Joseph Nowell
Joseph Nowell of Craven, Whitaker and Nowell and Joseph Nowell and Sons. A member of the Nowell family who were involved in canal and railway construction for many years.
c1784 Born
1805 Married Alice Willans in Dewsbury[1]
1806 Birth of son John Willans Nowell
1809 Birth of son Jonathan Willans Nowell
1836 Death Notice: 'On Tuesday the 12th instant, at his son’s house, Kilsby, near Daventry, after a short but severe illness, Mr. Joseph Nowell, contractor, formerly of Dewsbury, but lately of Watford, Herts, aged 52. Mr. Nowell was eminently qualified by great natural powers of calculation for the extensive works in which he was engaged ; and for the masterly completion of those works he acquired a reputation for grappling with difficulties, and foreseeing and providing for hazardous contingencies, such as placed him by common consent at the head of his profession. He was man of sterling worth, and his death will be deplored by all who were privileged with his friendship.'[2]