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Rufus Herrivk Howe (1823 - 1905)

Pvt Rufus Herrivk Howe
Born in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1 Jan 1845 (to 1855) in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, USAmap
Husband of — married 16 Sep 1855 in Independence, Allegany County, New York, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 82 in Bingham Center, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USAmap
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Biography

Pvt Rufus Herrick Howe was born 7 Jan 1823, in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York. His parent s were Isaac Howe and Betsey Buck. Caroline L. Ensworth 1 Jun 1845, in Lansing, Tompkins, New York. She was the daughter of Hiram and Betsey (nee: Lewis) Ensworth, born in Independence, New York. Caroline was born 16 Aug. 1826 and passed away 6 Feb, 1854. After she passed away he married Luthea Bishop 16 Sept. 1855, in Independence, Allegany, New York. She was the daughter of George W. and Susanna (nee: Southworth) Bishop. Luthea was born 12 May 1828; and passed away 29 July 1918. Pvt Rufus Herrick Howe passed away 16 Apr 1905, in Bingham Center, Potter County, Pennsylvania and is buried in the North Bingham Cemetery, in North Bingham, Potter County, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3][4]

"He (Rufus) went with his father to Bingharn, Pa., when but a boy, and became a farmer, carpenter and a merchant, having a farm in Bingham Township, and built many buildings in that-vicinity and elsewhere, and became a merchant in Bingham Centre. He served in the Civil war in Co. E, 99th regiment, Pa. Vols., was in the front at Petersburg, witnessed Gen. Lee's surrender, and was discharged 8 July 1865, and died in Bingham, 16 April 1905."[5]

Deaths and Burials

Name Rufus H. Howe
Sex Male
Age 82
Burial Date 18 Apr 1905
Death Date 16 Apr 1905
Death Place Bingham, Potter, Pa
Birth Year (Estimated) 1823
Marital Status Married
Occupation Merchant
Race white
Ethnicity American
Event Type Death
Source Details v 1 p 100[6]

Sources

  1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28756595/rufus-h-howe
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KF4L-3GG
  3. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119301751/person/112261624367/facts
  4. https://gw.geneanet.org/gkluther?lang=en&p=rufus+herrick&n=howe
  5. Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 2," page 380
  6. "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5ZJ-9GW2 : 9 July 2020), Rufus H. Howe, 1905.
  • The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Caton, Steuben, New York; Roll: 598; Page: 59a
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MXT8-4WN : Sun Mar 12 02:31:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Rufus H Howe and Lutheria B Howe, 1860.
  • Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database
  • National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 2 of 2
  • The National Archives At Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 228




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