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Herbert
E. Newell Among
the men of influence in Jasper County, who have the interest of their locality
at heart and who have led consistent lives, thereby gaining definite success
along their chosen lines, is Herbert E. Newell, who, although handicapped by
nature, has not been subdued by untoward circumstances, but has been active and
successful as an agriculturist, managing his fine landed estates in Richland
Township with that care and discretion which stamps him as a twentieth-century
farmer of the highest order. Mr.
Newell was born in Scott County, Iowa, December 5, 1870.
He is the son of S. S. and F. A. (Powell) Newell, the father a native of
Pennsylvania and the mother of New York. They
grew to maturity and were educated in the East.
The father came to Iowa about 1853 and the mother about 1856.
The former located in Davenport, and was a contractor. His wife taught school for some time after coming here.
They were married in Scott County and they resided in Davenport until
1877, in which year they came to Jasper County and located on a farm southeast
of Kellogg where they established a comfortable home and lived until about eight
years ago when they removed to Newton, the father's death occurring soon
afterwards, in 1892; the mother is making her home with her son, Herbert E., of
this review. Ten children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Newell, four of whom are living, namely:
W. E. lives near Altoona, Iowa; S. H. resides near Kellogg, this County;
Mrs. Agnes Lorimer lives in Iowa City; and Herbert E., of this review. S.
S. Newell, the father, was a businessman of splendid attainments and he became
one of the substantial men of his community.
He was a director in the Mutual Insurance Company of Newton, also a
director in the Jasper County Fair Association. Fraternally, he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and in religious matters a member of the Presbyterian Church.
He was a good and useful man and highly esteemed by all who know him. Herbert
E. Newell was seven years of age when his parents brought him to Jasper County.
He grew to maturity here and received a good education in the country schools,
which has since been supplemented by extensive home reading and study. He also
attended school at Kellogg. When
nineteen years of age he became afflicted with rheumatism and has since been a
cripple, but he has borne his lot with rare fortitude and is a pleasant,
entertaining man to meet, and although he has not been able to work he gives his
farms his personal management and has been very successful as a general farmer
and stock raiser, his splendidly-improved and highly-productive farming in
Richland Township. He has
accumulated a very comfortable competence and is deserving of a great deal of
credit for what he has accomplished. Politically, he is a Democrat and is a
well-informed man on political and current topics of the day.
Mr. Newell has remained single. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 672. |
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