Frederick S. Newell was born in Kenosha on June 6, 1845, was a graduate of Yale, and was the president of the Bain Wagon Company following the death of its founder, Edward Bain. Mrs. Frances Bain Newell was born in Kenosha in 1849, and was the daughter of Edward Bain. They were active in the First Congregational Church of Kenosha.