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Pasiphae Jane <I>Kelsey</I> Howe

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Pasiphae Jane Kelsey Howe

Birth
Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont, USA
Death
3 Feb 1894 (aged 85)
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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Pasiphae Jane Kelsey was born Sep. 1,1808 in Salisbury,Vermont.She was the daughter of Gamaliel Kelsey (1785-1844)and Elizabeth Murray Soper (1787-1880)

In Salisbury,Vermont on April 30,1832,Pasiphae married,Nehemiah Howe.Nehemiah Howe was born Nov 30,1800 in Littleton,New Hampshire.He was the son of Salah Howe (1762-1841)and Elizabeth Spears (1773-1846).After their marriage Nehemiah and Pasiphae went to live a short time in Plattsburg,New York where their first son George Gamaliel Howe was born.They then moved to Avon,New York where the next three of their children were born(see below).By 1845 they were back in Vermont living first in Brandon,Vermont where their youngest daughter,Elizabeth Augusta Howe was born on Aug 22,1847.Soon after her birth the family moved to Middlebury,Vermont.In Middlebury the Howe Residence was on Court Street(see Map)

Their five children in order of birth were as follows..

1- George Gamaliel Howe : b Jan 30,1833 in Plattsburg,N.Y,,d Nov 14,1902,married Loretta Walcott Feb 20,1866,He served in the Civil War,as a Captain of Battery II,Company B & I,the First Heavy Artillery Regiment,Eleventh Vermont Volunteers.

2-Gratia Burt Howe: b Dec 4,1938 in Avon,N.Y.,d Mar 30,1909 in Middlebury,Vt,helped raise her brother George's only child,Edith Howe,she never married.

3-Ansel Wallace Howe: b Oct 9,1840 in Avon,N.Y.He married, Alice Daulton on Nov 5,1874 in Lowell,Ma.Like his brother,George,Ansel was a "Harness Maker", d Feb 1,1888 in Hanover,New Hampshire

4-Eugene Howe: b Aug 28,1843 in Avon,N.Y.,severely insured in the Civil War he moved to the Nations Capital where he worked before retiring to a disabled home for veterans in Hampton City,Virginia.He died Mar 1,1892 at the age of 48.

5-Elizabeth Augusta Howe b Aug 22,1847 in Brandon,Vt,d Dec 12,1901 in Newark,N.J,(buried in Brandon,Vt),she married Brandon,Vt native and Civil War veteran,William Harley Sanderson.

When the Civil War starts two of her sons,George and Eugene join the Union Army.Her youngest son Eugene Howe in injured and is discharged because of his wounds.Her oldest son George Gamaliel Howe,who became a Captain of Companies B & I of The First Heavy Artillery,Eleventh Vermont Volunteers,which was the largest Vermont regiment in the War.

After the War her oldest son,George Gamaliel Howe is married to Loretta H Wolcott of Shoreham,Vermont,and in 1867 has a daughter ,Edith Howe .Sadly a year later,in 1868,Loretta dies of typhoid fever making George a widower just one year into his marriage.With a one year old baby to take care of ,George Gamaliel Howe moves back home to Middlebury,Vermont to live with his mother Pasiphae.She and her oldest daughter Gratia Burt Howe take on the motherly duties for George's daughter ,Edith Howe.

On Febuary 7,1876 Pasiphae Howe hosts,at her home, on Court Street,in Middlebury,Vermont the wedding of her youngest daughter Elizabeth Augusta Howe to , William Harley Sanderson of Brandon,Vermont.William Harley,a veteran of the Civil War,was employed at the time of their marriage at the Howe Scale Company in Brandon,Vermont.

By the 1880's Pasiphae's son George Gamaliel Howe is living in Burlington,Vermont working as a Harness Maker,while mother Pasiphae and sister Gratia Burt Howe ,who never marries,take care of George's daughter ,Edith Howe

In Middlebury on Saturday Feb 3,1894,Pasiphae Jane Kelsey Howe dies at her home on Court Street.Her funeral officiated by Congregational pastor, Rev Albert W. Dickens was held at her home the following Tuesday,Feb 6,1894.Her body was then taken for burial at Middlebury's West Cemetery.

Sources: Howe Genealogies,published by the New England Genealogical Society,1929,pg 166,Federal Census Records,Elizabeth Augusta Howe's family Bible records.The Burlington Weekly Free Press(Thu,Feb 8, 1894,Pg 6)
Pasiphae Jane Kelsey was born Sep. 1,1808 in Salisbury,Vermont.She was the daughter of Gamaliel Kelsey (1785-1844)and Elizabeth Murray Soper (1787-1880)

In Salisbury,Vermont on April 30,1832,Pasiphae married,Nehemiah Howe.Nehemiah Howe was born Nov 30,1800 in Littleton,New Hampshire.He was the son of Salah Howe (1762-1841)and Elizabeth Spears (1773-1846).After their marriage Nehemiah and Pasiphae went to live a short time in Plattsburg,New York where their first son George Gamaliel Howe was born.They then moved to Avon,New York where the next three of their children were born(see below).By 1845 they were back in Vermont living first in Brandon,Vermont where their youngest daughter,Elizabeth Augusta Howe was born on Aug 22,1847.Soon after her birth the family moved to Middlebury,Vermont.In Middlebury the Howe Residence was on Court Street(see Map)

Their five children in order of birth were as follows..

1- George Gamaliel Howe : b Jan 30,1833 in Plattsburg,N.Y,,d Nov 14,1902,married Loretta Walcott Feb 20,1866,He served in the Civil War,as a Captain of Battery II,Company B & I,the First Heavy Artillery Regiment,Eleventh Vermont Volunteers.

2-Gratia Burt Howe: b Dec 4,1938 in Avon,N.Y.,d Mar 30,1909 in Middlebury,Vt,helped raise her brother George's only child,Edith Howe,she never married.

3-Ansel Wallace Howe: b Oct 9,1840 in Avon,N.Y.He married, Alice Daulton on Nov 5,1874 in Lowell,Ma.Like his brother,George,Ansel was a "Harness Maker", d Feb 1,1888 in Hanover,New Hampshire

4-Eugene Howe: b Aug 28,1843 in Avon,N.Y.,severely insured in the Civil War he moved to the Nations Capital where he worked before retiring to a disabled home for veterans in Hampton City,Virginia.He died Mar 1,1892 at the age of 48.

5-Elizabeth Augusta Howe b Aug 22,1847 in Brandon,Vt,d Dec 12,1901 in Newark,N.J,(buried in Brandon,Vt),she married Brandon,Vt native and Civil War veteran,William Harley Sanderson.

When the Civil War starts two of her sons,George and Eugene join the Union Army.Her youngest son Eugene Howe in injured and is discharged because of his wounds.Her oldest son George Gamaliel Howe,who became a Captain of Companies B & I of The First Heavy Artillery,Eleventh Vermont Volunteers,which was the largest Vermont regiment in the War.

After the War her oldest son,George Gamaliel Howe is married to Loretta H Wolcott of Shoreham,Vermont,and in 1867 has a daughter ,Edith Howe .Sadly a year later,in 1868,Loretta dies of typhoid fever making George a widower just one year into his marriage.With a one year old baby to take care of ,George Gamaliel Howe moves back home to Middlebury,Vermont to live with his mother Pasiphae.She and her oldest daughter Gratia Burt Howe take on the motherly duties for George's daughter ,Edith Howe.

On Febuary 7,1876 Pasiphae Howe hosts,at her home, on Court Street,in Middlebury,Vermont the wedding of her youngest daughter Elizabeth Augusta Howe to , William Harley Sanderson of Brandon,Vermont.William Harley,a veteran of the Civil War,was employed at the time of their marriage at the Howe Scale Company in Brandon,Vermont.

By the 1880's Pasiphae's son George Gamaliel Howe is living in Burlington,Vermont working as a Harness Maker,while mother Pasiphae and sister Gratia Burt Howe ,who never marries,take care of George's daughter ,Edith Howe

In Middlebury on Saturday Feb 3,1894,Pasiphae Jane Kelsey Howe dies at her home on Court Street.Her funeral officiated by Congregational pastor, Rev Albert W. Dickens was held at her home the following Tuesday,Feb 6,1894.Her body was then taken for burial at Middlebury's West Cemetery.

Sources: Howe Genealogies,published by the New England Genealogical Society,1929,pg 166,Federal Census Records,Elizabeth Augusta Howe's family Bible records.The Burlington Weekly Free Press(Thu,Feb 8, 1894,Pg 6)


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