John Howe

HOWE, SMITH

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 21:24:24

In 1855 John Howe walked from Muscatine to Shell Rock and entered a piece of land, but did not become a resident of the county until 1859. When Mr. Howe settled in Butler county he was an unmarried man, poor in worldly goods, but not afraid to work. He worked for other parties a few years and then improved his land, soon becoming one of the principal farmers. He now owns 240 acres of land. Mr. Howe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1832, removed to Ohio in 1851, and from thence to Iowa. In February, 1882, he married Miss Hattie Smith, a native of Indiana. Her father was an American and her mother of Irish descent.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page: 518