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Cloud County Cemetery Book, Volume 4, page 166: Orderly Sgt. Co. A 1st Wisc. Cav. ****************** Glasco Sun, Friday, June 21, 1912, page 2: Death of A. Newell Adrastus Newell was born near Sackett's Harbor, New York, Dec. 25, 1831. He moved to Watertown, Wis., at the age of twelve, where he lived until he was twenty-one, when he moved to Appleton, Wis., living there three years. In 1856 he was married to Mary A. Frost. To this union five children were born -- Alice M., Helen A., Frances A., Harriet H., and Seth P. Three...
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Cloud County Cemetery Book, Volume 4, page 166: Orderly Sgt. Co. A 1st Wisc. Cav. ****************** Glasco Sun, Friday, June 21, 1912, page 2: Death of A. Newell Adrastus Newell was born near Sackett's Harbor, New York, Dec. 25, 1831. He moved to Watertown, Wis., at the age of twelve, where he lived until he was twenty-one, when he moved to Appleton, Wis., living there three years. In 1856 he was married to Mary A. Frost. To this union five children were born -- Alice M., Helen A., Frances A., Harriet H., and Seth P. Three were born in Wisconsin and two in Kansas, all of whom are living and were present at the funeral.
Mr. Newell moved to Kansas in 1866, living in Dickinson county two years, since which time he has lived in Cloud county until his decease. He served in the First Wisconsin Calvary the last year of the Civil War. He had been a staunch member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1878, during which time he contributed liberally of his time and money for the extension of God's Kingdom.
He was an old pioneer settler, coming to this country in an early day, and has had no small share in making it the glorious country we enjoy. The whole community will greatly miss him. He leaves a host of friends because he always proved himself to be a friend to others. After a long and eventful life of 80 years, 5 months, 26 days he suddenly "fell asleep" Saturday evening, June 15, 1912, and was gathered unto his fathers.
Funeral services were held from the house Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev. F.R. Harding, assisted by Rev. E.C. Hardison of the Christian Advent church. The G.A.R. had charge of services at the grave.
"Life, I know not what thou art, But know that thou and i must part Then steal away; give little warning; Choose thine own time; Say not 'Good night,' But in some fairer clime Bid me 'Good morning.'" ******************** Glasco Sun, May 11, 1906, page 1: A Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. A. Newell Remembered by Many Relatives and Friends Quite a number of neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Adrastus Newell and family met at their residence on Tuesday, May 1, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, and all enjoyed a pleasant time. It could not have been otherwise, for Mr. Newell entertained them with vivid and interesting narratives concerning the experiences of his early days in Kansas. He immigrated from Wisconsin in 1866 and settled near Solomon City April 26 of that year. From there, in 1869, he moved to Solomon township, occupying the old farm on Criss Creek, where they lived for thirteen years, then moved to the present location near Glasco. The interest displayed by all who heard Mr. Newell talk about those things was exceeded only by the appetites displayed at the tables so bountifully laden with good things to eat.
No persons seemed to enjoy the affair more than did the hosts. All the children and grandchildren were present except two sons-in-law and four grandchildren.
On May, 1881, their silver wedding was celebrated while living on Criss Creek, assisted by neighbors at that time, most of whom have since passed to the other shore -- Mr. and Mrs. Abram Butler, Rev. Father and Mother Bracken, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thompson, Grandpa Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woodward and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McKinster. Doctor and Mrs. Brierley and Mr. and Mrs. Messimore are the only persons who assisted at that time who are now living, so far as can be remembered.
Children and grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Newell who were present were: Mrs. G. L. Fuller and children, Mabel, Bertha, Ralph and Leslie; Mr. and Mrs. James F. Pilcher, Robert, Claud, Arthur and Lois; Mrs. L.E. Woodward, Ethel and Lawrence; Mr. and Mrs. D.F. Sheffield; Mr. Seth Newell; Mr. and Mrs. A. Everley. Others who were present were: Miss Frost, Rev. J.F. Bates and wife, Miss Emma Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. James Neal, Mrs. Elizabeth Buffington of Springfield, Ohio; Grandma Squire, Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Bundy, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Messimore, Mr. and Mrs. George Hussey, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Rogers, Mrs. Noah Harper and daughter, Margaret; Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Archer and daughter, Sylvia; and Mr. Wm. Cochran.
Presents: Gold band glass set, Seth Newell Gold band plates, cups and saucers, Mrs. G.L. Fuller Gold lined sugar shell, Mrs. L.E. Woodward Gold lined spoon tray, Ethel Woodward Gold cream spoon, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Bundy Gold cream spoon, Mr. and Mrs. Neal and Mrs. Buffington Gold berry spoon, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Hussey Gold berry spoon, Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Palmer Gold fruit dish, Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Archer Gold band water set, Mr. and Mrs. A. Everley Gold breastpin and cuff buttons, Mr. and Mrs. H. Messimore Gold breastpin, Mr. and Mrs. E. Williamson Gold and China plate, Mrs. Thos. Brown $2.50 gold piece, Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Pilcher $5.00 gold piece, Mr. and Mrs. D.F. Sheffield A gold headed cane has been ordered for Mr. Newell and will be presented to him later. ******************* Sent by Find A Grave contributor Gloria Schulz: 1903 CLOUD COUNTY KANSAS HISTORY - p.673 Another of those old landmarks of Solomon township is Adrastus Newell, whose present good financial standing has been attained entirely through his own perseverance. His reputation for honesty and integrity is an enviable one, his hospitality is well known and his friends are legion. He lives one mile east of Glasco in one of those good old-fashioned farm houses whose exterior and interior bespeak all the comforts a well-to-do farmer and his family can enjoy. His home is presided over by Mrs. Newell, who is a true helpmate to her husband and who possesses that most desirable attribute, an excellent housewife, as the neatness of their home testifies. Mr. Newell is a native of Jefferson county, New York, born near Sackett's Harbor in 1831. He is a son of Origen Stores and Sarah (Baker) Newell. His father was born in Vermont, October 4, 1802, and when five years of age moved with his parents to the state of New York. Arriving at mature years he became a farmer, emigrated to Wisconsin and settled in Jefferson county, forty-five miles distant from the city of Milwaukee, where he died In 1868. Mr. Newell's grandfather was In the war of 1812, Mr. Newell says he remembers him distinctly, as he occasionally applied the chastening rod to him, an occurrence often made indelible on the memory of a boy. His paternal great-grandparent emigrated from England to Vermont and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Newell only recall his mother as she was robed for burial. She died when he was but four years of age. He remembers his maternal grandfather who was very much of a recluse, hence Mr. Newell knows but little of his maternal ancestors other than they were of Holland origin. Mr. Newell was one of eleven children. There were seven by a second marriage. Of these he only knows of a brother, living in Wisconsin, and a sister in Idaho. Mr. Newell began at the foundation when he entered upon a career for himself. He worked at anything he could find to do, on the farm, teaming, and gathering wood ashes for a soda factory (In those days ashes were collected for the manufacture of soda). Later he worked in the Wisconsin pineries for $17 per month. Out of his earnings he saved enough to buy the undivided half of a three hundred and twenty acre tract of land seventeen miles from Green Bay, and fourteen miles from Appleton, Wisconsin. he paid $150 in gold for a yoke of oxen. The land was heavily timbered. He cleared one hundred acres in one year, employing five men. Mr. Newell says he worked so hard and tried to accomplish so much that he shingled a barn by moonlight. He would start to market with a load of wheat at 5 A.M. Perhaps his breakfast would be a biscuit frozen so hard he could scarcely eat it. There he lived thirteen years and 1866 came to Kansas. He had served his country the last year of the war in Company A, First Wisconsin Cavalry, under General Wilson of Cuban war fame, who had command of all the cavalry of the army of the Tennessee. Mr. Newell was promoted to commissary sergeant. He was discharged in Wedgefield, Georgia, returned to Wisconsin and the following year sold his farm. Mrs. Newell's people had preceded them to Kansas and he had heard a great deal about the state during the war. These were the inducements which brought them here, and at the persuasion of friends he filed on a homestead three miles north of Glasco, which he sold later with the intention of going to California, but when the opportunity presented itself he realized more forcibly than ever before that Kansas was a great and prosperous state, and, concluding to remain, he bought his present valuable farm in 1883. Mr. Newell has improved this place, making it one of the finest in the country. His residence is a commodious one of eight rooms, splendid barns, sheds for vehicles and implements, shelter for his cattle and a capacious granary. When in Wisconsin, Mr. Newell with his sisters, attended the Oneida Mission church, where he met Mary A. Frost, a teacher in the Mission school, whom he married in 1856. Mrs. Newell was born in the state of Ohio. When she was five years of age her parents moved to New York where they remained seven years and their removed to Wisconsin. Her father was Aaron Frost, a native of New Hampshire. He emigrated to New York, where he married, and afterward settled in Ohio. He was burned to death in 1845 along with his residence or burned so badly that he died as a result. A band of robbers were infesting the neighborhood. A man whom he knew to be one of the party was tolled into the Frost residence and his attention occupied until another party who had received a signal from Mr. Frost summoned an officer. The man was arrested, found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. At the expiration of his term Mr. Frost's residence was burned to the ground and six weeks later his saw mill, undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. Their home was in Ashtabula county, on the shores of Lake Erie. Her mother was Almira Sterling of New York. Mrs. Newell's maternal grandmother was a Whittlesly, who was married in Connecticut, and made the trip to Vermont four times on horseback. The first time she traveled alone, the second with one baby, the third with two; after that they became too numerous to travel on horseback. Mrs. Newell's great-grandfather was a member of the famous "Boston Tea Party," a name popularly given to the famous assemblage of citizens in Boston, December 16, 1773, who met to carry out the non-importation resolves of the colony. Disguised as Indians, they went on board three ships which had just arrived in the harbors, and threw several hundred chests of tea into the sea. The Whittleslys were of English origin, as were also the Sterlings. To Mr. and Mrs. Newell five children were born, four daughters and one son, viz: Alice, wife of Gilbert Fuller (see sketch). Helen Agnes, wife of James Pilcher (see sketch). Fannie A., wife of D.F. Sheffield (see sketch). Hattie H., wife of Elsworth Woodward, a farmer of Osborne county, Kansas. Seth Paul is associated with his father on the farm. He is a graduate of the Glasco high school and took a two year's preparatory course in the Wesleyan College at Salina. The two eldest daughters took a two years course in the Concordia Normal School and taught until their marriages. The daughters are intellectual women, good wives and mothers. Mr. Newell is a Republican and takes an active interest in political issues. The family for years have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The Newell residence is a home for all the pastors. When the church is in need of finances or work to be done, Mr. Newell is called upon. He is generous, public spirited and a supporter of every worthy cause. Has been post commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of Glasco for the past five years. Mr. Newell is one of the few pioneers left of 1868, who gathered together for work while others stood guard upon some high point of ground where they could scan the country over for a glimpse of the wily red man. The first thing in the morning, with gun in hand, was to take a survey for the Indian and at night the same thing was repeated: During the times of Indian scares they would often join the settlers at the stockade. The buffalo and antelope furnished an abundance of meat. On one hunt Mr. Newell and his party brought in several quarters of buffalo and seventeen wild turkeys. Their first Christmas dinner in Kansas was distinguished by wild turkey, and no finer roast could be produced from out the barnyard flock of domestic fowls. The country resounded with the yelp of hungry coyotes and often while milking the cows these hungry beasts would come within a few feet of them and lick their chops like dogs. |