Fannie Ellsworth Newberry

Who was Fannie Ellsworth Newberry?

Fannie Ellsworth Stone Newberry wrote a long series of books, many of them stories for girls, of which the best seller was The Wrestler of Philippi.

Newberry was born in Monroe, Michigan on 7 May 1848, the daughter of Hiram and Sophia Stone. When Newberry was five, she moved to Chicago. She attended the Young Ladies Seminary of Monroe, Michigan. At age 17 she graduated from a school in Brookline, Massachusetts. In August, 1867 she married attorney Frank D. Newberry of Rochester, Michigan. He died in San Jose, California. They had four children: Max, Perry, Roy, and Grace. She is buried in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan.