Husband's 3rd great-Grandpa. Son of Jotham & Eleanor (Long) Howe; grandson of Lieut Jotham (DAR #: A058366) & Mary (Kimball) Howe. Parents married Jan 1787; after mother's death, father married Hannah Holmes on April 8, 1800.
4th great-grandson of John How & Mary Martha Jones.
Married Mary Eager, Dec 4, 1823 in St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT. Of the nine children not yet linked: Mary Jane & Amanda
"Van Buren County Genealogies, Vol 1, Pioneers of Our Family" Compiled 1986 by Shirley Swift Howe. Johnson Graphics, Decatur, MI. p 18: "...In 1841 they moved to Watson, Allegan Co., MI where he served in various township offices. They moved to Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI in 1870 and back to Decatur in 1877 where they remained. Family Tradition says he was a dreamer and inventor trying to invent 'perpetual motion.' He did invent a spring tooth drag and a good cistern system..."
Farmer & Cabinet Maker.
4th great-grandson of John How & Mary Martha Jones.
Married Mary Eager, Dec 4, 1823 in St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT. Of the nine children not yet linked: Mary Jane & Amanda
"Van Buren County Genealogies, Vol 1, Pioneers of Our Family" Compiled 1986 by Shirley Swift Howe. Johnson Graphics, Decatur, MI. p 18: "...In 1841 they moved to Watson, Allegan Co., MI where he served in various township offices. They moved to Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI in 1870 and back to Decatur in 1877 where they remained. Family Tradition says he was a dreamer and inventor trying to invent 'perpetual motion.' He did invent a spring tooth drag and a good cistern system..."
Farmer & Cabinet Maker.
Husband's 3rd great-Grandpa. Son of Jotham & Eleanor (Long) Howe; grandson of Lieut Jotham (DAR #: A058366) & Mary (Kimball) Howe. Parents married Jan 1787; after mother's death, father married Hannah Holmes on April 8, 1800.
4th great-grandson of John How & Mary Martha Jones.
Married Mary Eager, Dec 4, 1823 in St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT. Of the nine children not yet linked: Mary Jane & Amanda
"Van Buren County Genealogies, Vol 1, Pioneers of Our Family" Compiled 1986 by Shirley Swift Howe. Johnson Graphics, Decatur, MI. p 18: "...In 1841 they moved to Watson, Allegan Co., MI where he served in various township offices. They moved to Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI in 1870 and back to Decatur in 1877 where they remained. Family Tradition says he was a dreamer and inventor trying to invent 'perpetual motion.' He did invent a spring tooth drag and a good cistern system..."
Farmer & Cabinet Maker.
4th great-grandson of John How & Mary Martha Jones.
Married Mary Eager, Dec 4, 1823 in St. Albans, Franklin Co., VT. Of the nine children not yet linked: Mary Jane & Amanda
"Van Buren County Genealogies, Vol 1, Pioneers of Our Family" Compiled 1986 by Shirley Swift Howe. Johnson Graphics, Decatur, MI. p 18: "...In 1841 they moved to Watson, Allegan Co., MI where he served in various township offices. They moved to Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co., MI in 1870 and back to Decatur in 1877 where they remained. Family Tradition says he was a dreamer and inventor trying to invent 'perpetual motion.' He did invent a spring tooth drag and a good cistern system..."
Farmer & Cabinet Maker.
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