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
Born(1857-07-27)July 27, 1857
Chicago
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kunhardt, Peter W.; Kunhardt, Philip B. (1995). P.T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 9780679435747.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) - 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Alt URL
  • Smithsonian Institution (2016). "George Washington Morrison Nutt and Minnie Warren". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved February 14, 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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