Lewis Elmer Newcomb

1887 - 1977  (90 years)

• Name	Lewis Elmer Newcomb  [1]
  Birth	22 Feb 1887	Saybrook, Mclean Co, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Sep 1977	Boise, Ada Co, Idaho   [1]
  Burial	Y  [4]
  Person ID	I464	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Ethan Allen Newcomb,   b. 1 Jan 1850, Saybrook, Mclean Co, Illinois d. Abt 1932, Saybrook, Mclean Co, Illinois (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Laura Emma Jordan,   b. 1860, Gibson City, Ford Co, Illinois d. Saybrook, Mclean Co, Illinois
  Marriage	19 Jan 1876	Gibson City, Ford Co, Illinois   [5]
  Family ID	F192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Alice Prisk,   b. 29 Aug 1889, Elkhorn, Walworth Co, Wisconsin d. 7 Mar 1956, Boise, Ada Co, Idaho (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1912	Nampa, Canyon Co, Idaho
  Children	1. Eleanor Newcomb,   b. 30 Nov 1915, Melba, Canyon Co, Idaho d. 13 Jul 2008, Canon City, Fremont Co, Colorado (Age 92 years)   2. Lewis Elmer Newcomb,   b. 9 May 1917, Melba, Canyon Co, Idaho d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2005

  
  

• Notes

  Mr. Newcomb went to Montana in 1907 and followed civil engineering there and in the state of Washington until 1910. He returned to Idaho where he became a horticulturist and later was appointed deputy state horticulturist inspector in 1911 by Gov. Hawley of Idaho. In 1913 he resigned his position to enter the U.S. Office of Irrigation Investigation, Boise, Idaho. There is a large discrepancy between the SSDI birth date of 27 Mar 1887 and the Andrew Newcomb genealogy birthdate of 22 Feb 1887 [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Compiled and revised by Bethuel Merritt Newcomb, Berkeley, California , Newcomb main, (The Tuttle, Morehouse & taylor Co., New Haven, Conn, 1923), p594 (Reliability: 3). [S341] U.S. Government, WWI Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918. Name: Newcomb, Lewis Elmer Birth Date: 22 Feb 1887 Birth Place: Saybrook IL City/County: Ada State: ID Ethnicity: W [S303] Social Security Administration, U.S. Government, SSDI - master, Number: 518-54-8280; Issue State: Idaho; Issue Date: 1962 (Reliability: 3). SSN: 518-54-8280; BORN: 27 Mar 1887. Note:This birthdate is wrong since the birthdate of 22 Feb 1887 is confirmed by his WWI Draft Registration card filled out by himself. [S566] Find A Grave website founder Jim Tipton, Findagrave, Memorial ID 31775938 with gravestone picture (Reliability: 3). [S219] Compiled and revised by Bethuel Merritt Newcomb, Berkeley, California , Newcomb main, (The Tuttle, Morehouse & taylor Co., New Haven, Conn, 1923), p593 (Reliability: 3).