Newell, Dinah

1783 - 1874  (~ 90 years)

• Name	Newell, Dinah
  	She almost certainly was Dinah Newell Wilcox. Her grave inscription was on the same monument as Norris C. Wilcox and his wives Charlotte and Laura A.D. Initial identification of Dinah as Elijah's second wife came from on-line notes posted by Cathy Kuhl. Grave location from findagrave.com.
  Birth	Oct 1783
  	Date calculated from gravestone.
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Feb 1874
  	The Baraboo Republic - Wednesday, 4 Mar 1874 One of the most singular diseases known to the medical profession is that termed senile gangrene. It is a mortification of living flesh, and generally begins at the extremities, the tips of the fingers, and spreads until the whole body is affected or until death ensues. The prefix "senile" pertaining to old age, or having its origin from old age, is to distinguish it from the ordinary hospital gangrene. But one case of this disease has ever came to our knowledge, and that occurred a few days since near this village, as we are informed by Dr. M.M Davis, the attendant physician. The affected person was Mrs. Wilcox, an old lady aged 95 years, mother of Mr. Norris Wilcox. The disease first made its appearance at the tips of her fingers and had the appearance of a red blotch. It gradually extended over the hand and affected the arm. The sensation led the patient to believe that a dead weight was attached to that side of her body, and to ask that it be removed. As the disease is generally regarded as fatal, no relief could be afforded her, and the gangrene rapidly spread until all vitality had left the body. Transcribed and provided by Cathy Kuhl
  Burial	Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I1246	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2014

  
  

  Family 1	Wilcox, Giles Sr.
  Children	1. Wilcox, Giles Jr.   2. Wilcox, Norris Case,   b. 25 Jun 1824, LaFayette, Onandaga, New York, USA d. 6 Mar 1893, Fairfield, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Phelps, Elijah D.,   b. 1 Oct 1775, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut d. 1867 or later
  Marriage	Bef 10 Apr 1851
  	Probably married in Lafayette, Onandaga, New York where Dinah lived. The date of marriage was between 24 Aug 1850 (the date of the 1850 US Census) and 10 Apr 1851 when Elijah D. Phelps and Dinah his wife sold their land in Hastings. [1, 2]
  Family ID	F449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Burial - - Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones		Phelps, Dinah Inscription on Wilcox monument. Location: N43.53815 W89.68483
  		Wilcox, Norris Case -- family monument

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] 1850 US Census, (National Archives and Records Administration), Hastings, Oswego, New York; Roll: M432_578; Page: 280A; Image: 322. [S164] Deed, Oswego County, New York, Book 55, pp. 463-464.