John Edward Newton (April 4, 1904 – March 25, 1984)John E. Newton
, ''Sioux City Journal'' (March 28, 1984), p. 20. was a justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, appointed to fill a vacancy on the court in 1967 and serving until his retirement in 1971. Born in

Ponca, Nebraska Ponca is a city and county seat of Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 961 at the 2010 census. History Ponca was established in 1856 and is Nebraska's fourth oldest town. It was named for the Ponca Indian tribe native to t ...

, Newton graduated from Ponca High School and received his law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law. On July 12, 1940, Newton married Bonnie May Brownlee, with whom he had a son and a daughter. He died at his home in Ponca at the age of 79.

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