Background
Newcomb, Harry Turner was born on January 4, 1867 in Owosso, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Martyn and Lucia (Turner) Newcomb.
Newcomb, Harry Turner was born on January 4, 1867 in Owosso, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Martyn and Lucia (Turner) Newcomb.
Educated Ludington, Michigan, 1873-1881. Bachelor of Laws, Columbian (now George Washington University, 1891. I.L.M., 1892.
Began business career by entering service with the Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railroad as clerk in general offices, 1882. With Interstate Commerce Commission, 1888-1895. Chief transportation United States Department of Agriculture, 1895-1899.
Expert chief, division of agriculture United States Census, 1899-1901.
Editor Railway World, 1901-1902. Lecturer on statistics, Columbian University, 1896-1901.
Was counsel for Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company before Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, 1902-1903. With Professor Henry C. Adams, was employed by commission on interstate commerce of the United States Senate to digest the testimony taken by that committee prior to the enactment of the Hepburn law and to report as experts on certain points not fully covered by the testimony.
Senior member of law firm Newcomb & Frey, Washington, 1907-1917.
In practice New York City, 1918-1920. General solicitor, Doctorate. & H., Company, 1921-1926, general counsel of same company, 1926-1934. Also vice-president and general counsel Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation, April 1, 1930-December 31, 1934.
General counsel Hudson Coal Company, Champlain Transportation Company, Chateaugay Ore and Iron Company, Lake George Steamboat Company, et cetera
Trustee and treasurer American Institute City of New York, 1929-1939. Chairman administrative committee Council for Tariff Reduction.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (executive president). Member American Bar Association, Association Bar City of New York, National Institute of Social Sciences, Society Colonial Wars, Pi Gamma Museum. Clubs: Metropolitan (New York).
Married Lucy Theodora Comstock, October 11, 1893. Children: Comstock (deceased), Ellsworth (Mistress Hubert Alan Kenny, Junior), Winifred Wheeler (Mistress A. Doctorate. A. Crawford), Josiah Turner, Lucy Lamson (Mistress A. Morgan de Treville), Maryland (Mistress Edmund F. Kressy), Holly (Mistress John B. H. Luckett), Simone (Mistress Alfred Rowe Clark), Harrie Janet (Mistress Theodore Lyman Crockett), Harry Turner.