Newton "Newt" Culbreath was the son of John Thomas Culbreath and Mary Peavy. John Thomas Culbreath left North Carolina in 1880 to work in the booming turpentine industry in Georgia. In 1890's the family moved to Wakulla County, Florida.

Newton Culbreth entered the North-South Carolina Business College in 1902. In 1910, and with business partner George Russ established the Wakulla Turpentine Company. He had purchased his first tract of timber only six years prior. By the time of his death, he was the largest private land-owner in Wakulla County with a holding of 12,000 acres. A motto attributed to him: "All Things Cometh to He Who Waiteth, if He Worketh like Hell while He Waiteth."

Newt married Ida Mae Russ on Nov 15, 1912. The couple had three children:

1) Edwin Thomas Culbreath (Feb 16, 1915 - Jun 7, 1995) married Winifred Register.

2) Ava Elizabeth Culbreath (Dec 27, 1919 - Dec 18, 2006) married Clarence D. Williams.

3) Betty Culbreath (April 12, 1929 - Jan 15, 1983) married first Don Gregory, then Joseph H. Walker, Jr.

Photos:

1) Newt Culbreath with cousin, Nettie Culbreth, and Aunt Elizabeth McNeill Culbreth

2) Newt Culbreath with college friends, including Florida Supreme Court Justice Guyte McCord

3) Newt Culbreath portrait, note the embroidered tie.

4) Newt Culbreath, older, in his office

5) Edwin Thomas Culbreath, son of Newt Culbreath and Ida Mae Russ