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Born 1845, Logan County
From The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns ... military record; (1883), History of Union County, Ohio; its people, industries and institutions (1915)
JOHN E. HOWE, of the firm of Loveless, Howe & Bishop, proprietors of the Richwood Woolen Mills, and dealers in wool, grain, hides, furs and states, Richwood, Ohio, was born in Logan County, Ohio, September 26, 1845; he is a son of Julius and Ellen (Richardson) Howe, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Ohio. His parents came to this State in 1830, and located on a farm in Logan County, where the subject of this sketch was reared. He remained on the farm until twelve years of age, when he began working at his present business for J. S. Loveless, with whom he worked four years, to learn the trade, receiving SPSO and three months schooling per year. He proved himself such a worthy apprentice that his employer took him as a partner, and with him carried on the business until recently, when the firm assumed its present proportions and style. Mr. Howe was 'married, in 1869, to Elizabeth Gum, a native of Logan County, Ohio, of English descent, and by her has had one child — George R. Mrs. Howe is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Howe is a Republican in politics. He is a successful business man, and owns a half-interest in 265 acres of land in Washington Township, which he has accumulated by his own efforts.
As printed in The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns ... military record; (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
JOHN ELBERT HOWE.
A residence of forty-tive years gi\es John Elbert Howe the right to be classed among the old settlers of Richwood, Ohio. Coming to this village after his marriage in 1860, Mr. Howe has been continuously identified with the business interests of this place since that year. He is a man of good judgment and foresight, and has always managed his affairs successfully. He has been a very material factor in the business life of Richwood, while at the same time, he has taken a part in the civic life of his community.
John E. Howe, the son of Julius and Eleanor (Richardson) Howe, was born near East Liberty, Logan county, Ohio, September 26, 1845. His father, the son of Samuel Howe and Mary Rosebrook Howe, was born in Vermont and reared to manhood in that state. He followed the trade of a lumberman in Vermont and when a young man came to Ohio and located in Logan county, where he engaged in farming and lumbering. In that county julius Howe died in 1846 in middle age. His wife sunnved him many years, <64)
lOIO and was nearly seventy-five years of age at the time of her death. JuHus Howe and his wife were both Free Will Baptists. His wife had been previously married, having first married Seldon Howe, a brother of her second husband. By her first marriage she had two children, Rosa L. and Seldon N., both of whom are now deceased. Seldon Howe was a soldier of the Civil War. The grandparents of John E. Howe were born in 1756 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and in 1771 in Union, Connecticut. The grandfather served in the Revolutionary war. The grandparents of ]\Mr. Howe later mo\ed to Guildhall, Vermont, where they lived until their death. They reared a family of seventeen children, among whom were three sets of twins. IMost of this large family lived to be from seventy to eighty years old. The names of all of these children have been preserved and Mr. Howe has the old family Bible now and will show with pleasure to those wishing to see that of a pioneer New England family.
The maternal grandparents of Mr. Howe were John and Fanny Richardson, natives of Virginia and early settlers of Ohio. Upon coming to this state the Richardson family located near Plain City, and afterwards moved into Champaign and Hardin counties. From Ohio, the Richardson family removed to Cass county, Michigan, and located close to Cassopolis, where they lived to a good old age. Mr. Richardson and his wife, the grandparents of Mr. Howe, reared a family of fourteen children: Hiram, Christopher, Joshua, Barney, Elbert, Sarah, Peggy, Polly, Minta, Fannie Ann, Mary, Rebecca, Eleanor and one who died in infancy.
John E. Howe was reared to manhood in Logan county, Ohio. He remained on his father's farm until he was twelve years of age and then started out for himself. Fie received onlv a limited common school education and when a mere lad, went to work in a w'woolen mill, where he learned the manufacture of cloth. He was married in i8'69, and at once came to Richwood, Ohio, where he built a small woolen mill and continued in the business until 1890. In that year he discontinued the manufacture of cloth, but has since engaged in the purchase of wool, buying from two hundred thousand to one million, two hundred thousand pounds every year.
Mr. Howe was married July 3, 1869, to Lizzie Gum, the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Martin) Gum, and to this union two children have been born, George R. and Joseph E. George R. is a contractor living in Marceline, Missouri. He married Lillie Davis and has three children, Ned, Elbert anfl Dorothy. Joseph E. is assisting his father in the wool business in Richwood. Mrs. Howe was born in Logan county, Ohio, and lived there until
As printed in History of Union County, Ohio; its people, industries and institutions (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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