Newell, Charles M – Newman, Samuel
Newell, Charles M
sailor, physician, author, poet, was born Nov. 23, 1821, in Concord, Mass. When seventeen years of age he went to sea as a sailor, and followed that occupation. He became master of a ship at the age of twentysix, and continued so for ten years. He then left the sea to study medicine, in which he has been very successful. He has published, in addition to medical literature, six volumes of prose, entitled The Voyage of the Fleetwing; The Isle of Palms; The Wreck of the Greyhound; and others, which have given him a worldwide reputation as a writer of sea-stories.
Newell, Frank R
journalist, was born May 23, 1854, in Chicago, Ill. He is the business manager of the City Printing company of Cleveland, Ohio, and the editor-in-chief of The Ancient Craft Mason.
Newell, Harriet Atwood
missionary, was born Oct. 10, 1793, in Haverhill, Mass. She was one of the first female missionaries from the United States. She died Nov. 30, 1812, on the Isle of France.
Newell, Hugh
educator, artist, was born Oct. 4, 1830, in Ireland. In 1879 he became professor of drawing in Johns Hopkins university. In Baltimore he gained gold medals in 1853 and 1858, and a silver one in 1859. His works include Smithy; Basket of Grapes; In the Cottage Window; The Country Musician; Husking Corn in the Field; Grapes; and From the East and West.
Newell, Laura E
song writer, was born Feb. 5, 1854, in New Marlborough, Mass. She has furnished songs and music to many eminent composers, and her songs and poems are read and sung throughout America.
She is the author of thousand poems, which have appeared in the Youth's Companion, Arthur's Magazine, and the leading publications of America. poems have a Her also been given a place in Woman in Sacred Song, and other standard collections.
Newell, Mcfadden Alexander
educator, journalist, was born Sept. 7, 1824, in Ireland. He became principal of the State Normal school at Baltimore in 1865, and in 1868 state superintendent of public instruction. With Prof. William R. Creery he has published a series of text-books, entitled The Maryland Series; and he is the author of annual state school reports.
Newell, Robert Henry
journalist, author, poet, was born Dec. 13, 1836, in New York city. He is a journalist of New York city, at one time popular as a humorist. He is the author of Versatilities, a collection of humorous and other verses; The Palace Beautiful, and Other Poems; Avery Glibun, an American romance; The Walking Doll, a novel; There Was Once a Man; and Studies in Stanzas.
Newell, Samuel
missionary, author, was born July 25, 1785, in Durham, Maine. He was a noted baptist missionary in Bombay; and the author of The Conversion of the World; and Life of Harriet Newell (his first wife), which was widely popular. He died March 30, 1821, in Bombay, India. sician, congressman, governor, was born
Newell, William Augustus
phy- Sept. 5, 1819, in Franklin, Ohio. He was elected a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1847 to 1851; and in 1856 was elected governor of New Jersey for the term ending in 1860. He was a delegate to the Baltimore convention of 1864; and was also elected to the thirtyninth congress. In 1880 he was appointed governor of Washington territory for a term of four years.
Newell, William Wells
journalist, author, poet, was born in 1839 in Massachusetts. He is a folk-lore scholar of Cambridge, editor of The Journal of American Folk-Lore since 1888; and the author of Games and Songs of American Children; and Words for Music, a collection of poems.
Newhall, Charles Stedman
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1842 in Massachusetts. He is a clergyman and educator of Asbury Park, N. J.; and the author of The Trees of Northeastern America: The Shrubs of Northeastern America: The Vines of Northeastern America: The Leaf-Collector's Handbook and Herbarium. His writings for young people include Harry's Trip to the Orient; Joe and the Howards; and Ruthie's Story.
Newhall, Mrs. L. E. Terry
author, poet, was born July 19, 1861, in Dutch Flat, Cal. She is a successful writer of Newhall, Cal.; and the author of three novels entitled Adopted; The Death Trust; and The Bride of Infelice; and also a volume of poems.
Newhard, Peter
congressman, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1843.
Newhouse, Finley D
clergyman, lecturer, author, was born July 27, 1857, in Rochester, Ind. For a number of years he filled the chair of Greek in the American college of Concepcion, Chili; and now fills a pastorate in Minneapolis, Minn.
He is a brilliant lecturer; and the author of a college romance entitled The Three C's; and a religious work entitled Why I Am a Protestant.
Newhouse, Samuel
railroad president, was born Oct. 14, 1853, in New York city. In 1894 he was elected president of the Denver, Lakewood and Golden railroad, which position he now fills.
Newhouse, Simeon Edgar
educator, lawyer, was born Aug. 14, 1865, in Elkton, Ohio. After receiving a thorough education, he entered educational work, and was professor of sciences in the high school of Greenville, Ohio; and subsequently became superintendent of schools at Salem, S. D. He is now a successful lawyer of Golden City, Mo.; has been city attorney; and filled various other public positions of honor.
Newkirk, Daniel L
educator, poet, was born Jan. 14, 1859, in Clermont county, Ohio. He received his education at the Drake university, and was subsequently professor of natural sciences in the normal department of his alma mater. He holds a life diploma from the state board of examiners of Iowa, and is one of the foremost educators of the west. He has written extensively both prose and verse; and his poems have appeared in Poets of America and other standard publications.
Newlands, Francis G
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 28, 1848, in Natchez, Miss. He was elected from Nevada to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses and having received his nomination from both the silver party and the democratic party was re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress.
Newlin, Enoch E
lawyer, was born Feb. 22, 1858, in Crawford county, Ill.
He was admitted to the bar in 1882; was state's attorney of his county for eight years; and is now a master in chancery.
Newman, Alexander
state senator, congressman, was born in 1806 in Orange county, Va. In 1836 he was elected a representative to the Virginia state legislature, where he served several years; and was also elected to the state senate.
Wheeling; and was elected a representa- From 1845 to 1849 he was postmaster of postmaster of tive from Virginia to the thirty-first congress. He died in July, 1840, in Pittsburg, Pa.
Newman, Charles Gordon
soldier, journalist, was born in 1841 in Richmond, Va. He is the editor and owner of the Daily and Weekly Commercial of Pine Bluff, Ark.; and contributes extensively to current literature.
Newman, Daniel
soldier, congressman, was born about 1780 in North Carolina. He was lieutenant-colonel commanding Georgia volunteers in 1813; and was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1831 to 1833. He died Jan. 16, 1851, in Walker county, Ga.
Newman, De Witt L
journalist, was born Dec. 4, 1870, in Gillsburg, Miss. For many years he was engaged in educational work; and is now the editor and owner of The Times of Osyka, Miss.
Newman, Francis Marion
educator, lawyer, was born Nov. 4, 1860, in , lawyer, was born Nov. 4, 1860, in Washington county, Texas. In 1885 he graduated from the Baylor university, and for many years was engaged in educational work. Since 1887 he has been practicing law in Brady, Texas; where he is prominently identified with the pub- lic affairs of his county and state.
Newman, Henry R
artist, was born about 1833 in New York city. In 1877 he exhibited at the academy a View of Florence, and in Florence in 1878 a Study of Pink and White Oleanders; and Grapes and Olives. The same year he sent to the Grosvenor gallery, London, Flowers; and An Architectural Study.
Newman, J. R
journalist, was born Oct. 19, 1859, in St. Louis, Mo. He is the editor and owner of The Times of Harrison, Mo., of which city he has served as mayor. In 1886 he was elected president of the Arkansas Press association.
Newman, James Wirt
journalist, legislator, was born March 12, 1841, in Highland county, Ohio. For two terms he was a member of the Ohio state senate; and during 1883-84 was secretary of state of Ohio. For thirty years he has been editor and owner of the Portsmouth Times.
Newman, John Philip
bishop, author, was born Sept. 1, 1826, in New York city. He is a methodist bishop at Omaha, at one time a prominent Washington pastor; and the author of From Dan to Beersheba; Thrones and Palaces of Babylon and Nineveh; Christianity Triumphant; America for Americans; and The Supremacy of Law.
Newman, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born in 1602 in England. He published A Concordance for the Bible.
It was known as the Cambridge Concordance, and was at one time supposed to be the first work of the kind printed in the English language. He died July 5, 1663, in Rehoboth, Mass.