Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Pulaski County

S.A. Newell, a native of Pulaski County, Ky. and a son of Joseph B. and Jane
(Kinkead) Newell, was born December 15, 1832.  Joseph B. Newell, a native of
the same county, was born in 1800.  He engaged in farming, stock-raising and
stock-trading, and served as magistrate for a number of years.  He died in
1880, having been a member of the Presbyterian Church for many years before
his death.  His parents were Samuel and Jean (Montgomery) Newell, the former
of whom was born on the Atlantic ocean, served as a soldier in the
Revolution, and was shot through the body at King's Mountain.  His father
was also Samuel Newell, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States
about 1754, and was a farmer by occupation.  Jane (Kinkead) Newell was born
in Hawkins County, Tenn., in 1795, a daughter of David and Mary (Williams)
Kinkead.  S.A. Newell was educated at the common schools and at Centre
College, Danville, Ky., where he graduated in 1853, and the same year
commenced to read law.  In 1856 and 1857 he attended the law school at
Louisville, Ky., and was admitted to the bar in 1857, but did not commence
active practice until 1876, having engaged in farming and teaching school in
the meantime.  He taught school for about ten years, and owns eighty acres
of land just outside of the town limits of Somerset.  March 21, 1854, he
married Mary E. Bradley, of Garrard County, Ky., a daughter of Col. R.M. and
Ellen (Totten) Bradley, a sister of William O. Bradley, who was the late
Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky.  Mr. And Mrs. Newell are
members of the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Newell was appointed Master
Commissioner in 1886 and in politics is Democratic.

Bradley Kinkead Montgomery Newell Totten Williams
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Ireland Hawkins-TN Garrard-KY

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