This very traditional salt box style  home was  built in Bellevale, New York by John Newberry, father of my 3rd great grandfather James Newberry (b. 1791) who was one of the first members of the LDS Church. 

James' life took him from Bellevale to Hanover, Pennsylvania for a short period of time.  Moving on he went to Brownhelm, Ohio, where his brother John settled on the Black River.  The spirit of adventure took he and his family from Ohio on to Missouri and Illinois with the Mormons when they followed Joseph Smith all over the mid-west. They were driven from one settlement to the next by their detractors and and enemies.  Finally when Nauvoo fell, James with his two surviving wives moved out to Council Bluffs, Iowa.  He held land in several different counties.  His final years were spent in Pottawattamie County at Wheeler's Grove.

My book "The Quiet Patriarch" gives a detailed and documented account of his odyssey.   It will be available again in 2021.

Some information about his life is available at: The Newberry Family - Saga of a Clan

Other members of the original family have spread to other parts of the New York and upper mid-west.