- N. NEWELL, retired; born in Bradford, Vt., July 6, 1799.
Married Elizabeth PEABODY, Nov.
- 14, 1828, who was a distant relative of the London banker
by the same name; she was born in Bradford, Mass., Sept. 24,
1802. Mr. N. first came to Janesville in 1836, and was the second
man who settled in this vicinity, Mr. JANES being the only one
before him. Mr. N., after one year went to La Porte, Ind., and
lived ten years; then returned to Rock Co., and lived in Johnstown
Center ten years, and, in 1854, settled permanently in Janesville;
Mr. N. spent some time, during these early years, in traveling
on the various rivers of the Western wilds; was up and down the
Maumee River in 1834, and, in traveling through these sections,
often forded streams, and then, in this drenched condition, would
sleep out of doors, exposed to cold and rigorous weather; he
traveled up and down the entire length of the Mississippi and
Missouri Rivers, as well as others; often met large bands of
Indians in the wilds of the forest, but was never molested. They
have three children - Eliza Jane, born Sept. 22, 1829; married
Dr. Theodore TREAT; they have one son - Theodore N., born July
10, 1851, and now practicing law in Ottawa, Ill.; also, one daughter,
Kittie, born March 23, 1853. The second daughter, Julia N.,
was born Nov. 2, 1832; she married Dr. Abraham JACKSON; the third
daughter married B. G. WEBSTER; they have one son - Frank N.,
born Aug. 17, 1860. Mr. and Mrs. NEWELL are members of the Baptist
Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 716.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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