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Born 1848
From Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905)
WASHINGTON NEWBERRY.
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Mr. Newberry was married December 24, 187, to Miss Ella F. Washburn. She was born November 7, 1854, in Des Moines township, a daughter of Stephen S. and Melissa H. (Sprott) Washburn. Her father was born in Leeds county, Canada, and came into Iowa Territory in time to be classed as one of the very early pioneers of Lee county. Melissa H. Sprott was a daughter of Jaiiies and Annie Sprott, who came from Pennsylvania and settled near Keokuk in 1845. Her father bought land and became prominent and influential. He was called "Colonel Si)r(itt." and was a member of the legislature at one time. Mrs. Newberry remembers him as coming in a buggy and a "stovepipe bat" when she was a little girl. He came to their house in a buggy, a thing then very seldom seen; and wearing a "plug hat," another rarity. He brought blooded sheep into Lee county, and did much to improve the general stock level at that time. The family came from Pennsylvania by the river route.
Mr. and Mrs. Newberry have two sons: Arthur Devere, who graduated from the
Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1898, and is now practicing his profession in Kingston, Iowa. He is a man of imposing physique, stands six feet and two inches in his stocking feet, and weighs 325 pounds. His appearance is fine, he makes a good impression, and is commanding a large practice. Their other son, Van Werden Clark, is station agent of the Santa Fe Railroad at Argyle, Iowa. He married Miss Jessie Marshall, a daughter of John Marshall, of Fort Madison, who was an early settler in that city. To this union has come one child, Lloyd Devere, who was born August 31, 1904.
Mr. Newberry is a man of fine standing, irreproachable character and personal popularity. He is quiet in his ways, reliable in all his transactions, and is known as a good citizen.
As printed in Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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