George Howe received his LLB from Harvard Law School in 1847
m. Mary Ann Willard [b. Dec. 18, 1824 - d. Mar 17, 1905 at Cambridge MA. Dau Joseph Willard and Susan Dorr Clapp]
They had one child: George Ebenezer Howe.
Honorable George Howe
Honorable George Howe, eldest son of Honorable Ebenezer Howe, Junior; great-grandson of Captain Moses Howe, who was taken by the Indians when a lad ; great-great-grandson of Caleb Howe, killed by Indians July 27, 1755, and the husband of the "fair captive"; great-great- great-grandson of Josiah Sartwell (the builder of Sartwell's Fort, 1737), was born in Vernon July 4, 1824. He studied law in Brattleboro with Honorable Asa Keyes. In 1845 he entered the law department of Harvard University and graduated in 1847 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, closed his preparatory studies as a law student in the office of Honorable W. C. Bradley at Westminster and was admitted to the bar of Windham County in 1847. He spent several years in California and on his return located at Brattleboro and commenced the practice of law in 1853, in partnership with Judge Keyes. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1856 ; was state's attorney, 1858-1859 ; was appointed United States attor ney for the district of Vermont by President Lincoln in 1861. He represented Windham County in the State Senate, 1874-1875, and held many other offices and positions of trust; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1876. Obtaining an appointment in the Pension Department of the government, he removed from Brattleboro about 1880. He died February 21, 1888.
His wife, Mary Ann Willard, born December 16, 1823, died March 24, 1905. She was a daughter of Joseph Willard and Susan Dorr Clapp of Westminster and they were married June 13, 1850. An only child :
George E., born February 5, 1862, graduated at Harvard College September, 1883; Harvard Law School, 1885 ; practiced law in Boston in partnership with F. W. Kittredge and Nathan Matthews, Junior; married June 23, 1891, Nelly, daughter of Alfred H. Wright. He died December, 1920. Children: Frank S., born in Natick July 10, 1892. Calma W., graduated at Wellesley, 1915 ; married June 7, 1916, Reverend James Gordon Gilkey of New York, graduated at Harvard, 1912.
George Wright, born October 9, 1895; graduated Harvard College, 1921. Henry M., of San Francisco. Clifford B., of Boston.
Mr. Wright came to Brattleboro as a clerk, to the firm Pratt & Wright, clothiers. He married September 8, 1858, Miss Mary Bemis, born in 1835 and died in 1914. He was made deacon of the Centre Church December 15, 1871, was on the church committee from 1867 to 1872 and was superintendent of the Sunday school in 1863. He moved to Natick, Massachusetts, in 1881.
Published in Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895: Volume 2 by Mary Rogers Cabot, ed. E. L. Hildreth & Company, 1921.
Note: The above is how the text appears in the digitized version.
m. Mary Ann Willard [b. Dec. 18, 1824 - d. Mar 17, 1905 at Cambridge MA. Dau Joseph Willard and Susan Dorr Clapp]
They had one child: George Ebenezer Howe.
Honorable George Howe
Honorable George Howe, eldest son of Honorable Ebenezer Howe, Junior; great-grandson of Captain Moses Howe, who was taken by the Indians when a lad ; great-great-grandson of Caleb Howe, killed by Indians July 27, 1755, and the husband of the "fair captive"; great-great- great-grandson of Josiah Sartwell (the builder of Sartwell's Fort, 1737), was born in Vernon July 4, 1824. He studied law in Brattleboro with Honorable Asa Keyes. In 1845 he entered the law department of Harvard University and graduated in 1847 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, closed his preparatory studies as a law student in the office of Honorable W. C. Bradley at Westminster and was admitted to the bar of Windham County in 1847. He spent several years in California and on his return located at Brattleboro and commenced the practice of law in 1853, in partnership with Judge Keyes. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1856 ; was state's attorney, 1858-1859 ; was appointed United States attor ney for the district of Vermont by President Lincoln in 1861. He represented Windham County in the State Senate, 1874-1875, and held many other offices and positions of trust; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1876. Obtaining an appointment in the Pension Department of the government, he removed from Brattleboro about 1880. He died February 21, 1888.
His wife, Mary Ann Willard, born December 16, 1823, died March 24, 1905. She was a daughter of Joseph Willard and Susan Dorr Clapp of Westminster and they were married June 13, 1850. An only child :
George E., born February 5, 1862, graduated at Harvard College September, 1883; Harvard Law School, 1885 ; practiced law in Boston in partnership with F. W. Kittredge and Nathan Matthews, Junior; married June 23, 1891, Nelly, daughter of Alfred H. Wright. He died December, 1920. Children: Frank S., born in Natick July 10, 1892. Calma W., graduated at Wellesley, 1915 ; married June 7, 1916, Reverend James Gordon Gilkey of New York, graduated at Harvard, 1912.
George Wright, born October 9, 1895; graduated Harvard College, 1921. Henry M., of San Francisco. Clifford B., of Boston.
Mr. Wright came to Brattleboro as a clerk, to the firm Pratt & Wright, clothiers. He married September 8, 1858, Miss Mary Bemis, born in 1835 and died in 1914. He was made deacon of the Centre Church December 15, 1871, was on the church committee from 1867 to 1872 and was superintendent of the Sunday school in 1863. He moved to Natick, Massachusetts, in 1881.
Published in Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895: Volume 2 by Mary Rogers Cabot, ed. E. L. Hildreth & Company, 1921.
Note: The above is how the text appears in the digitized version.
George Howe received his LLB from Harvard Law School in 1847
m. Mary Ann Willard [b. Dec. 18, 1824 - d. Mar 17, 1905 at Cambridge MA. Dau Joseph Willard and Susan Dorr Clapp]
They had one child: George Ebenezer Howe.
Honorable George Howe
Honorable George Howe, eldest son of Honorable Ebenezer Howe, Junior; great-grandson of Captain Moses Howe, who was taken by the Indians when a lad ; great-great-grandson of Caleb Howe, killed by Indians July 27, 1755, and the husband of the "fair captive"; great-great- great-grandson of Josiah Sartwell (the builder of Sartwell's Fort, 1737), was born in Vernon July 4, 1824. He studied law in Brattleboro with Honorable Asa Keyes. In 1845 he entered the law department of Harvard University and graduated in 1847 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, closed his preparatory studies as a law student in the office of Honorable W. C. Bradley at Westminster and was admitted to the bar of Windham County in 1847. He spent several years in California and on his return located at Brattleboro and commenced the practice of law in 1853, in partnership with Judge Keyes. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1856 ; was state's attorney, 1858-1859 ; was appointed United States attor ney for the district of Vermont by President Lincoln in 1861. He represented Windham County in the State Senate, 1874-1875, and held many other offices and positions of trust; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1876. Obtaining an appointment in the Pension Department of the government, he removed from Brattleboro about 1880. He died February 21, 1888.
His wife, Mary Ann Willard, born December 16, 1823, died March 24, 1905. She was a daughter of Joseph Willard and Susan Dorr Clapp of Westminster and they were married June 13, 1850. An only child :
George E., born February 5, 1862, graduated at Harvard College September, 1883; Harvard Law School, 1885 ; practiced law in Boston in partnership with F. W. Kittredge and Nathan Matthews, Junior; married June 23, 1891, Nelly, daughter of Alfred H. Wright. He died December, 1920. Children: Frank S., born in Natick July 10, 1892. Calma W., graduated at Wellesley, 1915 ; married June 7, 1916, Reverend James Gordon Gilkey of New York, graduated at Harvard, 1912.
George Wright, born October 9, 1895; graduated Harvard College, 1921. Henry M., of San Francisco. Clifford B., of Boston.
Mr. Wright came to Brattleboro as a clerk, to the firm Pratt & Wright, clothiers. He married September 8, 1858, Miss Mary Bemis, born in 1835 and died in 1914. He was made deacon of the Centre Church December 15, 1871, was on the church committee from 1867 to 1872 and was superintendent of the Sunday school in 1863. He moved to Natick, Massachusetts, in 1881.
Published in Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895: Volume 2 by Mary Rogers Cabot, ed. E. L. Hildreth & Company, 1921.
Note: The above is how the text appears in the digitized version.
m. Mary Ann Willard [b. Dec. 18, 1824 - d. Mar 17, 1905 at Cambridge MA. Dau Joseph Willard and Susan Dorr Clapp]
They had one child: George Ebenezer Howe.
Honorable George Howe
Honorable George Howe, eldest son of Honorable Ebenezer Howe, Junior; great-grandson of Captain Moses Howe, who was taken by the Indians when a lad ; great-great-grandson of Caleb Howe, killed by Indians July 27, 1755, and the husband of the "fair captive"; great-great- great-grandson of Josiah Sartwell (the builder of Sartwell's Fort, 1737), was born in Vernon July 4, 1824. He studied law in Brattleboro with Honorable Asa Keyes. In 1845 he entered the law department of Harvard University and graduated in 1847 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, closed his preparatory studies as a law student in the office of Honorable W. C. Bradley at Westminster and was admitted to the bar of Windham County in 1847. He spent several years in California and on his return located at Brattleboro and commenced the practice of law in 1853, in partnership with Judge Keyes. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1856 ; was state's attorney, 1858-1859 ; was appointed United States attor ney for the district of Vermont by President Lincoln in 1861. He represented Windham County in the State Senate, 1874-1875, and held many other offices and positions of trust; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1876. Obtaining an appointment in the Pension Department of the government, he removed from Brattleboro about 1880. He died February 21, 1888.
His wife, Mary Ann Willard, born December 16, 1823, died March 24, 1905. She was a daughter of Joseph Willard and Susan Dorr Clapp of Westminster and they were married June 13, 1850. An only child :
George E., born February 5, 1862, graduated at Harvard College September, 1883; Harvard Law School, 1885 ; practiced law in Boston in partnership with F. W. Kittredge and Nathan Matthews, Junior; married June 23, 1891, Nelly, daughter of Alfred H. Wright. He died December, 1920. Children: Frank S., born in Natick July 10, 1892. Calma W., graduated at Wellesley, 1915 ; married June 7, 1916, Reverend James Gordon Gilkey of New York, graduated at Harvard, 1912.
George Wright, born October 9, 1895; graduated Harvard College, 1921. Henry M., of San Francisco. Clifford B., of Boston.
Mr. Wright came to Brattleboro as a clerk, to the firm Pratt & Wright, clothiers. He married September 8, 1858, Miss Mary Bemis, born in 1835 and died in 1914. He was made deacon of the Centre Church December 15, 1871, was on the church committee from 1867 to 1872 and was superintendent of the Sunday school in 1863. He moved to Natick, Massachusetts, in 1881.
Published in Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895: Volume 2 by Mary Rogers Cabot, ed. E. L. Hildreth & Company, 1921.
Note: The above is how the text appears in the digitized version.
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