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.
Edmund Newell | |
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.png) Newell in the 1870s | |
| Born | July 27, 1857 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | December 23, 1915 (aged 58) Marylebone, London, England |
| Other names | General Grant Jr. Major Edward Newell |
| Occupation | Sideshow performer |
Life edit
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Edmund S. Newell and Sarah Ellen Jimmerson.
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.[5]
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 edit
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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
- ""COMMODORE NUTT" DEAD.; THE HISTORY OF THE WELL-KNOWN DWARF". The New York Times. May 26, 1881. 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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