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George W. Newell The subject of this sketch, who bore the illustrious name of George Washington Newell, was born April 28, 1845, near Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. He was the second child born to Hugh and Sarah (Lovridge) Newell. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Ohio. The father died in Ohio in 1859, at the age of forty-five years, when the boy George was only thirteen years old. The mother lived to attain her eighty-first birthday, dying in 1902 in Ohio.
The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 832. George
W. Newell George
W. Newell is a representative and prosperous farmer and stock-raiser of Palo
Alto Township. He owns one hundred and eighty-five acres of rich and valuable
land on section 1. All is
under a high state of cultivation and yields to the owner a golden tribute.
There are also good improvements upon the place, every thing is neat and
orderly, and the well-tilled fields and thrift appearance indicate the careful
supervision of the owner. Mr.
Newell is a native of the Buckeye State. He was born in Knox County, April 28,
1845, and is a son of Hugh and Sarah (Loveridge) Newell, the former a native of
Pennsylvania, and the latter of New Jersey. Our subject is the eldest surviving
child. He was reared to manhood in his parents' home in the county of his
nativity, and is a representative of two early families of Knox County, for his
grandparents on both sides there located in pioneer days.
He was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier and aided in the
development of the farm, hauling saw logs to the mill with two yoke of oxen and
performing such other work as fell to the lot of their being a pioneer home.
His education was acquired in the public schools, and by reading and
observation he has ever kept well informed on topics of general interest.
Throughout his entire life he has carried on
agricultural pursuits, with the exception of a year and a half, when he was
engaged in operating a portable sawmill. On
the 12th of October 1875, Mr. Newell was married to Miss Amanda Brown, also a
native of Knox County, Ohio, born in 1847 and a daughter of Garrett Brown of
that county. Their union has been blessed with a family of six children, as
follows: Nora, Clifton D., Clayton E., George M., Bessie and Bertha E. In
the spring of 1876, Mr. Newell came with his family to Jasper County and spent the year after his
arrival in Newton. Since that time he has engaged in farming. For several years
he operated rented land in Sherman Township, and then removed to Mariposa
Township, where he continued farming for a number of years. In 1890 he came to
Palo Alto Township, where he has once made his home upon the farm described at
the beginning of this notice. We
find in Mr. Newell a self-made man who started out in life empty-handed, with no
capital save a young man’s bright hope of the future and a determination to
succeed. He possesses energy and industry, and by his well-directed
efforts he has carried out his determination and won prosperity.
In polities he is independent, supporting the man whom be thinks best
qualified for the office, regardless of party affiliations. He and his wife both
belong to the Methodist Protestant Church of Hixon Grove, and Mr. Newell is now
serving as Trustee of the same. Portrait and Biographical Record, Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, IA, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1894, p. 181. |
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