1845 - 1932

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• Birth	27 Jun 1845	Montrose Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	Mar 1932	Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I39974	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	07 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	George Benson LEWIS, b. 4 May 1821, New York (Probably in Orange County)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lucy ROGERS, b. 23 Sep 1816, Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F17658	Group Sheet
  Family	Augustus William NEWELL, b. 9 Oct 1832, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Married	Mar 1878	Oneonta, Otsego County, New York
  Children	> 1. Lewis (Capt.) NEWELL, Capt., b. 31 Dec 1880, Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania   2. Henry Foster NEWELL, b. Jan 1882, Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania   3. Augustus "Gus" William NEWELL, b. 1884, Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F17657	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Phebe Lewis Newell was born in Montrose, Pennsylvania on June 27, 1845. Mrs. Newell attended the Montrose public school. She started teaching school before she was sixteen, teaching at both the winter and spring terms at Montrose High School. Taught Freed Slaves At the age of 23 on December 27, 1868, she was sent by the Freedman's Aid Commission to Okolona, Mississippi to teach the recent freed men. Mrs. Margaret Baldwin, of Montrose, who was later married to the Hon. R. B. Stone of this city was already teaching there. They were together in the south for three years. The school in Okolona was supported by the Philips Brooks Church of Philadelphia. Mrs. Newell later taught school in West Pittston for four years. Coming to Bradford in 1876 for a visit with Mrs. R. B. Stone she met Augustus W. Newell. They were married in March 1877 at Oneonta, New York. Mrs. Newell has resided in this city since. Mrs. Newell was one of the charter members of the Bradford W.C.T.U. and was instrumental in securing the present building on Congress Street. She was one of the oldest members of the Women's Literary Club and had served as its president and also on the Board of Directors. Source: Please cite original sources. Compiled by: J. K. Loren