John J. Newell
Arizona GENWEB Archives
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, page 20

John J. Newell, serving in an efficient, able and conscientious way as deputy sheriff of 
the town of Naco, was born in Ireland in 1874, a son of Michael and Mary Kane Newell.  
The parents came to the United States when the subject of this review was only 
two months old and settled in Illinois where the father farmed for a number 
of years.  He has now retired from active life and he and his wife reside in West Point 
Illinois.  In their familywere eight children: Kate, who married John O'Day of 
Lafayette, Colorado, Patrick H., a resident of West Point; Mary who married Alexander 
Clampitt of West Point; Ellen, the deceased wife of John Kruger of Hamilton, Illinois; 
Winnie, who married John Hughes of Bisbee Arizona; M.F. of Stillwell Illinois, Thomas W. 
of the same city and John J. of this review.

John J. Newell grew to manhood upon his father's farm in Illinois, attending the
district schools until he was twenty years of age.  At that time he came west and 
settled in Bisbee, Cochise County, where he was employed at the smelter works of the 
Copper Queen Mining Company.  He spent two years there, and then came to Naco, taking up 
government land upon the site where the town now stands.  He was also connected for
three years with the Cananea Consolidated Copper Company as clerk in the forwarding 
office, but at the end of that time gave his entire attention to the development of 
his ranch for a number of years.  It was, however, later purchased by the town 
site company and laid out into the town of Naco. Mr. Newell then abandoned farming and 
turned his attention to business pursuits. He has held public office in the city for 
several years having been elected as Marshall and being afterward appointed deputy 
sheriff.  He still holds the latter position and has made avery creditable 
official record, displaying the utmost fidelity and conscientiousness in the 
discharge of his duties.

Mr. Newell was married in 1901 to Miss Jennie Curtis, a native of Utah and a daughter of 
H.A. and Martha Whiteman Curtis, who went to Utah in the early days, joining the 
Mormon colony there.  Mr. and Mrs. Newell have three children: Thomas, Jack and Charlotte.