Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Arthur Emlen 3rd NEWBOLD
ARTHUR E. NEWBOLD, 3D, RETIRED LAWYER, 81, Arthur Emlen Newbold 3d, 81, a retired lawyer, died yesterday of complications from Parkinson's disease yesterday at Friends Hall, a nursing home in West Chester. He lived most of his life in Chestnut Hill and Northeast Harbor, Maine. More recently, he lived in Phoenixville.
A graduate of Harvard College (1936), he joined the law firm of Dechert Smith & Clark (now Dechert Price & Rhoads) shortly after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1940. He retired in 1978.
A horseback rider, he became a member of the First City Troop, Philadelphia Cavalry, and was called to active duty in 1941. During World War II, he rose to the rank of major.
He came from a family whose business was investing. One great-great-grandfather was W.H. Newbold, who founded W.H. Newbold's Son & Co., a stock brokerage that was in the family from 1824 until the early 1970s. One of his grandfathers was a partner of J.P. Morgan and another was a founder of Yarnall Biddle & Co., a brokerage firm.
Another great-great-grandfather, George Mifflin Dallas, was once mayor of Philadelphia, a vice president of the United States (from 1845 to 1849 under President James K. Polk), and the man after whom Dallas is named.
Mr. Newbold was a former chairman of the Committee of 70, and a former member of the Orpheus Club, the Rabbit and the Philadelphia Club.
He is survived by his second wife, Emily Swartley Newbold; two sons, Arthur E. 4th and Christopher H.; a daughter, Mary Lee Rosenman; two stepchildren; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill Avenue, in Chestnut Hill. Burial will be at the Cemetery of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Ambler.
| HOME | EMAIL | SURNAMES |
Return to The Pennocks of Primitive Hall website.
The information in this database may contain errors. If you find any questionable data, or if you have something to add my findings, please feel free to e-mail me by clicking on the "E-MAIL" link above. Thank you!
Page built by Gedpage Version 2.21 ©2009 on 07 July 2020