Newcomb, Josephine Louise LeMonnier, 1816-1901

found: NUCMC data from Newcomb College, Center for Research on Women (New Orleans, La.) for Her Papers, ca. 1888-1897(b. Josephine Louise LeMonnier, Baltimore, 1816; m. Warren Newcomb; founder of H. Sophie Newcomb College, named in honor of their daughter Harriott Sophie, who died at the age of 11; Josephine Newcomb supplied an initial endowment of $100,000 for the establishment of the college, and continued donating to the college until her death in 1901; her will, which left almost all her estate to the college, was contested by her relatives; an 8-year court trial ensued, during which much of Newcomb's correspondence was examined for signs of insanity; ultimately, the case was settled in favor of the college)