Stephen Howe (1796 - 1873)

Born 29 Sep 1796 in Lunenburg, Essex, Vermont, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet (Patterson) Howe — married about 1819 in Lunenburg, Essex, Vermont, USA

Died 14 Mar 1873 at age 76 in Lunenburg, Essex, Vermont, USA

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Biography

Stephen was born in Lunenburg, Essex, Vermont on 29 Sep 1796. He was the fourth born child and third son of Stephen Howe and Judith Hunt.^[1] He married Harriet Patterson about 1819, and they had three children.^[2] He was a farmer, a wheelwright, a school teacher, and a merchant. He also was elected as Town Clerk for many years and served 12 terms as a representative from Lunenburgh to the state legislature. He served on the state constitutional convention before his death in 1873.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, the Genealogy of John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.144.
2. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, the Genealogy of John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.255-256.
3. ↑ Part First, Gazetteer of Essex and Caledonia Counties, Vermont, 1764-1887, compiled by Hamilton Child, published by Syracuse Journal Company, Syracuse, New York, May 1887, pages 468-469. Available through Google Books