BIOGRAPHIES:  Isaac McElwain NEWCOMB, Pepin, Pepin Co., WI

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Isaac McElwain Newcomb, steamboat pilot, Pepin, was born at Pepin, May
9, 1855.  He attended the Pepin high school a portion of the time until
twenty years of age.  When fifteen years old he began working on the
river as a laborer, and has worked on the river every season since. 
For the last fifteen years he has been a licensed pilot, running
between Stillwater, Minn. and St. Louis.  He was married December 24,
1882, to Louise Lage.  They have three children:  Paul R., born
September 6, 1883; Max E., August 17, 1886, and Henry L., November 13,
1888.  Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb have always lived in the village of Pepin,
where they have a comfortable home.  Mr. Newcomb is a republican and a
member of the Masonic fraternity and Pilots' association.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," page 693.


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