Husband of Abbie A. Howe. He was a professor at Case School in Cleveland, Ohio then a professor at Buchtel College in Akron which is Akron University today.

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THANKS TO JH for the following information:

From Who's Who in the World, 1912

Howe, Charles Sumner: President of Case School of Applied Science since 1903; was prof. math and astronomy, 1889-1902; acting pres. 1902-03, of same. Born in 1858 in Nashua, New Hampshire, son of William R. and Susan D. (Woods) Howe. Educated at Mass. Agrl. Coll., degree of B.S., 1878. post-grad course in math and physics, Johns Hopkins; Ph. D. Univ of Wooster, 1887; Sc.D. Armour Inst., Tech, Chicago, 1905; LL.D., Md. Union Coll, 1908. Married in 1882 to Abbie A. Waite, of Amherst, Mass. Member of several societies; author of various articles in Astronomical Journal and Journal of Ass'n of Engineering Societies.
Address: 2060 Cornell Rd., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

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THANKS TO Janice for the following article:

"CHARLES SUMNER HOWE, who is giving a most able administration as president of the Case School of Applied Science, in Cleveland, was born at Nashua, New Hampshire, September 29, 1858, a son of William R. and Susan D. (Woods) Howe. He received in 1878 the degree of Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and has the same degree also from Boston University. He took a post-graduate course in mathematics and physics, at Johns Hopkins University; he received from Wooster University, in 1887, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy; in 1905 Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Science, and from both Mount Union and Oberlin colleges, Ohio, he has received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. He was president of Albuquerque (New Mexico) Academy in the period of 187981; was professor of mathematics and astronomy in Buchtel College (now Akron University), Akron, Ohio, 1883-89, and he then became professor of mathematics and astronomy in the Case School of Applied Science, of which he became acting president in 1902, and of which he has been the president since 1903. President Howe is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Astronomical Society, and has membership in the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the American Mathematical Society, and the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America. He has made many and valuable contributions to the standard and perodical literature of science, notably to the Astronomical Journal and the Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies. May 22, 1882, he wedded Miss Abbie A. Waite, of North Amherst, Massachusetts."

From:
A History of Cuyahoga County
and the City of Cleveland
By: William R. Coates
Publishers:
The American Historical Society
Chicago and New York, 1924
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THANKS TO NCDave for the following information:

He married 2nd, in 1929, Ida L. Puffer, daughter of Samuel M. and Sarah E. Allen Puffer.
She was born 1856, Connecticut; died 12 Dec 1938, North Amherst, MA.
Marriage Source: Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, 13 Dec 1938, Page 4.
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FROM THE AKRON CITY DIRECTORIES:

1885
Charles S. Howe, Professor - Mathematics - Buchtel College, home - 549 E. Middlebury St.
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