LUTHER NEWPORT BURIED IN EAST
Member of Well Known St. Paul Family Died in Philadelphia October 6
News of the death of Luther E. Newport, a scion of one of St. Paul's oldest families, was received here Saturday night.
Mr. Newport died October 6 and was buried two days later on his farm at Bethel, Conn., where he had lived since leaving St. Paul about 25 years ago.
Born in Baltimore 64 years ago, Mr. Newport came west with his parents shortly after the Civil war. His father, General Reece M. Newport , was quartermaster general of the Union army during the war and later became treasurer and auditor of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Following the war, the Newport family moved to Brainerd, then to Minneapolis and then came to St. Paul as the general offices of the railroad were transferred from one city to the other.
Employed in Bank
After attending Phillips Exeter academy in new Hampshire, Mr. Newport returned to St. Paul and was employed as a runner in the Merchants national bank. At that time the bank was situated in its old building at Third and Jackson streets and former Governor William Merriam was its president.
After several years of employment in the bank, Mr. Newport entered the real estate business with his father, who was then a member of Newport & Peet, with offices in the Drake building, at that time the city's principle office structure.
When the firm dissolved, Mr. Newport and his father formed the real estate firm of R.M. Newport & Son and were among the first tenants to occupy the Pioneer building which had just been completed.
The firm Newport & Son dissolved in 1900. Shortly after this Mr. Newport went east as the New York representative of the White Enamel Refrigeration company. He later went to the Flaxlinum company, where he remained until the time of his death, having his offices in New York, but residing in Bethel.
Underwent Two Operations
Mr. Newport became ill last winter and underwent an operation in February. After a second operation last June, he apparently recovered. While on a visit to Philadelphia the first part of the month, however, he was stricken again and taken to the Pennsylvania hospital, where he died.
Mr. Newport is survived by his widow, the former Miss Rachel Rice of St. Paul; a son Mower R. and a daughter Beatrix, all of Bethel; a sister, Miss Mary Morgan Newport of New York; a brother, Reece M. Newport and a cousin, Douglas Putnam, both of St. Paul.
He was a member of the Minnesota club, Town and Country club, the Loyal Legion, the White Bear Yacht club and the German club, now the Cotillion club.
He was a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford of Massachusetts and his great grandfather...(the rest is cut off)
(Obit in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Oct 14, 1928, posted on Ancestry)
Member of Well Known St. Paul Family Died in Philadelphia October 6
News of the death of Luther E. Newport, a scion of one of St. Paul's oldest families, was received here Saturday night.
Mr. Newport died October 6 and was buried two days later on his farm at Bethel, Conn., where he had lived since leaving St. Paul about 25 years ago.
Born in Baltimore 64 years ago, Mr. Newport came west with his parents shortly after the Civil war. His father, General Reece M. Newport , was quartermaster general of the Union army during the war and later became treasurer and auditor of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Following the war, the Newport family moved to Brainerd, then to Minneapolis and then came to St. Paul as the general offices of the railroad were transferred from one city to the other.
Employed in Bank
After attending Phillips Exeter academy in new Hampshire, Mr. Newport returned to St. Paul and was employed as a runner in the Merchants national bank. At that time the bank was situated in its old building at Third and Jackson streets and former Governor William Merriam was its president.
After several years of employment in the bank, Mr. Newport entered the real estate business with his father, who was then a member of Newport & Peet, with offices in the Drake building, at that time the city's principle office structure.
When the firm dissolved, Mr. Newport and his father formed the real estate firm of R.M. Newport & Son and were among the first tenants to occupy the Pioneer building which had just been completed.
The firm Newport & Son dissolved in 1900. Shortly after this Mr. Newport went east as the New York representative of the White Enamel Refrigeration company. He later went to the Flaxlinum company, where he remained until the time of his death, having his offices in New York, but residing in Bethel.
Underwent Two Operations
Mr. Newport became ill last winter and underwent an operation in February. After a second operation last June, he apparently recovered. While on a visit to Philadelphia the first part of the month, however, he was stricken again and taken to the Pennsylvania hospital, where he died.
Mr. Newport is survived by his widow, the former Miss Rachel Rice of St. Paul; a son Mower R. and a daughter Beatrix, all of Bethel; a sister, Miss Mary Morgan Newport of New York; a brother, Reece M. Newport and a cousin, Douglas Putnam, both of St. Paul.
He was a member of the Minnesota club, Town and Country club, the Loyal Legion, the White Bear Yacht club and the German club, now the Cotillion club.
He was a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford of Massachusetts and his great grandfather...(the rest is cut off)
(Obit in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Oct 14, 1928, posted on Ancestry)
LUTHER NEWPORT BURIED IN EAST
Member of Well Known St. Paul Family Died in Philadelphia October 6
News of the death of Luther E. Newport, a scion of one of St. Paul's oldest families, was received here Saturday night.
Mr. Newport died October 6 and was buried two days later on his farm at Bethel, Conn., where he had lived since leaving St. Paul about 25 years ago.
Born in Baltimore 64 years ago, Mr. Newport came west with his parents shortly after the Civil war. His father, General Reece M. Newport , was quartermaster general of the Union army during the war and later became treasurer and auditor of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Following the war, the Newport family moved to Brainerd, then to Minneapolis and then came to St. Paul as the general offices of the railroad were transferred from one city to the other.
Employed in Bank
After attending Phillips Exeter academy in new Hampshire, Mr. Newport returned to St. Paul and was employed as a runner in the Merchants national bank. At that time the bank was situated in its old building at Third and Jackson streets and former Governor William Merriam was its president.
After several years of employment in the bank, Mr. Newport entered the real estate business with his father, who was then a member of Newport & Peet, with offices in the Drake building, at that time the city's principle office structure.
When the firm dissolved, Mr. Newport and his father formed the real estate firm of R.M. Newport & Son and were among the first tenants to occupy the Pioneer building which had just been completed.
The firm Newport & Son dissolved in 1900. Shortly after this Mr. Newport went east as the New York representative of the White Enamel Refrigeration company. He later went to the Flaxlinum company, where he remained until the time of his death, having his offices in New York, but residing in Bethel.
Underwent Two Operations
Mr. Newport became ill last winter and underwent an operation in February. After a second operation last June, he apparently recovered. While on a visit to Philadelphia the first part of the month, however, he was stricken again and taken to the Pennsylvania hospital, where he died.
Mr. Newport is survived by his widow, the former Miss Rachel Rice of St. Paul; a son Mower R. and a daughter Beatrix, all of Bethel; a sister, Miss Mary Morgan Newport of New York; a brother, Reece M. Newport and a cousin, Douglas Putnam, both of St. Paul.
He was a member of the Minnesota club, Town and Country club, the Loyal Legion, the White Bear Yacht club and the German club, now the Cotillion club.
He was a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford of Massachusetts and his great grandfather...(the rest is cut off)
(Obit in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Oct 14, 1928, posted on Ancestry)
Member of Well Known St. Paul Family Died in Philadelphia October 6
News of the death of Luther E. Newport, a scion of one of St. Paul's oldest families, was received here Saturday night.
Mr. Newport died October 6 and was buried two days later on his farm at Bethel, Conn., where he had lived since leaving St. Paul about 25 years ago.
Born in Baltimore 64 years ago, Mr. Newport came west with his parents shortly after the Civil war. His father, General Reece M. Newport , was quartermaster general of the Union army during the war and later became treasurer and auditor of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Following the war, the Newport family moved to Brainerd, then to Minneapolis and then came to St. Paul as the general offices of the railroad were transferred from one city to the other.
Employed in Bank
After attending Phillips Exeter academy in new Hampshire, Mr. Newport returned to St. Paul and was employed as a runner in the Merchants national bank. At that time the bank was situated in its old building at Third and Jackson streets and former Governor William Merriam was its president.
After several years of employment in the bank, Mr. Newport entered the real estate business with his father, who was then a member of Newport & Peet, with offices in the Drake building, at that time the city's principle office structure.
When the firm dissolved, Mr. Newport and his father formed the real estate firm of R.M. Newport & Son and were among the first tenants to occupy the Pioneer building which had just been completed.
The firm Newport & Son dissolved in 1900. Shortly after this Mr. Newport went east as the New York representative of the White Enamel Refrigeration company. He later went to the Flaxlinum company, where he remained until the time of his death, having his offices in New York, but residing in Bethel.
Underwent Two Operations
Mr. Newport became ill last winter and underwent an operation in February. After a second operation last June, he apparently recovered. While on a visit to Philadelphia the first part of the month, however, he was stricken again and taken to the Pennsylvania hospital, where he died.
Mr. Newport is survived by his widow, the former Miss Rachel Rice of St. Paul; a son Mower R. and a daughter Beatrix, all of Bethel; a sister, Miss Mary Morgan Newport of New York; a brother, Reece M. Newport and a cousin, Douglas Putnam, both of St. Paul.
He was a member of the Minnesota club, Town and Country club, the Loyal Legion, the White Bear Yacht club and the German club, now the Cotillion club.
He was a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford of Massachusetts and his great grandfather...(the rest is cut off)
(Obit in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Oct 14, 1928, posted on Ancestry)
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