Emily Howland
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Emily Howland (1827 - 1929)

Emily Howland
Born in Sherwood, Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Sister of
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 101 in Cayuga, New York, United Statesmap
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Matthew Thompson private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 18 Aug 2019
This page has been accessed 511 times.

Biography

Notables Project
Emily Howland is Notable.
Emily Howland was a centenarian, living to age 101.
This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.

Emily Howland was born on 27 November 1827 in Sherwood, Cayuga County, New York, and was the daughter of Slocum Howland and Hannah Talcott, who were prominent in the Society of Friends and operated an Underground Railroad station. Especially known for her activities and interest in the education of African-Americans, she was also a strong supporter of women's rights and the temperance movement.

Howland taught at Normal School for Colored Girls in Washington, D.C., from 1857 to 1859. During the Civil War, she worked at the contraband refugee settlement of Camp Todd in Arlington, Virginia, teaching freed slaves to read and write as well as administering to the sick during a smallpox outbreak and ultimately serving as director of the camp during 1864-1866.

In 1867, she started a community for freed people in Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia, called Arcadia, on 400 acres purchased by her father, including a school for the education of children of freed slaves, the Howland Chapel School.

In 1885, Franklyn Howland's work said,

"Emily, b. 20, 11, 1827, in Sherwood, N.Y., where she resided in 1885, on the old homestead. She was much interested in the emancipation and education of the colored race. She taught colored schools in the southern states as soon as possible after the commencement of the Rebellion, and established such as school in Virginia. She is actively interested in all moral reforms. Her pen is a ready one, and the early history of Friends in Cayuga co., N.Y., written by her, is of interest and value. In 1885 she was travelng in Europe with one of her brother William's children.[1]

She became one of the first female bank directors in the U.S. at First National Bank of Aurora in Aurora, New York, in 1890, serving until her death, at age 101. She passed away on 29 June 1929 in Cayuga County, New York.

She was posthumously inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2021.

Sources

  1. Howland, p. 181.
  • Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland, and Their Descendants of the United States and Canada: Together with an Account of the Efforts Made in England to Learn of Their English Ancestry, Etc. New Bedford, Massachusetts: The Arthur, 1885, p. 181.
  • Find A Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com: accessed 18 August 2019), memorial page for Emily Howland (27 Nov 1827 – 29 Jun 1929), Find A Grave: Memorial #158238946, citing Howland Cemetery, Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, USA; Maintained by Jeff Donaldson (contributor 47678069).




Is Emily your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emily:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.

Images: 1
Emily Howland
Emily Howland



Comments

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.