At age 15, John W. Howe was bound out to a farmer, Samuel Crabill of Strasburg, Va. He stayed in this situation until he was 21. His childhood has been described as wild and reckless.
At around age 21, Howe attended a revival and was moved by the experience to become a peddler of religious books, a student and eventually, a United Brethren minister.
At age 22, Howe married Julia Stickley of Shenandoah County. Five daughters were born to this marriage. He married, secondly, Rebecca Hancher of Frederick County.
Howe is given much credit for keeping the United Brethren faith alive during the bitter (Civil) war years.
He was responsible for the beginning of the Salem Church and the Mt. Horeb, Mt. Clinton, Singers Glen, Cherry Grove, Cootes Store and Broadway churches all grew out of the religious fire Howe kindled in western Rockingham County, Virginia. Additionally, he built churches at Friendship and Red Bud and a parsonage at Greensburg. He dedicated Bluff Dale, Grove Hill, Mt. Zion, Sharon, Tye River, Verona and Union Chapel in Augusta County, Virginia.
He was a good singer and he compiled a small song book to be used at camp meetings. The little book sold well prompting him to put together a better book. He helped start a publishing company called the Patent Note Company in Singers Glen, Va.
He generously made many contributions toward church constructions. He was a leading supporter of the Shenandoah Institute in Dayton, Va., and gave money to help the United Brethren buy the school. The Howe Memorial Building on the old campus was named in his honor.
At around age 21, Howe attended a revival and was moved by the experience to become a peddler of religious books, a student and eventually, a United Brethren minister.
At age 22, Howe married Julia Stickley of Shenandoah County. Five daughters were born to this marriage. He married, secondly, Rebecca Hancher of Frederick County.
Howe is given much credit for keeping the United Brethren faith alive during the bitter (Civil) war years.
He was responsible for the beginning of the Salem Church and the Mt. Horeb, Mt. Clinton, Singers Glen, Cherry Grove, Cootes Store and Broadway churches all grew out of the religious fire Howe kindled in western Rockingham County, Virginia. Additionally, he built churches at Friendship and Red Bud and a parsonage at Greensburg. He dedicated Bluff Dale, Grove Hill, Mt. Zion, Sharon, Tye River, Verona and Union Chapel in Augusta County, Virginia.
He was a good singer and he compiled a small song book to be used at camp meetings. The little book sold well prompting him to put together a better book. He helped start a publishing company called the Patent Note Company in Singers Glen, Va.
He generously made many contributions toward church constructions. He was a leading supporter of the Shenandoah Institute in Dayton, Va., and gave money to help the United Brethren buy the school. The Howe Memorial Building on the old campus was named in his honor.
At age 15, John W. Howe was bound out to a farmer, Samuel Crabill of Strasburg, Va. He stayed in this situation until he was 21. His childhood has been described as wild and reckless.
At around age 21, Howe attended a revival and was moved by the experience to become a peddler of religious books, a student and eventually, a United Brethren minister.
At age 22, Howe married Julia Stickley of Shenandoah County. Five daughters were born to this marriage. He married, secondly, Rebecca Hancher of Frederick County.
Howe is given much credit for keeping the United Brethren faith alive during the bitter (Civil) war years.
He was responsible for the beginning of the Salem Church and the Mt. Horeb, Mt. Clinton, Singers Glen, Cherry Grove, Cootes Store and Broadway churches all grew out of the religious fire Howe kindled in western Rockingham County, Virginia. Additionally, he built churches at Friendship and Red Bud and a parsonage at Greensburg. He dedicated Bluff Dale, Grove Hill, Mt. Zion, Sharon, Tye River, Verona and Union Chapel in Augusta County, Virginia.
He was a good singer and he compiled a small song book to be used at camp meetings. The little book sold well prompting him to put together a better book. He helped start a publishing company called the Patent Note Company in Singers Glen, Va.
He generously made many contributions toward church constructions. He was a leading supporter of the Shenandoah Institute in Dayton, Va., and gave money to help the United Brethren buy the school. The Howe Memorial Building on the old campus was named in his honor.
At around age 21, Howe attended a revival and was moved by the experience to become a peddler of religious books, a student and eventually, a United Brethren minister.
At age 22, Howe married Julia Stickley of Shenandoah County. Five daughters were born to this marriage. He married, secondly, Rebecca Hancher of Frederick County.
Howe is given much credit for keeping the United Brethren faith alive during the bitter (Civil) war years.
He was responsible for the beginning of the Salem Church and the Mt. Horeb, Mt. Clinton, Singers Glen, Cherry Grove, Cootes Store and Broadway churches all grew out of the religious fire Howe kindled in western Rockingham County, Virginia. Additionally, he built churches at Friendship and Red Bud and a parsonage at Greensburg. He dedicated Bluff Dale, Grove Hill, Mt. Zion, Sharon, Tye River, Verona and Union Chapel in Augusta County, Virginia.
He was a good singer and he compiled a small song book to be used at camp meetings. The little book sold well prompting him to put together a better book. He helped start a publishing company called the Patent Note Company in Singers Glen, Va.
He generously made many contributions toward church constructions. He was a leading supporter of the Shenandoah Institute in Dayton, Va., and gave money to help the United Brethren buy the school. The Howe Memorial Building on the old campus was named in his honor.
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Biographical info from Donovan Memorial Church in the Singers Glen Community by Dale E. MacAllister
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