Werden Adams Howe (1827 - 1907)

Born 16 Mar 1827 in Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Betsey L. (Travers) Howe — married 4 Mar 1846 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Husband of Mary (Foskett) Howe — married 4 Mar 1856 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Husband of Sarah R. (Holden) Howe — married 9 Apr 1890 in Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

Died 14 Jan 1907 at age 79 in Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Born in jamaica, Vermont 16 March 1827. He was a mechanic. He married first Betsey L. Travers 4 March 1846 in Gardner, Massachusetts.^[1] Betsey died 31 Oct 1855. He married second Mary Foskett, born in Massachusetts about 1830. ^[2] Enlisted in Company G, Vermont 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 01 Sep 1862.Promoted to Full Artificer on 27 Dec 1863.Mustered out on 24 Jun 1865.^[3] Mary died 26 July 1888. He married third in Fitchburg, Massachusetts on 9 April 1890 Sarah R. Holden.^[4] He died in Erving, Massachusetts 14 January 1907 when struck by a train at a railroad crossing.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Gardner Marriages, page 88
2. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, Abraham of Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts", Vol. 2, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.138.
3. ↑ Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
4. ↑ Mass. VitalRecords, 1620-1988, Erving Marriages, page 78
5. ↑ Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915