Frederick Howe (1840 - 1886)

Born 5 Oct 1840 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Died 21 Feb 1886 at age 45 in Dayton, Ohio

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Biography

Frederick Howe was born 5 Oct 1840 and baptised 24 Dec 1840. ^[1] He fought in the US Civil War as a Private in Co. H, New York 82nd Infantry Regiment 21 May 1861 to 28 January 1862. He served as a Corporal, Company G, Ohio 23rd Infantry Regiment between 29 December 1863 and 25 July 1865. ^[2] After the war Fred returned to Canada for a short time, and about 1874 or 75 he returned to the United States. He was living in Crawford, Ohio in 1870 and in Fort Gratiot, Michigan where he was working for the Grand Trunk Railroad in 1880. ^{[3] [4]} In 1884, he was described as 5' 6" tall with a dark complexion, grey eyes and dark hair. Fred died 21 Feb 1886 at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Dayton, Ohio, USA and was buried in Dayton National Cemetery. ^{[5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, "The family of John Howe Halifax Loyalist and King's Printer", vol. 6 no. 3 (1976): p. 322.
2. ↑ "U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles" Frederick Howe; citing New York. Legislature. Report of the Adjutant-General. 43 vols. Albany: Argus, 1895-1906 and citing Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio.
3. ↑ 1870 US Census, Crawford County, Ohio, population schedule, Bucyrus, p. 368B, dwelling 517, family 523, Frederick Howe; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1186.
4. ↑ 1880 United States Census, Fort Gratiot, St. Clair, Michigan, p. 207C; NARA microfilm T9-0604.
5. ↑ National Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Frederick Howe, admitted 1884, Central Branch, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; NARA microfilm publication M1749.
6. ↑ National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans gravesites ca.1775-2006, entry for Frederick Howe, (1886), Pvt Infantry; citing , database online.

Additional Mention

• Daniel Wait Howe The Howe Genealogies (NEHGS, 1929), vol. 2, page 69