Charles Edward Stowe (1850 - 1934)

Born 8 Jul 1850 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Susan Mitchell (Munroe) Stowe — married 26 May 1879 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Husband of Elizabeth (Holmes) Stowe — married 20 Apr 1920 in Los Angeles, California

Died 24 Jul 1934 at age 84 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA

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Biography

Rev. Charles E. Stowe Dies in California

Santa Barbara, CAl., July 25 (AP). -- The Rev. Charles Edward Stowe, 74, retired Congregational minister and author, son of C.E. Stowe and Harriet Beecher Stowe, the writer, died here yesterday.

Born in Brunswick, Maine, in 1850, Stowe was graduated from Harvard in 1875. He retired from the ministry in 1906 to take up literary work. He came here in 1919 from New York City.

Surviving are a son, Lyman Beecher Stowe, New York City, and a daughter, Mrs. James Donnelly, of Santa Barbara.^[1]

Birth

"Charles Edward Stowe born at Brunswick, Maine, July 8, 1850, Monday 1 o'clock PM."^[2]

Second Marriage

Charles Edward Stowe Weds in Los Angeles

The culmination of an old romance came yesterday when Charles Edward Stowe of San Ysidro ranch, only surviving child of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was united in marriage at the Clark hotel, Los Angeles, to Miss Elizabeth Holmes, the woman who forty years ago sang each Sunday in the choir of the church where he and his first wife attended services and who was a dear friend and companion to the first Mrs. Stowe. Mrs. Stowe died two years ago, and on her deathbed requested that the marriage take place.

Mr. Stowe came to California in 1865, sailing around the Horn. Though a master mariner and with the immediate prospects of a skipper's berth, in response to his mother's pleadings he gave up the sea and settled down on land to the profession of journalism. Yesterday's bride was first attracted to Mr. Stowe when as a young girl, she visited with his fiance and listened to the tales of sea life told by the son of writer of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Later on, after several children had been born to Mr. and Mrs. Stowe, Miss Holmes became a companion to Mrs. Stowe, then an invalid.

Rev. Carl S. Patton of the First Congregational church, Los Angeles, performed the marriage ceremony.^[3]

Residence

1860: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Calvin E. Stowe, Orthodox Clergyman with personal estate value of $1,000, along with family members Harriet, Eliza, Frederick, Georgianna and Charles. Calvin's mother, Hepsibath Stowe, was also living with them, along with his sister, Catharine. There were three servants living in the household as well. ^[4]

1870: Hartford, Connecticut, 2nd Ward, 18 July 1870. Calvin E. Stowe, Clergyman, with Harriet, Eliza, Harriet and Charles.^[5]

1910: Manhattan Ward 15, New York, New York. Living on Waverly Place as a lodger with his wife, Susan, and their daughter Hilda. Occupation: Clergyman. Years married: 31. ^[6]

1930: Santa Barbara, California. Charles E. Stowe, age 79, with wife Elizabeth and daughter Hilda Donnelly, son-in-law James Donnelly, a nurse named Clara Palmer, and a housekeeper named Thalia Olson.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Trenton Evening Times, Wednesday, July 25, 1934, Trenton, New Jersey, page 5.
2. ↑ The Calvin E. Stowe Family Bible, part of the Beecher-Stowe Family Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
3. ↑ Morning Press, Santa Barbara, California, Volume 48, Number 197, 18 April 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZCZ-38T : 12 December 2017), Calvin E Stone, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN7H-W19 : 12 April 2016), Calvin E Stowe, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 142, family 1139, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,599.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M5HX-FYC : accessed 28 April 2018), Charles E Stowe in household of Enstratnis Georgiadi, Manhattan Ward 15, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 827, sheet 6A, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1031; FHL microfilm 1,375,044.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCNN-XRN : accessed 28 April 2018), Charles E Stowe, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 7A, line 29, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 214; FHL microfilm 2,339,949.

• Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915

Name: Charles E Stowe

Birth: abt 1851 Brunswick, ME

Marriage: 26 May 1879 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Age at Marriage: 28

Father: Calvin E

Mother: Harriet Beecher

Spouse: Susan M Munroe

Spouse Birth Place: Appleton, Wis

Spouse Age at Marriage: 25

Spouse Father: Charles W

Spouse Mother: Susan M

• Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990

Name: Charles Edward Stowe

Birth: 8 Jul 1850 Brunswick

Last Residence Place: Bridgewater

Lodge: Fellowship

Occupation: Clergyman