Background
Newberry, John Josiah was born on September 26, 1877 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Andrew T. and Mary H. (Walsmith) Newberry.
Newberry, John Josiah was born on September 26, 1877 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Andrew T. and Mary H. (Walsmith) Newberry.
Educational public schools of Pennsylvania.
Messenger, Pennsylvania R.R., Wilkes Barre, 1890-1894. With Fowler Dick & Walker Department Store, 1894-1899. With S.H. Kress & Company, chain variety stores, 1899-1911.
Started own business as J. J. Newberry & Company, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1911, Chairman, Board Of Directors since 1923. Chairman, Board Of Directors North Jersey Trust Company, Ridgewood, New Jersey Trustee Princeton Theological Seminary.
Mason.; Clubs: Union League, Rotary (New York City).
Married Myrtle Edith Homer, February 20, 1901 (died May 9, 1944).; married second, Alice M. Malloy, March 2, 1946. Children: John Josiah, Junior.