4. | Lewis Elmer Newcomb (3.Ethan3, 2.Eliza2, 1.Nicholas1) was born on 22 Feb 1887 in Saybrook, Mclean Co, Illinois; died on 2 Sep 1977 in Boise, Ada Co, Idaho. 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
Lewis married Helen Alice Prisk on 19 Jun 1912 in Nampa, Canyon Co, Idaho. Helen (daughter of Philip Paul Prisk and Linda Thompson) was born on 29 Aug 1889 in Elkhorn, Walworth Co, Wisconsin; died on 7 Mar 1956 in Boise, Ada Co, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Eleanor Newcomb was born on 30 Nov 1915 in Melba, Canyon Co, Idaho; died on 13 Jul 2008 in Canon City, Fremont Co, Colorado; was buried on 18 Jul 2008 in Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada Co, Idaho.
- 6. Lewis Elmer Newcomb was born on 9 May 1917 in Melba, Canyon Co, Idaho; and died.
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