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HARRY HOWELL


Harry Howell, boot and shoe-maker, was born in Somerset, England, in 1848; came to America in 1868, first locating at N. Y. City; worked at trade there for six years; removed to Harlan, Ia., in the autumn of 1875; was in the employ of P. Louchor, har- ness, boot and shoe-maker, three years; then purchased the boot and shoe business; continued in the same place one year, and built his present place of business in 1879 in partnership with Charles Bergstresser. He is now doing a good business; keeps two men employed.

Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 419-420.