary LL.D. degree by the University of Nashville.
He married Nancy Elizabeth McCall on February 26, 1856, and they had three children. In 1903, McConnell retired to Seattle, Washington. He died in Topeka, Kansas, at the age of 83, but was buried in Helena, Montana.
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American judge
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Newton W. McConnell was born in 1832 in Marshall County.
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Newton W. McConnell died in 1915 in Topeka.
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Newton W. McConnell was a judge, military officer and politician.
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