Mary Ann (Willard) Howe (abt. 1823 - 1905)

Born about 18 Dec 1823 in Westminster, Windham, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Howe — married 7 Jun 1850 in District of Columbia, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1905 at about age 81 in North Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Wife of George E Howe ^[1]

LOCAL NEWS OBITUARY. Death of Mrs. George Howe. Mrs. Mary Ann Howe, widow of George Howe, formerly of Brattleboro, died Friday, March 24, at the residence of her son, George E. Howe, 114 Washington avenue, North Cambridge, Mass., where she had made her home the past 13 year. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon, March 26, and the burial took place in the Howe family lot in the old cemetery in Vernon the 27th. Rev. Mr. Mackenzie of Cambrldge conducted the service at the house, and Rev. Mr. Osgood, pastor of the Unitarian church in Brattleboro, officiated at a beautiful and impressive service at tho grave. Mrs. Howe was prior to her marriage Miss Mary Ann Willard, eldest daughter of the late Joseph Willard of Westminster in this county, where she was born Dec. 18, 1823, being therefore at the time of her death inn her 82 year. Mrs. Howe came of noted and honorable ancestry. She was a direct descendant of Major Simon Willard, who was born in Horsmonden, England, in 1608, and came to America In 1634, settling first at Cambridge, later at Concord, Mass., and afterward became a large landholder near Groton, Mass. Major Willard rendered the early colonial government efficient military service for nearly 40 years and was especially distinguished in tho King Phillips war for bravery and courage. She was also descended from the late Rev. Joseph Willard of Massachusetts, who was killed by the Indians. Her great grandfather, William Willard, was one of tho founders of Westminster. He subsequently lived many years in Brattleboro. He and his wife, Prudence (also a descendant from Major Simon Wlllard) are interred in the old historical burial ground at Westminster. Mrs Howe was named for her paternal grandmother, Mary Ellmore, and her maternal grand mother, Nancy Clapp. Her father, Joseph Willard of Westminster, died in 1845, and her mother, Mrs. Susan Dorr Clapp Willard, in 1890. Her husband, George Howe, was for many years a lawyer in Brattleboro, his office being a small whlte-painted frame building on the site where the Vermont savings bank is now located, Mr. and Mrs. Howe lived many years in the large double brick house at the corner of Main and High streets, now the home of Mrs. Hooker. Mrs. Howe is survived by one son, Georgo E. Howe, a lawyer with an office In the Tremont building in Boston, and his wife, and by two grandchildren, Calma Howe and Geo. Wright Howe. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Susan D. Dickinson of Charlestown, N. H.; three brothers, Henry A. Willard and Caleb C. Willard of Washington, D, C. and C. Stevens Willard of Westminster; by one niece, Mrs. John C. Boyd of Washington D. C; and three nephews, Edwin D. Willard of Norwich, Conn., Hon. Joseph E. Willard of Virginia, and Henry K. Willard of Washington, D. C. The body was brought from Cambridge to the final resting place in the old cemetery in Vernon by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Howe, Mrs. S. D. Dickinson and H. K. Willard.

Published in the Vermont Phoenix Brattleboro, Vermont Friday, March 31, 1905 Page 2 [OCR copy; check against original]

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Sources

1. ↑ Willard, Henry Kellogg, William Tindall, Allen C. Clark, W. B. Bryan, Charles S. Bundy, and L. P. Shoemaker. "Henry Augustus Willard: His Life and Times." Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 20 (1917): 241-82. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40067086.
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 April 2019), memorial page for Mary Ann Willard Howe (18 Dec 1823–24 Mar 1905), Find A Grave Memorial no. 187220267, citing North Vernon Cemetery, North Vernon, Windham County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Starfishin (contributor 48860385) .