Edmund Newell

Edmund Newell (July 27, 1857 – December 23, 1915), better known as General Grant Jr. or Major Edward Newell, was a 19th-century dwarf who gained fame as an associate of P. T. Barnum. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Edmund S. Newell and Sarah Ellen Jimmerson.

Edmund Newell
Newell in the 1870s
Born(1857-07-27)July 27, 1857
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedDecember 23, 1915(1915-12-23) (aged 58)
Marylebone, London, England
Other namesGeneral Grant Jr.
Major Edward Newell
OccupationSideshow performer

Edmund married Minnie Warren in July, 1877 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Minnie was also a dwarf, and so was her sister, Lavinia Warren, wife of General Tom Thumb.[1][2][3][4] Minnie died in childbirth in 1878, and was buried in Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleborough, Massachusetts. After her death, Edmund moved to England and married Mary Ann Drake, a woman of normal stature, on April 5, 1888 in St. Giles, London, England. They had two children: Edmund Charles Jeffreys Newell and Daisy Louise Newell.[5]

Edmund died on December 23, 1915 in Marylebone, London, England.

Bibliography

Notes

  1. New York Times 1881
  2. Kunhardt & Kunhardt 1995
  3. Smithsonian Institution 2016
  4. Disability History Museum 2016
  5. Rock Island Argus 1916, p. Front Page

References

  • Disability History Museum, FIRST (2016). "Lavinia And Minnie Warren". Straight Ahead Pictures. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  • Kunhardt, Peter W.; Kunhardt, Philip B. (1995). P.T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 9780679435747. - Total pages: 358
  • New York Times (May 26, 1881). ""COMMODORE NUTT" DEAD.; THE HISTORY OF THE WELL-KNOWN DWARF". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  • Rock Island Argus (February 14, 1916). "Famous Midget Dead In Europe". Rock Island Argus. ISSN 2332-0680. OCLC 26846738. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016. Alt URL
  • Smithsonian Institution (2016). "George Washington Morrison Nutt and Minnie Warren". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved February 14, 2016.


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