Benjamin Franklin Newcomer was the son of John and Catherine Newcomer. He first married Amelia Louisa Ehlen in 1848. Amelia died 20 October 1881. Amelia was the daughter of John H. Ehlen.
Benjamin then married Sidonia Ayres in February of 1887. Sidonia died 7 February 1898. She was the daughter of Charles Ayres. Sidonia had previously been married to Morris J. Kemp.
The children of Benjamin Newcomer and Amelia Ehlen were:
1. Mary L. Newcomer (James M. Maslin)
2. Nannie Newcomer (Frederick Home Hack)
3. Hattie N. Newcomer (Henry Brooke Gilpin)
4. Waldo Newcomer (Margaret Vanderpoel)
Benjamin F. Newcomer
"About the year 1720 there came to the State of Pennsylvania from Switzerland a family which settled in Philadelphia. They were the parents of Wolfgang Newcomer, and he had three sons, who removed from Lancaster, Pa., to Washington county, in the State of Maryland, where they acquired ownership of large landed estates in the vicinity of Beaver Creek, near Hagerstown. One of these, Henry, was the father of John Newcomer. John and his wife Catherine were the parents of Benjamin F. Newcomer, of Baltimore.
Benjamin F. Newcomer was born upon the old homestead in Washington county, Md., which is still in possession of the family, on the 28th day of April, 1827. He received his education at the Hagerstown Academy with a view to civil engineering, but in the year 1842 his father, in connection with Samuel Stonebraker, established a whole-sale flour and grain business in Baltimore, under the style of Newcomer & Stonebraker, and sent his son, who was then sixteen years of age, to represent his interest. In a very short time this firm became the leaders in that branch of trade, and for many years its business aggregated one-tenth of all the flour sold in Baltimore. A few years later Benjamin, who was then but about eighteen and had sole charge of the firm's correspondence and financial department, purchased his father's interest, thus assuming enormous responsibilities for one so young.
His education, which had been interrupted during this time, was uppermost in the young man's mind, and in order to further pursue this he became a member of the Mercantile Library Association, of which he soon after became a director, and here he spent most of his evenings in reading and study and in attending lectures, including several courses in philosophy, astronomy and chemistry.
In 1862 the firm of Newcomer & Stonebraker was dissolved and was succeeded by the present house of Newcomer & Co., an establishment second to none in its line throughout the land for enterprise, management and integrity. Early in life Mr. Newcomer manifested his philanthropic tendencies. Benevolent of nature he, in conjunction with other prominent gentlemen, incorporated in the year 1853 the Maryland Institution for Instruction of the Blind, now the Maryland School for the Blind, of which coterie of benefactors and original incorporators he is the only surviving member and is the president of the Board. Mr. Newcomer stands prominent among Baltimore's ablest business men and financiers. In 1854 he was elected director of the Union Bank of Maryland, being the youngest member of the Board. In this capacity he served until 1868, when increasing pressure of his own affairs compelled him to resign. He is one of the original promoters of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange. In 1861 he was elected a director of the Northern Central Railway, of which organization he shortly after became the chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Newcomer is also a director of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. In association with the late W. T. Walters he served as Finance Commissioner of the city of Baltimore and as such discharged his duties with signal judgment and ability from 1867 to 1869. After the close of the war Mr. Newcomer acquired large interests in different railroads in North and South Carolina, and in connection with his life-long friend, the late W. T. Walters, established the Atlantic Coast Line Company, now one of the most prosperous and successful railway lines in the country.
Mr. Newcomer is now president of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore, to which position he was elected in 1868, and is also president of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company and of the Union Railroad Company, and he is a director in a large number of other railroads and in the Savings Bank of Baltimore.
There is perhaps no citizen of Baltimore upon whom the concensus of opinion would unite with more unanimity as to the possession of ability, integrity and general trustworthiness than upon Benjamin F. Newcomer. Firm, independent, self-reliant, he is ever courteous, always ready to listen to sensible suggestions, and after having listened, possessed of that strong common sense, rare judgment and wide experience which preclude error. In his attachments and affections he is devoted and never wavering.
At the age of twenty-one Mr. Newcomer married Amelia, daughter of John H. Ehlen, who died on the 20th of October, 1881. There are four children from this union. The eldest is Mary L., the wife of James M. Maslin, of the late firm of Henry, Maslin & Co.; the second is Nannie, wife of F. H. Hack, member of the Baltimore bar; the third is Hattie N., wife of H. B. Gilpin, of the firm of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., and the fourth is Waldo Newcomer, secretary of the Baltimore Storage and Lighterage Co.
Source: Official history of the fire department of the city of Baltimore. Clarence H. Forrest. Williams & Wilkins, 1898.
In 1902 Waldo Newcomer wrote a memorial to his father, titled A Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Franklin Newcomer.
Benjamin then married Sidonia Ayres in February of 1887. Sidonia died 7 February 1898. She was the daughter of Charles Ayres. Sidonia had previously been married to Morris J. Kemp.
The children of Benjamin Newcomer and Amelia Ehlen were:
1. Mary L. Newcomer (James M. Maslin)
2. Nannie Newcomer (Frederick Home Hack)
3. Hattie N. Newcomer (Henry Brooke Gilpin)
4. Waldo Newcomer (Margaret Vanderpoel)
Benjamin F. Newcomer
"About the year 1720 there came to the State of Pennsylvania from Switzerland a family which settled in Philadelphia. They were the parents of Wolfgang Newcomer, and he had three sons, who removed from Lancaster, Pa., to Washington county, in the State of Maryland, where they acquired ownership of large landed estates in the vicinity of Beaver Creek, near Hagerstown. One of these, Henry, was the father of John Newcomer. John and his wife Catherine were the parents of Benjamin F. Newcomer, of Baltimore.
Benjamin F. Newcomer was born upon the old homestead in Washington county, Md., which is still in possession of the family, on the 28th day of April, 1827. He received his education at the Hagerstown Academy with a view to civil engineering, but in the year 1842 his father, in connection with Samuel Stonebraker, established a whole-sale flour and grain business in Baltimore, under the style of Newcomer & Stonebraker, and sent his son, who was then sixteen years of age, to represent his interest. In a very short time this firm became the leaders in that branch of trade, and for many years its business aggregated one-tenth of all the flour sold in Baltimore. A few years later Benjamin, who was then but about eighteen and had sole charge of the firm's correspondence and financial department, purchased his father's interest, thus assuming enormous responsibilities for one so young.
His education, which had been interrupted during this time, was uppermost in the young man's mind, and in order to further pursue this he became a member of the Mercantile Library Association, of which he soon after became a director, and here he spent most of his evenings in reading and study and in attending lectures, including several courses in philosophy, astronomy and chemistry.
In 1862 the firm of Newcomer & Stonebraker was dissolved and was succeeded by the present house of Newcomer & Co., an establishment second to none in its line throughout the land for enterprise, management and integrity. Early in life Mr. Newcomer manifested his philanthropic tendencies. Benevolent of nature he, in conjunction with other prominent gentlemen, incorporated in the year 1853 the Maryland Institution for Instruction of the Blind, now the Maryland School for the Blind, of which coterie of benefactors and original incorporators he is the only surviving member and is the president of the Board. Mr. Newcomer stands prominent among Baltimore's ablest business men and financiers. In 1854 he was elected director of the Union Bank of Maryland, being the youngest member of the Board. In this capacity he served until 1868, when increasing pressure of his own affairs compelled him to resign. He is one of the original promoters of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange. In 1861 he was elected a director of the Northern Central Railway, of which organization he shortly after became the chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Newcomer is also a director of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. In association with the late W. T. Walters he served as Finance Commissioner of the city of Baltimore and as such discharged his duties with signal judgment and ability from 1867 to 1869. After the close of the war Mr. Newcomer acquired large interests in different railroads in North and South Carolina, and in connection with his life-long friend, the late W. T. Walters, established the Atlantic Coast Line Company, now one of the most prosperous and successful railway lines in the country.
Mr. Newcomer is now president of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore, to which position he was elected in 1868, and is also president of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company and of the Union Railroad Company, and he is a director in a large number of other railroads and in the Savings Bank of Baltimore.
There is perhaps no citizen of Baltimore upon whom the concensus of opinion would unite with more unanimity as to the possession of ability, integrity and general trustworthiness than upon Benjamin F. Newcomer. Firm, independent, self-reliant, he is ever courteous, always ready to listen to sensible suggestions, and after having listened, possessed of that strong common sense, rare judgment and wide experience which preclude error. In his attachments and affections he is devoted and never wavering.
At the age of twenty-one Mr. Newcomer married Amelia, daughter of John H. Ehlen, who died on the 20th of October, 1881. There are four children from this union. The eldest is Mary L., the wife of James M. Maslin, of the late firm of Henry, Maslin & Co.; the second is Nannie, wife of F. H. Hack, member of the Baltimore bar; the third is Hattie N., wife of H. B. Gilpin, of the firm of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., and the fourth is Waldo Newcomer, secretary of the Baltimore Storage and Lighterage Co.
Source: Official history of the fire department of the city of Baltimore. Clarence H. Forrest. Williams & Wilkins, 1898.
In 1902 Waldo Newcomer wrote a memorial to his father, titled A Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Franklin Newcomer.
Benjamin Franklin Newcomer was the son of John and Catherine Newcomer. He first married Amelia Louisa Ehlen in 1848. Amelia died 20 October 1881. Amelia was the daughter of John H. Ehlen.
Benjamin then married Sidonia Ayres in February of 1887. Sidonia died 7 February 1898. She was the daughter of Charles Ayres. Sidonia had previously been married to Morris J. Kemp.
The children of Benjamin Newcomer and Amelia Ehlen were:
1. Mary L. Newcomer (James M. Maslin)
2. Nannie Newcomer (Frederick Home Hack)
3. Hattie N. Newcomer (Henry Brooke Gilpin)
4. Waldo Newcomer (Margaret Vanderpoel)
Benjamin F. Newcomer
"About the year 1720 there came to the State of Pennsylvania from Switzerland a family which settled in Philadelphia. They were the parents of Wolfgang Newcomer, and he had three sons, who removed from Lancaster, Pa., to Washington county, in the State of Maryland, where they acquired ownership of large landed estates in the vicinity of Beaver Creek, near Hagerstown. One of these, Henry, was the father of John Newcomer. John and his wife Catherine were the parents of Benjamin F. Newcomer, of Baltimore.
Benjamin F. Newcomer was born upon the old homestead in Washington county, Md., which is still in possession of the family, on the 28th day of April, 1827. He received his education at the Hagerstown Academy with a view to civil engineering, but in the year 1842 his father, in connection with Samuel Stonebraker, established a whole-sale flour and grain business in Baltimore, under the style of Newcomer & Stonebraker, and sent his son, who was then sixteen years of age, to represent his interest. In a very short time this firm became the leaders in that branch of trade, and for many years its business aggregated one-tenth of all the flour sold in Baltimore. A few years later Benjamin, who was then but about eighteen and had sole charge of the firm's correspondence and financial department, purchased his father's interest, thus assuming enormous responsibilities for one so young.
His education, which had been interrupted during this time, was uppermost in the young man's mind, and in order to further pursue this he became a member of the Mercantile Library Association, of which he soon after became a director, and here he spent most of his evenings in reading and study and in attending lectures, including several courses in philosophy, astronomy and chemistry.
In 1862 the firm of Newcomer & Stonebraker was dissolved and was succeeded by the present house of Newcomer & Co., an establishment second to none in its line throughout the land for enterprise, management and integrity. Early in life Mr. Newcomer manifested his philanthropic tendencies. Benevolent of nature he, in conjunction with other prominent gentlemen, incorporated in the year 1853 the Maryland Institution for Instruction of the Blind, now the Maryland School for the Blind, of which coterie of benefactors and original incorporators he is the only surviving member and is the president of the Board. Mr. Newcomer stands prominent among Baltimore's ablest business men and financiers. In 1854 he was elected director of the Union Bank of Maryland, being the youngest member of the Board. In this capacity he served until 1868, when increasing pressure of his own affairs compelled him to resign. He is one of the original promoters of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange. In 1861 he was elected a director of the Northern Central Railway, of which organization he shortly after became the chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Newcomer is also a director of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. In association with the late W. T. Walters he served as Finance Commissioner of the city of Baltimore and as such discharged his duties with signal judgment and ability from 1867 to 1869. After the close of the war Mr. Newcomer acquired large interests in different railroads in North and South Carolina, and in connection with his life-long friend, the late W. T. Walters, established the Atlantic Coast Line Company, now one of the most prosperous and successful railway lines in the country.
Mr. Newcomer is now president of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore, to which position he was elected in 1868, and is also president of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company and of the Union Railroad Company, and he is a director in a large number of other railroads and in the Savings Bank of Baltimore.
There is perhaps no citizen of Baltimore upon whom the concensus of opinion would unite with more unanimity as to the possession of ability, integrity and general trustworthiness than upon Benjamin F. Newcomer. Firm, independent, self-reliant, he is ever courteous, always ready to listen to sensible suggestions, and after having listened, possessed of that strong common sense, rare judgment and wide experience which preclude error. In his attachments and affections he is devoted and never wavering.
At the age of twenty-one Mr. Newcomer married Amelia, daughter of John H. Ehlen, who died on the 20th of October, 1881. There are four children from this union. The eldest is Mary L., the wife of James M. Maslin, of the late firm of Henry, Maslin & Co.; the second is Nannie, wife of F. H. Hack, member of the Baltimore bar; the third is Hattie N., wife of H. B. Gilpin, of the firm of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., and the fourth is Waldo Newcomer, secretary of the Baltimore Storage and Lighterage Co.
Source: Official history of the fire department of the city of Baltimore. Clarence H. Forrest. Williams & Wilkins, 1898.
In 1902 Waldo Newcomer wrote a memorial to his father, titled A Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Franklin Newcomer.
Benjamin then married Sidonia Ayres in February of 1887. Sidonia died 7 February 1898. She was the daughter of Charles Ayres. Sidonia had previously been married to Morris J. Kemp.
The children of Benjamin Newcomer and Amelia Ehlen were:
1. Mary L. Newcomer (James M. Maslin)
2. Nannie Newcomer (Frederick Home Hack)
3. Hattie N. Newcomer (Henry Brooke Gilpin)
4. Waldo Newcomer (Margaret Vanderpoel)
Benjamin F. Newcomer
"About the year 1720 there came to the State of Pennsylvania from Switzerland a family which settled in Philadelphia. They were the parents of Wolfgang Newcomer, and he had three sons, who removed from Lancaster, Pa., to Washington county, in the State of Maryland, where they acquired ownership of large landed estates in the vicinity of Beaver Creek, near Hagerstown. One of these, Henry, was the father of John Newcomer. John and his wife Catherine were the parents of Benjamin F. Newcomer, of Baltimore.
Benjamin F. Newcomer was born upon the old homestead in Washington county, Md., which is still in possession of the family, on the 28th day of April, 1827. He received his education at the Hagerstown Academy with a view to civil engineering, but in the year 1842 his father, in connection with Samuel Stonebraker, established a whole-sale flour and grain business in Baltimore, under the style of Newcomer & Stonebraker, and sent his son, who was then sixteen years of age, to represent his interest. In a very short time this firm became the leaders in that branch of trade, and for many years its business aggregated one-tenth of all the flour sold in Baltimore. A few years later Benjamin, who was then but about eighteen and had sole charge of the firm's correspondence and financial department, purchased his father's interest, thus assuming enormous responsibilities for one so young.
His education, which had been interrupted during this time, was uppermost in the young man's mind, and in order to further pursue this he became a member of the Mercantile Library Association, of which he soon after became a director, and here he spent most of his evenings in reading and study and in attending lectures, including several courses in philosophy, astronomy and chemistry.
In 1862 the firm of Newcomer & Stonebraker was dissolved and was succeeded by the present house of Newcomer & Co., an establishment second to none in its line throughout the land for enterprise, management and integrity. Early in life Mr. Newcomer manifested his philanthropic tendencies. Benevolent of nature he, in conjunction with other prominent gentlemen, incorporated in the year 1853 the Maryland Institution for Instruction of the Blind, now the Maryland School for the Blind, of which coterie of benefactors and original incorporators he is the only surviving member and is the president of the Board. Mr. Newcomer stands prominent among Baltimore's ablest business men and financiers. In 1854 he was elected director of the Union Bank of Maryland, being the youngest member of the Board. In this capacity he served until 1868, when increasing pressure of his own affairs compelled him to resign. He is one of the original promoters of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange. In 1861 he was elected a director of the Northern Central Railway, of which organization he shortly after became the chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Newcomer is also a director of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. In association with the late W. T. Walters he served as Finance Commissioner of the city of Baltimore and as such discharged his duties with signal judgment and ability from 1867 to 1869. After the close of the war Mr. Newcomer acquired large interests in different railroads in North and South Carolina, and in connection with his life-long friend, the late W. T. Walters, established the Atlantic Coast Line Company, now one of the most prosperous and successful railway lines in the country.
Mr. Newcomer is now president of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore, to which position he was elected in 1868, and is also president of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company and of the Union Railroad Company, and he is a director in a large number of other railroads and in the Savings Bank of Baltimore.
There is perhaps no citizen of Baltimore upon whom the concensus of opinion would unite with more unanimity as to the possession of ability, integrity and general trustworthiness than upon Benjamin F. Newcomer. Firm, independent, self-reliant, he is ever courteous, always ready to listen to sensible suggestions, and after having listened, possessed of that strong common sense, rare judgment and wide experience which preclude error. In his attachments and affections he is devoted and never wavering.
At the age of twenty-one Mr. Newcomer married Amelia, daughter of John H. Ehlen, who died on the 20th of October, 1881. There are four children from this union. The eldest is Mary L., the wife of James M. Maslin, of the late firm of Henry, Maslin & Co.; the second is Nannie, wife of F. H. Hack, member of the Baltimore bar; the third is Hattie N., wife of H. B. Gilpin, of the firm of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., and the fourth is Waldo Newcomer, secretary of the Baltimore Storage and Lighterage Co.
Source: Official history of the fire department of the city of Baltimore. Clarence H. Forrest. Williams & Wilkins, 1898.
In 1902 Waldo Newcomer wrote a memorial to his father, titled A Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Franklin Newcomer.
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