The Newell Families of Jasper County, Iowa

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.

Mr. Newell was one of eight children, five of whom are still living, the eldest, Anna, dying at the age of fifteen years; Mary Newell, who married Samuel Finerty, now deceased, in 1909; Margaret, who married Miller Rush; John, who married Emma J. Parker; and Clara, the youngest child, who became the wife of S. Willard. all live in Knox county, Ohio, the home of their birth; Olive, who married Aaron Bebout, lives at Gatesville, Texas, and Thomas Newell lives in Texas, near Sonora.

On the 1 2th day of October, 1875, - Newell was united in marriage to Amanda Brown, daughter of Garrett and Mary (Holland) Brown, her father being a native of Maryland and her mother a native of West Virginia.

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CLIFTON DELANO NEWELL.

This is an age in which the farmer stands pre-eminently above any other class as a producer of wealth. He simply takes advantage of the winds, the warm air, the bright sunshine and the refreshing rains, and applying his own hands and skill to nature's gifts he creates grain, hay, live stock, etc., all of which are absolute necessities to the inhabitants of the world, for no matter what our vocations and avocations may be or where we may choose to maintain our home, we cannot lose sight of the fact that we are depending upon the miller of the soil and without him the entire human race would perish. It has been well said by one of our wisest men, "Burn down your cities and leave our farms and they will spring up again as if by magic, but destroy the farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city."

One of this large class of the world's benefactors is Clifton Delano Newell, of Kellogg township, Jasper county, who was born December 31, 1878, in Newton township. He is the son of George W. and Amanda (Brown) Newell-, the father born in Knox county, Ohio, and the mother's birth also occurred in that county on August 11, 1848. They grew to maturity there, were educated and married in their home community and began life on the farm, in fact, have continued to engage in agricultural pursuits until the present time. They came to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1878, locating in Newton township, living a year on a rented farm a mile northwest of the town of Newton, and they continued to live in that vicinity until 1892. when they moved to a farm three miles southeast of Newton, and there became very comfortably established.

To Mr. and Mrs. George W. Newell six children have been born, namely: Nora E., Clifton Delano, of this review; Bessie H., Baxter E., Clayton Elmer and George Martin.

The immediate subject of this sketch grew to manhood in Jasper county and attended the public schools, attending high school at Newton for three years. After leaving the school room he took up farming with his father, on the shares, thus working until 1909, when, having gotten a good start, he purchased the one-hundred-and-forty-acre farm on which he now lives, eighty acres of which is located in section 32, Kellogg township, and sixty-eight acres in section 5, Buena Vista township. Until recently he owned three hundred and twenty acres in South Dakota, which he has now disposed of. His home place has been well improved and is very skillfully managed, and he carries on general farming and stock raising in a successful manner, making a specialty of breeding an excellent grade of stock.

Mr. Newell was married on January 3, 1909, to Christine Paulson, who was born in Kellogg township, this county, September 3, 1878, the daughter of Hans M. and Pauline (Tygersyn) Paulson, both born in Denmark. They were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living, namely: Helena Marie, Nelse R., Christine, wife of Mr. Newell of this review; Lena, Andrew, Catherine is deceased; Charley Martin, Henry is deceased, and one child died in infancy.

Politically, Mr. Newell is independent, and he belongs to the Methodist church.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.

S. H. NEWELL.

In the collection of material for the biographical department of this publication there has been a constant aim to use a wise discrimination in regard to the selection of subjects and to exclude none worth of representation within its pages. Here will be found mention of worthy citizens of all vocations, and at this juncture it is permitted to offer a resume of one of the most active of the younger generation of agriculturists of Jasper county, who, by close application and a willingness to forge ahead despite obstacles, has acquired a very substantial start in life and at the same time won and retained the respect of all who know him.

S. H. Newell was born in Scott county, Iowa, May 27, 1874, the son of S. S. and Frances (Powell) Newell, the mother born in New York and the father in Pennsylvania. They came to Iowa in 1860, while yet single, and here they were married. He was a carpenter by trade, but after his marriage devoted his attention to farming, buying a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Scott county, which he cleared and improved and on which he lived until 1874, when he moved to Davenport, Iowa, where he lived three years, when he moved to Jasper county and bought a farm in Richland township and there became well established and lived until within two months of his death, which occurred on April 12, 1902. His widow is now living in Newton. Thev were the parents of ten children, four of whom are living.

S. H. Newell, of this sketch, was educated in the public schools and the high school at Kellogg, later attending the Des Moines Commercial College, lacking a short time of graduation. He returned to Jasper county and took up farming for a livelihood, operating the home place until his father's death, in 1902. He is now the owner of a good farm of one hundred and thirty-four acres, a part of the old homestead, but he farms it all, one hundred and eighty acres. He has been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser, and he also engaged in real estate to a considerable extent. He owns two hundred and ten acres in Jasper and Kossuth counties. These are used for speculation, but he makes this his home. He has remodeled the old home and added such other improvements as to render the place modern and desirable in every respect.

Politically, Mr. Newell is a Democrat. He was township. clerk for one term and secretary of the school board for three years, still holding the latter position. He belongs to the Pleasant View Methodist church, and is a number of the Kellogg Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Mr. Newell was married on March 5, 1902. to Elva Allfree, a native of Jasper county and the daughter of J. W..Ml free and wife, old settlers here. One daughter. Katherine EJizabeth. has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Newell.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.