Person:Ellen Newton (7)

According to E. Leonard, in The Newton Genealogy (de Pere, Wisc., 1915)

Ellen HULDAH b. May 29, 1808, at Cincinnati, Ohio ; never married ; resides with lier mother at 5667 Belmont Ave.', College Hill, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. In reply to my questions, she writes o£ herself thus : "As you know, my father was librarian of a city library for twenty years, and a man of great learning; but he did not send his one child to school. I have had books around me, and have heard them talked of all my life, and consequently have read a great deal, and have written a little my.self.

I paint a little, garden, embroider, do church work (I am an Episcopalian), like to cook, and keep house. In short 'a Jack of all trades, master of none'."

It is only just to add, that Miss Newton is an efficient helper in many lines of social uplift ; as is instanced in the prominent places accorded her by those with whom she is associated. She is a mendier of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and of the Ohio Mayflower Society, organized April 25, 1808—charter member; through descent from John Howland, Stephen Hopkins and John Tilly. In the work of missions .she is a "missionary enthusiast."