Biography

07/28/1843 - 05/27/1919

Doctor John Knox Newell (R23) Bradford and Wyoming Counties 1885-1892

Early Life: 

Doctor John Knox Newell born July 28, 1843, Wysox Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, July 28, 1843; son of Charles and Julia Smith Newell; education, public schools, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; studied dentistry, LeRaysville, Bradford County, opened practice, Wyalusing, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 1866-1890; married, Gertrude Adelaide Passmore Newell, 1874, children, Henry Passmore Newell, James Monroe Newell; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1885-1892; elected, cashier, Citizens National Bank, 1890-1919; died, May 27, 1919, interment Oak Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.  

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Odd Fellows, member, Masons

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 23rd district, Bradford and Wyoming Counties, 1885-1892, committee assignments, Accounts, Congressional Apportionment, Insurance, Public Health and Sanitation, Public Printing.

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members N". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1892). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 687 and 693-695, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 659.

John Knox Newell (1843-1919) - Find a Grave Memorial