Josiah Robert Howe (1846 - 1917)

Born 23 Jul 1846 in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna L. (Harris) Howe — married 17 Dec 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts

Died 16 Jun 1917 at age 70 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Josiah Robert was born in Orange, Massachusetts, in 1846, the son of Solomon Adams and Ruth (Barnes) Howe.^[1] The family moved to Malden, Mass., by 1860, where his father was a master carpenter and his brother William was a carpenter’s apprentice.^[2] Josiah later went into the carpentry trade as well.

When he was 18 years old, he enlisted to serve in the Civil War, on August 20, 1862. He mustered in as a Private in Company B of the Massachusetts 13th Infantry. He was later promoted to Corporal. He was discharged at Washington, D.C. in February, 1863. He re-enlisted the following year, in Company C of the Massachusetts 4th Heavy Artillery Regiment, on August 25, 1864. He was discharged on June 17, 1865.

After the war, he returned to Malden. He married Anna Harris, daughter of James and Abbie Harris, in 1868.^[3] They had 4 children. Josiah worked as a police officer (1880) and later was a conductor and assistant station manager for the Boston & Maine Railroad. He also was employed as an attendance officer for the city of Malden.

Josiah died in 1917. He was buried at the Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXWR-16V : 1 March 2016), Josiah Howe, 1846
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHT-LYP : 30 December 2015), Josiah R Howe in entry for Soloman A Howe, 1860
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWB3-Q4P : 17 February 2016), Josiah R. Howe and Anna L. Harris, 17 Dec 1868
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/23RY-YX8 : 13 March 2018), Josiah R Howe, 16 Jun 1917

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD95-YKB : 9 November 2014), Josiah R Howe in household of Solomen A Howe, Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6Y-FCY : 11 August 2016), Josiah R Howe, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9TH-LX1 : accessed 1 June 2017), Josiah R Howe, Malden city Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VV-8N2 : accessed 1 June 2017), Josiah R Howe, Malden Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9RP-Q5M : 4 December 2014), Josiah P. Howe, Private, Company B, 13th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, Union
• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6HM-Q7D : 12 December 2014), Josiah R Howe, 1907-1933
• Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, the Genealogy of John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts", Vol. 1, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.436-437. Link to searchable Howe Genealogies at Ancestry.com