Robert was the son of Thomas Newell & Harriet D. Flaharty. He married Christina on 31 Dec 1843 at Eddyville, Wapello, IA on the banks of the Des Moines River. They were the parents of Elizabeth, Thomas, Caroline, Hugh, Mary, John, William, Robert, & Harriet.
Robert farmed, breaking prairie land with oxen, he taught school & clerked in a Grandview store.
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA 1889 EDITION Pg 311 - Robert F Newell, an honored pioneer of Louisa County, Iowa, residing on section 23, Concord Township, was born in Holmes and reared in Wayne (now Ashland) County, Ohio, in 1818, and was the youngest in a family of six children born to Thomas and Harriet (Flaherty) Newell, his father being a native of Washington County, Pa., and the mother of Frederick County, Md.
The paternal grandparents, James and Mary Newell, at an early day settled in proximity to the fort, near the present city of Wheeling, W. Va., in what is now the State of Ohio. The grandfather was a native of Ireland, and after his emigration to America he engaged in farming in Ohio. The maternal grandparents, Amasa and Mary (Ridgley) Flaherty, were natives of Maryland. The grandfather was in the Revolutionary War under the command of Gen. Washington for six years and seven months, and for his services received a pension. He died at a ripe old age in Richland County, Ohio, where the death of his wife also occurred.
The parents of our subject went to Ohio in 1787, when children, at a time when there were but few settlements, and the towns and cities were not built. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and bought and improved a farm in Wayne County, Ohio, making it his home until 1839, when, accompanied by his family, he settled on section 23, Concord Township, and entered 400 acres of land. He carried on farming until his death, which occurred in 1858, at the age of seventy-five years and three months. His excellent wife died in 1846, at the age of fifty-seven years, and both were held in high esteem in the community where they resided.
Robert F. Newell has spent his entire life since 1839 in Louisa County, Iowa. He had previously received his education in the district schools of Ohio, and since attaining his majority has followed the occupation of farming. In Wapello County, in an Indian trading post, near Eddyville, he was united in marriage with Christina Newell, their union being celebrated on the 31st of December, 1843. She is a native of Logan County, Ohio, and a daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (McNey) Newell, who were born in Kentucky. Her father was a farmer and moved to Ohio, where he engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1853, at the age of seventy-four years. His estimable wife survived him until 1863, when she too departed this life, at the age of seventy-four years.
After their marriage the young couple began their domestic life upon the farm in Concord Township, which still continues to be their home, and for almost forty-five years have shared life’s joys and sorrows, its pleasures and pains, which come alike to all. Nine children have there been born to them, and eight are yet living: Elizabeth, now Mrs. Cushman, is living in Wyoming; Thomas is married and resides in Concord Township; Caroline, wife of L. A. Riley, makes her home in Wapello; Hugh died Sept. 16, 1851, at the age of eighteen months; Mary, now Mrs. Curtis, is living in Concord Township; John is married, and resides in Albany County, Wyo.; William, who is also married, and makes his home in Wyoming; Harriet C., now Mrs. Sidman, is living in Norton County, Kan. Mr. Newell and his wife have given their children good educations, such as would fit them for the practical duties of this life, and they are now all respected men and women.
Mr. Newell is the owner of 443 acres of land in Concord Township, 400 of which are under cultivation and highly improved. The farm is pleasantly situated about four and one-half miles from Columbus Junction, and four miles from Letts, and is well stocked with a good grade of horses and cattle. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has held various offices in the township and county, having been Justice of the Peace, Constable, Assessor, Supervisor and County Commissioner, and he has also assisted in organizing some of the school districts of the township.
Socially, Mr. Newell is a member of Triangular Lodge No. 245, A. F. & A. M., is one of its charter members, and held the office of Secretary for a number of years. He was one of the very earliest settlers of Concord Township, it requiring all of the citizens of that time to raise his log cabin. He has seen the full development of the county, and endured all the trials and privations incident to pioneer life. The winter of 1842-43 was one of great severity, but all such hardships were cheerfully borne, and to such men Louisa County owes its present prosperity and high rank in the great State of Iowa.
Robert farmed, breaking prairie land with oxen, he taught school & clerked in a Grandview store.
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA 1889 EDITION Pg 311 - Robert F Newell, an honored pioneer of Louisa County, Iowa, residing on section 23, Concord Township, was born in Holmes and reared in Wayne (now Ashland) County, Ohio, in 1818, and was the youngest in a family of six children born to Thomas and Harriet (Flaherty) Newell, his father being a native of Washington County, Pa., and the mother of Frederick County, Md.
The paternal grandparents, James and Mary Newell, at an early day settled in proximity to the fort, near the present city of Wheeling, W. Va., in what is now the State of Ohio. The grandfather was a native of Ireland, and after his emigration to America he engaged in farming in Ohio. The maternal grandparents, Amasa and Mary (Ridgley) Flaherty, were natives of Maryland. The grandfather was in the Revolutionary War under the command of Gen. Washington for six years and seven months, and for his services received a pension. He died at a ripe old age in Richland County, Ohio, where the death of his wife also occurred.
The parents of our subject went to Ohio in 1787, when children, at a time when there were but few settlements, and the towns and cities were not built. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and bought and improved a farm in Wayne County, Ohio, making it his home until 1839, when, accompanied by his family, he settled on section 23, Concord Township, and entered 400 acres of land. He carried on farming until his death, which occurred in 1858, at the age of seventy-five years and three months. His excellent wife died in 1846, at the age of fifty-seven years, and both were held in high esteem in the community where they resided.
Robert F. Newell has spent his entire life since 1839 in Louisa County, Iowa. He had previously received his education in the district schools of Ohio, and since attaining his majority has followed the occupation of farming. In Wapello County, in an Indian trading post, near Eddyville, he was united in marriage with Christina Newell, their union being celebrated on the 31st of December, 1843. She is a native of Logan County, Ohio, and a daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (McNey) Newell, who were born in Kentucky. Her father was a farmer and moved to Ohio, where he engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1853, at the age of seventy-four years. His estimable wife survived him until 1863, when she too departed this life, at the age of seventy-four years.
After their marriage the young couple began their domestic life upon the farm in Concord Township, which still continues to be their home, and for almost forty-five years have shared life’s joys and sorrows, its pleasures and pains, which come alike to all. Nine children have there been born to them, and eight are yet living: Elizabeth, now Mrs. Cushman, is living in Wyoming; Thomas is married and resides in Concord Township; Caroline, wife of L. A. Riley, makes her home in Wapello; Hugh died Sept. 16, 1851, at the age of eighteen months; Mary, now Mrs. Curtis, is living in Concord Township; John is married, and resides in Albany County, Wyo.; William, who is also married, and makes his home in Wyoming; Harriet C., now Mrs. Sidman, is living in Norton County, Kan. Mr. Newell and his wife have given their children good educations, such as would fit them for the practical duties of this life, and they are now all respected men and women.
Mr. Newell is the owner of 443 acres of land in Concord Township, 400 of which are under cultivation and highly improved. The farm is pleasantly situated about four and one-half miles from Columbus Junction, and four miles from Letts, and is well stocked with a good grade of horses and cattle. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has held various offices in the township and county, having been Justice of the Peace, Constable, Assessor, Supervisor and County Commissioner, and he has also assisted in organizing some of the school districts of the township.
Socially, Mr. Newell is a member of Triangular Lodge No. 245, A. F. & A. M., is one of its charter members, and held the office of Secretary for a number of years. He was one of the very earliest settlers of Concord Township, it requiring all of the citizens of that time to raise his log cabin. He has seen the full development of the county, and endured all the trials and privations incident to pioneer life. The winter of 1842-43 was one of great severity, but all such hardships were cheerfully borne, and to such men Louisa County owes its present prosperity and high rank in the great State of Iowa.
Robert was the son of Thomas Newell & Harriet D. Flaharty. He married Christina on 31 Dec 1843 at Eddyville, Wapello, IA on the banks of the Des Moines River. They were the parents of Elizabeth, Thomas, Caroline, Hugh, Mary, John, William, Robert, & Harriet.
Robert farmed, breaking prairie land with oxen, he taught school & clerked in a Grandview store.
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA 1889 EDITION Pg 311 - Robert F Newell, an honored pioneer of Louisa County, Iowa, residing on section 23, Concord Township, was born in Holmes and reared in Wayne (now Ashland) County, Ohio, in 1818, and was the youngest in a family of six children born to Thomas and Harriet (Flaherty) Newell, his father being a native of Washington County, Pa., and the mother of Frederick County, Md.
The paternal grandparents, James and Mary Newell, at an early day settled in proximity to the fort, near the present city of Wheeling, W. Va., in what is now the State of Ohio. The grandfather was a native of Ireland, and after his emigration to America he engaged in farming in Ohio. The maternal grandparents, Amasa and Mary (Ridgley) Flaherty, were natives of Maryland. The grandfather was in the Revolutionary War under the command of Gen. Washington for six years and seven months, and for his services received a pension. He died at a ripe old age in Richland County, Ohio, where the death of his wife also occurred.
The parents of our subject went to Ohio in 1787, when children, at a time when there were but few settlements, and the towns and cities were not built. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and bought and improved a farm in Wayne County, Ohio, making it his home until 1839, when, accompanied by his family, he settled on section 23, Concord Township, and entered 400 acres of land. He carried on farming until his death, which occurred in 1858, at the age of seventy-five years and three months. His excellent wife died in 1846, at the age of fifty-seven years, and both were held in high esteem in the community where they resided.
Robert F. Newell has spent his entire life since 1839 in Louisa County, Iowa. He had previously received his education in the district schools of Ohio, and since attaining his majority has followed the occupation of farming. In Wapello County, in an Indian trading post, near Eddyville, he was united in marriage with Christina Newell, their union being celebrated on the 31st of December, 1843. She is a native of Logan County, Ohio, and a daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (McNey) Newell, who were born in Kentucky. Her father was a farmer and moved to Ohio, where he engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1853, at the age of seventy-four years. His estimable wife survived him until 1863, when she too departed this life, at the age of seventy-four years.
After their marriage the young couple began their domestic life upon the farm in Concord Township, which still continues to be their home, and for almost forty-five years have shared life’s joys and sorrows, its pleasures and pains, which come alike to all. Nine children have there been born to them, and eight are yet living: Elizabeth, now Mrs. Cushman, is living in Wyoming; Thomas is married and resides in Concord Township; Caroline, wife of L. A. Riley, makes her home in Wapello; Hugh died Sept. 16, 1851, at the age of eighteen months; Mary, now Mrs. Curtis, is living in Concord Township; John is married, and resides in Albany County, Wyo.; William, who is also married, and makes his home in Wyoming; Harriet C., now Mrs. Sidman, is living in Norton County, Kan. Mr. Newell and his wife have given their children good educations, such as would fit them for the practical duties of this life, and they are now all respected men and women.
Mr. Newell is the owner of 443 acres of land in Concord Township, 400 of which are under cultivation and highly improved. The farm is pleasantly situated about four and one-half miles from Columbus Junction, and four miles from Letts, and is well stocked with a good grade of horses and cattle. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has held various offices in the township and county, having been Justice of the Peace, Constable, Assessor, Supervisor and County Commissioner, and he has also assisted in organizing some of the school districts of the township.
Socially, Mr. Newell is a member of Triangular Lodge No. 245, A. F. & A. M., is one of its charter members, and held the office of Secretary for a number of years. He was one of the very earliest settlers of Concord Township, it requiring all of the citizens of that time to raise his log cabin. He has seen the full development of the county, and endured all the trials and privations incident to pioneer life. The winter of 1842-43 was one of great severity, but all such hardships were cheerfully borne, and to such men Louisa County owes its present prosperity and high rank in the great State of Iowa.
Robert farmed, breaking prairie land with oxen, he taught school & clerked in a Grandview store.
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA 1889 EDITION Pg 311 - Robert F Newell, an honored pioneer of Louisa County, Iowa, residing on section 23, Concord Township, was born in Holmes and reared in Wayne (now Ashland) County, Ohio, in 1818, and was the youngest in a family of six children born to Thomas and Harriet (Flaherty) Newell, his father being a native of Washington County, Pa., and the mother of Frederick County, Md.
The paternal grandparents, James and Mary Newell, at an early day settled in proximity to the fort, near the present city of Wheeling, W. Va., in what is now the State of Ohio. The grandfather was a native of Ireland, and after his emigration to America he engaged in farming in Ohio. The maternal grandparents, Amasa and Mary (Ridgley) Flaherty, were natives of Maryland. The grandfather was in the Revolutionary War under the command of Gen. Washington for six years and seven months, and for his services received a pension. He died at a ripe old age in Richland County, Ohio, where the death of his wife also occurred.
The parents of our subject went to Ohio in 1787, when children, at a time when there were but few settlements, and the towns and cities were not built. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and bought and improved a farm in Wayne County, Ohio, making it his home until 1839, when, accompanied by his family, he settled on section 23, Concord Township, and entered 400 acres of land. He carried on farming until his death, which occurred in 1858, at the age of seventy-five years and three months. His excellent wife died in 1846, at the age of fifty-seven years, and both were held in high esteem in the community where they resided.
Robert F. Newell has spent his entire life since 1839 in Louisa County, Iowa. He had previously received his education in the district schools of Ohio, and since attaining his majority has followed the occupation of farming. In Wapello County, in an Indian trading post, near Eddyville, he was united in marriage with Christina Newell, their union being celebrated on the 31st of December, 1843. She is a native of Logan County, Ohio, and a daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (McNey) Newell, who were born in Kentucky. Her father was a farmer and moved to Ohio, where he engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1853, at the age of seventy-four years. His estimable wife survived him until 1863, when she too departed this life, at the age of seventy-four years.
After their marriage the young couple began their domestic life upon the farm in Concord Township, which still continues to be their home, and for almost forty-five years have shared life’s joys and sorrows, its pleasures and pains, which come alike to all. Nine children have there been born to them, and eight are yet living: Elizabeth, now Mrs. Cushman, is living in Wyoming; Thomas is married and resides in Concord Township; Caroline, wife of L. A. Riley, makes her home in Wapello; Hugh died Sept. 16, 1851, at the age of eighteen months; Mary, now Mrs. Curtis, is living in Concord Township; John is married, and resides in Albany County, Wyo.; William, who is also married, and makes his home in Wyoming; Harriet C., now Mrs. Sidman, is living in Norton County, Kan. Mr. Newell and his wife have given their children good educations, such as would fit them for the practical duties of this life, and they are now all respected men and women.
Mr. Newell is the owner of 443 acres of land in Concord Township, 400 of which are under cultivation and highly improved. The farm is pleasantly situated about four and one-half miles from Columbus Junction, and four miles from Letts, and is well stocked with a good grade of horses and cattle. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has held various offices in the township and county, having been Justice of the Peace, Constable, Assessor, Supervisor and County Commissioner, and he has also assisted in organizing some of the school districts of the township.
Socially, Mr. Newell is a member of Triangular Lodge No. 245, A. F. & A. M., is one of its charter members, and held the office of Secretary for a number of years. He was one of the very earliest settlers of Concord Township, it requiring all of the citizens of that time to raise his log cabin. He has seen the full development of the county, and endured all the trials and privations incident to pioneer life. The winter of 1842-43 was one of great severity, but all such hardships were cheerfully borne, and to such men Louisa County owes its present prosperity and high rank in the great State of Iowa.
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