Born in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Otis Buxton
and Salome Buxton
Wife of
Thomas Howland
— married
26 May 1833 in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
William Walter (Martin) Howland
Died
at age 88
in Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Arvilla Buxton was born on December 11, 1808, in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
The entry of the marriage intentions records of Douglas on page 76 says, "Mr. Thomas Howland and Miss Arrilla Buxton both of Douglas, intend marriage entered with me this 4th day of May 1833. Samuel Balcome. Town Clerk."[1]
Arrilla Buxton married Thomas Howland on 26 May 1833, in Douglas, Massachusetts.[2]
They had two adopted children during their marriage as follows:
- William Walter Martin-Howland (1847 - 1923)
- Ellen Howland (1859)
In 1870, Arilda Howland, age 61, housekeeper, born in Rhode Island, was enumerated in the household of Thomas Howland, age 55, machinist, born in Massachusetts, and lived in Southbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Also in his household were William Howland, age 23, weaving dealer, born in Florida, and Ellen Howland, age 11, born in New York.[3]
She died of old age on 4 May 1897, in Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 88 years, 4 months, and 23 days.[4]
She was buried at Mount Zion Cemetery in Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCG-MNRB : 19 April 2021), Thomas Howland and Arrilla Buxton, 4 May 1833; citing Marriage, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011133.
- ↑ Vital Records of Douglas, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1906, p. 115.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQ6-G15 : 29 May 2021), Arilda Howland in entry for Thomas Howland, 1870.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7B1-XNL : 2 March 2021), Arvilla Howland, 04 May 1897; citing Webster, Massachusetts, v 474 p 742, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,523.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/121925001/arrilla-howland : accessed 07 August 2021), memorial page for Arrilla Buxton Howland (11 Dec 1808 – 4 May 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121925001, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bob L. (contributor 48228855).
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