Bio of NEWHOUSE, Benjamin F., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 795-796
BENJAMIN F. NEWHOUSE
In business circles Benjamin F. Newhouse is prominent by reason of his executive
ability, which has been manifest in the organization and management of important
industrial enterprises, and he is now president and manager of the Seaman Paper
Company, which he incorporated in 1920.
A native of Kentucky, Benjamin F. Newhouse was born in Frankfort, a son of
Morris and Annie (Partee) Newhouse. His father was residing in Pennsylvania at
the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. Putting his personal interests aside
he enlisted in the Union army and served throughout that conflict, participating
in most of the strategic engagements. After the close of the war he located in
Frankfort, Kentucky. His wife's family was an old and honored one of Georgia,
her father having come from Bavaria to that state when a boy.
In the acquirement of his early educational training Benjamin F. Newhouse
attended the public schools of his native state and after putting his textbooks
aside, became a page in the state legislature. He was active in that connection
for some time and then took up newspaper reporting, in this manner becoming
acquainted with many of the notable public men of the state in that day.
Subsequently he went into the paper manufacturing business, becoming associated
with a large concern in Cincinnati, Ohio. Later he accepted a position with a
Chicago company and his constant application to the thing at hand and innate
ability soon brought him to the notice of heads of the concern. As a result he
was chosen from among many older employes of the company to come to Minneapolis,
here to establish branch offices, of which he was to be manager. He soon had the
business on a sound footing and in 1920 incor­porated the Seaman Paper Company,
with himself as president and manager, the officers of the Chicago company being
on the board of directors of the new concern. The Seaman Paper Company is the
largest of its kind in Minneapolis and specializes in the manufacture of paper
for printers and publishers. In fact, the business has grown to such proportions
that the company is outgrowing its premises and will soon be compelled to occupy
more commodious quarters.
Mr. Newhouse married Miss Frances Stein of Illinois, and to their union one son
has been born, Jerome Franklin. Mr. Newhouse can always be counted upon to
further any movement for the material and moral progress of the city, or for the
exploitation of its resources and opportunities. Fraternally he is identified
with the Benevoleat Protective Order of Elks and socially he holds membership in
the Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Interlachen Country Club.