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Dorothy Sewall Howe

Birth
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
30 Nov 1965 (aged 52)
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Golden Rod Path; Lot 6547
Memorial ID
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Fourth child and daughter of William DeLancey Howe and Clara Horton May.

Dorothy Sewall Howe born 16 December 1912 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Note: her age at death listed on her mortuary record at Mount Auburn Cemetery: 54y 11m 14d, giving a birth date of 16 December 1910, is incorrect, she was correctly 52 y 11m 14d at death.
Massacusetts, Birth Index; Howe; birth date: 1912; birth place: Concord, Massachusetts, USA; volume number: 607; page number: 508; index volume number: 85;
Massachusetts, Birth Records: Female Howe; birth date: 1912; birth place: Concord, Massachusetts, USA; father: Howe.
In 1920 US Census, Dorothy Sewall Howe resided with her parents, William DeLancey and Clara Horton May Howe, and her siblings, in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
At about age 5, Dorothy Sewall Howe was diagnosed with severe epilepsy. By at least 1930 Dorothy Sewall was in private care and she was later institutionalized for the rest of her life. In 1930, Dorothy Sewall Howe was a private care patient with Dr. Hiram L. Johnson and his wife, Dr. Sarah C. Johnson, in Franconia, Grafton, New Hampshire. By 1935 Dorothy Sewall was in care in Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts. By 1940 Dorothy Sewall Howe had been placed in Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Dorothy Sewall Howe died 30 November 1965 at New Hampshire Hospital, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA; Dorothy Howe interred, 10-24-1967, Mount Auburn Cemetery; Goldenrod Path; Lot 6547; spinster; no issue.

Note: After Dorothy Sewall's death it was discovered that she had taken out war-bonds for each of her nieces and nephews. She was a generous soul.
Fourth child and daughter of William DeLancey Howe and Clara Horton May.

Dorothy Sewall Howe born 16 December 1912 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Note: her age at death listed on her mortuary record at Mount Auburn Cemetery: 54y 11m 14d, giving a birth date of 16 December 1910, is incorrect, she was correctly 52 y 11m 14d at death.
Massacusetts, Birth Index; Howe; birth date: 1912; birth place: Concord, Massachusetts, USA; volume number: 607; page number: 508; index volume number: 85;
Massachusetts, Birth Records: Female Howe; birth date: 1912; birth place: Concord, Massachusetts, USA; father: Howe.
In 1920 US Census, Dorothy Sewall Howe resided with her parents, William DeLancey and Clara Horton May Howe, and her siblings, in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
At about age 5, Dorothy Sewall Howe was diagnosed with severe epilepsy. By at least 1930 Dorothy Sewall was in private care and she was later institutionalized for the rest of her life. In 1930, Dorothy Sewall Howe was a private care patient with Dr. Hiram L. Johnson and his wife, Dr. Sarah C. Johnson, in Franconia, Grafton, New Hampshire. By 1935 Dorothy Sewall was in care in Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts. By 1940 Dorothy Sewall Howe had been placed in Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Dorothy Sewall Howe died 30 November 1965 at New Hampshire Hospital, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA; Dorothy Howe interred, 10-24-1967, Mount Auburn Cemetery; Goldenrod Path; Lot 6547; spinster; no issue.

Note: After Dorothy Sewall's death it was discovered that she had taken out war-bonds for each of her nieces and nephews. She was a generous soul.


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