Josephine Louise Newcomb

Josephine Louise Newcomb (née Le Monnier; October 31, 1816 – April 7, 1901) was the philanthropist whose donations led to the founding of Newcomb College at Tulane University.[1]

Josephine Louise Newcomb
BornOctober 31, 1816
Baltimore, Maryland
DiedApril 7, 1901(1901-04-07) (aged 84)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhilanthropist
Spouse(s)Warren Newcomb
ChildrenWarren Newcomb, Jr., Harriott Sophie Newcomb

Life

Josephine Louise Le Monnier was born in Baltimore on October 31, 1816 to Mary Sophia Waters and Alexander Le Monnier.[2] She received her education in Baltimore and in her father's native France.[3] After her mother died, Le Monnier went to live in New Orleans, where her older sister Eleanor Anne and brother-in-law William Henderson had settled.[2] There, Le Monnier met Warren Newcomb, and the couple married in Christ Church Cathedral on December 15, 1845.[4]

The couple moved to Louisville, Kentucky, and had a son, Warren, Jr., who died shortly after his birth in 1853.[2] The couple later moved to New York, where Josephine gave birth to their second child, Harriott Sophie Newcomb, on July 29, 1855.[4]

References
  1. "Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  2. "Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb". Knowla Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  3. Dixon, Brandt V. B. (1928). A Brief History of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, 1887-1919. ISBN 0-9646222-0-3.
  4. "Who Was Josephine Louise Newcomb?" (PDF). NewcombLives.com. Retrieved December 18, 2012.


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