Josephine Louise Newcomb

Josephine Louise Newcomb
Born October 31, 1816
Baltimore, Maryland
Died April 7, 1901(1901-04-07) (aged 84)
Nationality American
Occupation Philanthropist
Spouse(s) Warren Newcomb
Children Warren Newcomb, Jr., Harriott Sophie Newcomb

Josephine Louise Newcomb (née Le Monnier; October 31, 1816 – April 7, 1901) was the philanthropist whose donations led to the founding of Newcomb College at Tulane University.[1]

Life

Josephine Louise Le Monnier was born in Baltimore on October 31, 1816 to Mary Sophia Waters and Alexander Le Monnier.[2] She received her education in Baltimore and in her father's native France.[3] After her mother died, Le Monnier went to live in New Orleans, where her older sister Eleanor Anne and brother-in-law William Henderson had settled.[2] There, Le Monnier met Warren Newcomb, and the couple married in Christ Church Cathedral on December 15, 1845.[4]

The couple moved to Louisville, Kentucky, and had a son, Warren, Jr., who died shortly after his birth in 1853.[2] The couple later moved to New York, where Josephine gave birth to their second child, Harriott Sophie Newcomb, on July 29, 1855.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  2. 1 2 3 "Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb". Knowla Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ Dixon, Brandt V. B. (1928). A Brief History of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, 1887-1919. ISBN 0-9646222-0-3.
  4. 1 2 "Who Was Josephine Louise Newcomb?" (PDF). NewcombLives.com. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
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