J. W. NEWBY
J. W. Newby, dealer in agricultural implements, sewing machines, organs, etc., was born in N. C. in 1849; moved with his parents to Carroll county. Ind.; thence to Mills county, Ia., in 1867, and to Shelby county the following year, locating one and one-half miles east of Harlan, on what was known as the Baughn farm. In 1875 he moved to Harlan, and established his present business, which is now located on West Market street. He is agent for the White, Domestic, and Household sewing machines, and for Furst & Bradley's, Walter A. Wood's Wier Co.'s., and Aultman, Miller & Co.'s goods, and for other leading manufactories. He has a branch establishment at Irwin.
Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 422.
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