Note on birth date: Marshall Spring Howe's birth date is listed as 12 June 1804 by family and as June 1804 in his 1878 obituary in the Army Navy Journal; his birth date is listed as 12 January 1804 in the General Catalogue of Non-Graduates of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1915, published by The Record Press, Brunswick, Maine, p. 520.
Absent other public documents or a family Bible listing, I am accepting a January birth month as the Bowdoin College Catalogue is the only published record of his birth.
I verified that both Marshall Spring Howe and his wife Almedia are buried at Springhill Cemetery, 529 N Greenville St, Harrodsburg, KY 40330 Phone: (859) 734-2258. Contributor: George winters (49263871)
Col. Marshall Spring Howe, son of Ebenezer Howe and Catherine Spring, born 12 January 1804 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine, USA; attended Bowdoin College Medical School, 1828; 1st Lieut., 1836; Captain, 1838; Major, 1848; Lieut. Colonel, 1858; Colonel, 1861; retired, 1866; Marshall Spring Howe died 08 December 1878 in Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, USA; no known burial site.
Obituary: COLONEL M.S. HOWE; Army and Navy Journal, 21 December 1878, p. 342.
The newspapers of the day have announced the death of Colonel M. S. Howe, U.S.A. (US Army), retired, at Harrodsburg, Ky., on the 8th inst.
A few words in memorium of this old and faithful officer may well find their place in the ARMY and NAVY JOURNAL.
Marshall Spring Howe was born in June 1804, in the town of Standish, at that time in the State of Massachusetts, but now within the Limits of the State of Maine. In the year 1836, when the U. S. 2nd Dragoons was first organized, he was appointed a first lieutenant in that regiment, standing third upon the list. During the course of his 42 years' continuous service he passed through the grades of 1st lieutenant, captain, major, and Lt. Colonel in the same regiment, and was finally promoted to the colonelcy of the 3rd Cavalry.
Two years mounted and dismounted service in the swamps of Florida, and the hard riding and general exposure incident to twenty years cavalry service west of the Mississippi River, made some inroads upon a Constitution that was originally unusually strong. The spirit of the soldier, however, remained altogether unimpaired. On the breaking out of the great civil war, Col. Howe did not deem himself too old or too infirm for active service; with a grim humor, quite characteristic of the man, he declared that he was daily riding a horse too spirited for any member of a retiring board to mount with safety. He served through the war and was placed upon the retired list in August, 1866.
During most of his subsequent life he resided at Harrodsburg, Ky., in charge of the Government military property at that place.
Colonel Howe was, by nature, too self-reliant and too independent a spirit, caring too little for personal popularity to cultivate those graces of suavity of manner and deference for the opinions of others which tend to make hosts of friends. To those, however, who understood his real character, he gave abundant evidence of sterling worth. Ill traits of character were all salient and positive. If he was a man of strong prejudices, he was also one of warm and constant affections; if his convictions were decided and firmly rooted, he was always manly and bold enough to have the courage of them; if he possessed an irrepressible contempt for every sort of cant and sham, occasionally giving expression to his contempt in terms, perhaps, a trifle too vigorous, his eye was quickly moistened by the tale of sorrow and his purse ever ready to afford generous relief. However rugged or crisp his manner might often be, he was most truly warmhearted, charitable, hospitable and generous.
As an officer, he was characterized by strict morality, stern integrity, and a conscientious and thorough performance of every military duty. He was never known to shirk any responsibility that properly devolved upon him; nor did he ever fail to render a prompt and cheerful obedience to the legal orders of his military superiors.
The death of Colonel Howe reduces to a very few individuals those who now remain of that notable body of genial men and good soldiers who composed the original roll of commissioned officers of the old 2nd Dragoons. Twiggs, Ashby, Winder, Ben Ball, Ker, Macomb, Thornton, Charley May, and many others have all answered their last earthly roll call. Harney, Fauntleroy, Lloyd Beall and Blake are now believed to be the only representatives of the old regiment who still live.
Note: Col. Marshall Spring Howe fought the Dakota Indians in the Blue Water Creek (Ash Hollow) Fight, Nebraska on September 3, 1855.
Marshall Spring Howe married, first, Anna Timothy Cleland, daughter of John Clifton Cleland and Maria Holland, (born 26 June 1822 Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica, Greater Antilles West Indies; Anna Timothy Cleland Howe Doggett died (of a stroke) on 09 January 1892 Duval county FL).
Ann Timothy Cleland was born at Monique Bay, Jamaica, in the West Indies on the sugar plantation of her father, John Clifton Cleland. The family left Jamaica and ended up in Saint Augustine Florida. Subsequently, when Ann was just 14 or 15, her father and a brother were lost at sea sailing on a steamer to New Orleans. As a result, Ann's mother, Maria Holland Cleland, was concerned for Ann's future and Ann agreed to marry Marshall Spring Howe who was stationed at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine. Ann and Col Howe had two sons, Albion and Lucien. After marriage, Col Howe received orders to deploy troops under his command into the New Mexico territory. Ann, her younger sister, and Ann's sons went along and the experience was arduous. Upon returning to the States, Ann and Col Howe took their sons to Cambridge, MA to live near the Howe family. Ann and Col Howe became estranged due to his disdain for her Catholic faith as well as their opposite sentiments regarding the Civil War, which had broken out during that period. Eventually, Ann left and traveled South to Jacksonville, FL and the marriage was later annulled. Ann met Aristides Doggett in Jacksonville when he returned from fighting as a Captain in the Confederate Army and they married in 1866; source: Great-grandson, John Locke Doggett, V.
Anna Timothy Cleland Howe married, second, in 1866 Florida, Capt. Aristides Doggett, son of John Locke Doggett and Maria Fairbanks, (born 30 July 1832 FL-29 April 1890 FL); Anna Timothy and Aristides had: John Locke Doggett, lawyer and clerk of the Criminal Court of Record for Duval County, FL (1868-1937).
Marshall Spring and Anna Timothy had:
1 Brevet-Captain Albion Howe, son of Col. Marshall Spring Howe and Anna Timothy Cleland, born 11 May 1841 Saint Augustine, St. Johns, Florida; military service: Albion Howe, age 23; birth year about 1840; commissioned an officer in Company F, New York 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment on 07 December 1863 in Albany, New York; promoted to full 1st Lieutenant on 03 May 1865; promoted to full Major on 26 July 1865; mustered out on 26 August 1865 at Washington, D.C. Promoted to Brevet 1st Lieutenant on 02 March 1867; promoted to Brevet Captain on 02 March 1867; Albion Howe died (was killed after the second attack in the Modoc Indian War, April 1873) on 26 April 1873 at the Lava Beds (now Lava Beds National Monument), somewhere between Tulelake and Canby, Siskiyou and Modoc counties, California, and
2 Lucien Howe (1848-1928), see FAG 133246984 for his complete data.
Marshall Spring Howe married, second, Mrs. Almedia Price on 21 October 1868 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; source: Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Almedia Moore Price Howe (c. 1836 LA; no further data after 1870 US Census).
Previous marriage: Almedia Moore married George R. Price (planter; 1824 KY-by 1868 LA or KY or during the US Civil War), and they had:
1 May L. Price (c 1855 LA-unknown),
2 Maud A. "Maude" Price Davis (NOV 1857 LA; married Charles S. Davis, grocer, residing in Harrodsburg, KY in 1880 USC; Maude P. Davis born NOV 1857 LA is a widow residing in Washington, D.C. in 1900 USC; Maud A. and Charles S. had two children: source: 1900 USC: 1 Frank R. Davis born 07 OCT 1882 Harrodsburg, KY; Frank R. Davis married Bertha R. Rudolph in 1905 PA; Frank R. Davis died 17 OCT 1927 PA; source: 1927 PA death cert., and 2 unknown Davis), and
3 George Price (c 1859 LA-unknown).
Source for Price children: 1860 US Census.
Absent other public documents or a family Bible listing, I am accepting a January birth month as the Bowdoin College Catalogue is the only published record of his birth.
I verified that both Marshall Spring Howe and his wife Almedia are buried at Springhill Cemetery, 529 N Greenville St, Harrodsburg, KY 40330 Phone: (859) 734-2258. Contributor: George winters (49263871)
Col. Marshall Spring Howe, son of Ebenezer Howe and Catherine Spring, born 12 January 1804 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine, USA; attended Bowdoin College Medical School, 1828; 1st Lieut., 1836; Captain, 1838; Major, 1848; Lieut. Colonel, 1858; Colonel, 1861; retired, 1866; Marshall Spring Howe died 08 December 1878 in Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, USA; no known burial site.
Obituary: COLONEL M.S. HOWE; Army and Navy Journal, 21 December 1878, p. 342.
The newspapers of the day have announced the death of Colonel M. S. Howe, U.S.A. (US Army), retired, at Harrodsburg, Ky., on the 8th inst.
A few words in memorium of this old and faithful officer may well find their place in the ARMY and NAVY JOURNAL.
Marshall Spring Howe was born in June 1804, in the town of Standish, at that time in the State of Massachusetts, but now within the Limits of the State of Maine. In the year 1836, when the U. S. 2nd Dragoons was first organized, he was appointed a first lieutenant in that regiment, standing third upon the list. During the course of his 42 years' continuous service he passed through the grades of 1st lieutenant, captain, major, and Lt. Colonel in the same regiment, and was finally promoted to the colonelcy of the 3rd Cavalry.
Two years mounted and dismounted service in the swamps of Florida, and the hard riding and general exposure incident to twenty years cavalry service west of the Mississippi River, made some inroads upon a Constitution that was originally unusually strong. The spirit of the soldier, however, remained altogether unimpaired. On the breaking out of the great civil war, Col. Howe did not deem himself too old or too infirm for active service; with a grim humor, quite characteristic of the man, he declared that he was daily riding a horse too spirited for any member of a retiring board to mount with safety. He served through the war and was placed upon the retired list in August, 1866.
During most of his subsequent life he resided at Harrodsburg, Ky., in charge of the Government military property at that place.
Colonel Howe was, by nature, too self-reliant and too independent a spirit, caring too little for personal popularity to cultivate those graces of suavity of manner and deference for the opinions of others which tend to make hosts of friends. To those, however, who understood his real character, he gave abundant evidence of sterling worth. Ill traits of character were all salient and positive. If he was a man of strong prejudices, he was also one of warm and constant affections; if his convictions were decided and firmly rooted, he was always manly and bold enough to have the courage of them; if he possessed an irrepressible contempt for every sort of cant and sham, occasionally giving expression to his contempt in terms, perhaps, a trifle too vigorous, his eye was quickly moistened by the tale of sorrow and his purse ever ready to afford generous relief. However rugged or crisp his manner might often be, he was most truly warmhearted, charitable, hospitable and generous.
As an officer, he was characterized by strict morality, stern integrity, and a conscientious and thorough performance of every military duty. He was never known to shirk any responsibility that properly devolved upon him; nor did he ever fail to render a prompt and cheerful obedience to the legal orders of his military superiors.
The death of Colonel Howe reduces to a very few individuals those who now remain of that notable body of genial men and good soldiers who composed the original roll of commissioned officers of the old 2nd Dragoons. Twiggs, Ashby, Winder, Ben Ball, Ker, Macomb, Thornton, Charley May, and many others have all answered their last earthly roll call. Harney, Fauntleroy, Lloyd Beall and Blake are now believed to be the only representatives of the old regiment who still live.
Note: Col. Marshall Spring Howe fought the Dakota Indians in the Blue Water Creek (Ash Hollow) Fight, Nebraska on September 3, 1855.
Marshall Spring Howe married, first, Anna Timothy Cleland, daughter of John Clifton Cleland and Maria Holland, (born 26 June 1822 Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica, Greater Antilles West Indies; Anna Timothy Cleland Howe Doggett died (of a stroke) on 09 January 1892 Duval county FL).
Ann Timothy Cleland was born at Monique Bay, Jamaica, in the West Indies on the sugar plantation of her father, John Clifton Cleland. The family left Jamaica and ended up in Saint Augustine Florida. Subsequently, when Ann was just 14 or 15, her father and a brother were lost at sea sailing on a steamer to New Orleans. As a result, Ann's mother, Maria Holland Cleland, was concerned for Ann's future and Ann agreed to marry Marshall Spring Howe who was stationed at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine. Ann and Col Howe had two sons, Albion and Lucien. After marriage, Col Howe received orders to deploy troops under his command into the New Mexico territory. Ann, her younger sister, and Ann's sons went along and the experience was arduous. Upon returning to the States, Ann and Col Howe took their sons to Cambridge, MA to live near the Howe family. Ann and Col Howe became estranged due to his disdain for her Catholic faith as well as their opposite sentiments regarding the Civil War, which had broken out during that period. Eventually, Ann left and traveled South to Jacksonville, FL and the marriage was later annulled. Ann met Aristides Doggett in Jacksonville when he returned from fighting as a Captain in the Confederate Army and they married in 1866; source: Great-grandson, John Locke Doggett, V.
Anna Timothy Cleland Howe married, second, in 1866 Florida, Capt. Aristides Doggett, son of John Locke Doggett and Maria Fairbanks, (born 30 July 1832 FL-29 April 1890 FL); Anna Timothy and Aristides had: John Locke Doggett, lawyer and clerk of the Criminal Court of Record for Duval County, FL (1868-1937).
Marshall Spring and Anna Timothy had:
1 Brevet-Captain Albion Howe, son of Col. Marshall Spring Howe and Anna Timothy Cleland, born 11 May 1841 Saint Augustine, St. Johns, Florida; military service: Albion Howe, age 23; birth year about 1840; commissioned an officer in Company F, New York 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment on 07 December 1863 in Albany, New York; promoted to full 1st Lieutenant on 03 May 1865; promoted to full Major on 26 July 1865; mustered out on 26 August 1865 at Washington, D.C. Promoted to Brevet 1st Lieutenant on 02 March 1867; promoted to Brevet Captain on 02 March 1867; Albion Howe died (was killed after the second attack in the Modoc Indian War, April 1873) on 26 April 1873 at the Lava Beds (now Lava Beds National Monument), somewhere between Tulelake and Canby, Siskiyou and Modoc counties, California, and
2 Lucien Howe (1848-1928), see FAG 133246984 for his complete data.
Marshall Spring Howe married, second, Mrs. Almedia Price on 21 October 1868 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; source: Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Almedia Moore Price Howe (c. 1836 LA; no further data after 1870 US Census).
Previous marriage: Almedia Moore married George R. Price (planter; 1824 KY-by 1868 LA or KY or during the US Civil War), and they had:
1 May L. Price (c 1855 LA-unknown),
2 Maud A. "Maude" Price Davis (NOV 1857 LA; married Charles S. Davis, grocer, residing in Harrodsburg, KY in 1880 USC; Maude P. Davis born NOV 1857 LA is a widow residing in Washington, D.C. in 1900 USC; Maud A. and Charles S. had two children: source: 1900 USC: 1 Frank R. Davis born 07 OCT 1882 Harrodsburg, KY; Frank R. Davis married Bertha R. Rudolph in 1905 PA; Frank R. Davis died 17 OCT 1927 PA; source: 1927 PA death cert., and 2 unknown Davis), and
3 George Price (c 1859 LA-unknown).
Source for Price children: 1860 US Census.
Note on birth date: Marshall Spring Howe's birth date is listed as 12 June 1804 by family and as June 1804 in his 1878 obituary in the Army Navy Journal; his birth date is listed as 12 January 1804 in the General Catalogue of Non-Graduates of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1915, published by The Record Press, Brunswick, Maine, p. 520.
Absent other public documents or a family Bible listing, I am accepting a January birth month as the Bowdoin College Catalogue is the only published record of his birth.
I verified that both Marshall Spring Howe and his wife Almedia are buried at Springhill Cemetery, 529 N Greenville St, Harrodsburg, KY 40330 Phone: (859) 734-2258. Contributor: George winters (49263871)
Col. Marshall Spring Howe, son of Ebenezer Howe and Catherine Spring, born 12 January 1804 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine, USA; attended Bowdoin College Medical School, 1828; 1st Lieut., 1836; Captain, 1838; Major, 1848; Lieut. Colonel, 1858; Colonel, 1861; retired, 1866; Marshall Spring Howe died 08 December 1878 in Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, USA; no known burial site.
Obituary: COLONEL M.S. HOWE; Army and Navy Journal, 21 December 1878, p. 342.
The newspapers of the day have announced the death of Colonel M. S. Howe, U.S.A. (US Army), retired, at Harrodsburg, Ky., on the 8th inst.
A few words in memorium of this old and faithful officer may well find their place in the ARMY and NAVY JOURNAL.
Marshall Spring Howe was born in June 1804, in the town of Standish, at that time in the State of Massachusetts, but now within the Limits of the State of Maine. In the year 1836, when the U. S. 2nd Dragoons was first organized, he was appointed a first lieutenant in that regiment, standing third upon the list. During the course of his 42 years' continuous service he passed through the grades of 1st lieutenant, captain, major, and Lt. Colonel in the same regiment, and was finally promoted to the colonelcy of the 3rd Cavalry.
Two years mounted and dismounted service in the swamps of Florida, and the hard riding and general exposure incident to twenty years cavalry service west of the Mississippi River, made some inroads upon a Constitution that was originally unusually strong. The spirit of the soldier, however, remained altogether unimpaired. On the breaking out of the great civil war, Col. Howe did not deem himself too old or too infirm for active service; with a grim humor, quite characteristic of the man, he declared that he was daily riding a horse too spirited for any member of a retiring board to mount with safety. He served through the war and was placed upon the retired list in August, 1866.
During most of his subsequent life he resided at Harrodsburg, Ky., in charge of the Government military property at that place.
Colonel Howe was, by nature, too self-reliant and too independent a spirit, caring too little for personal popularity to cultivate those graces of suavity of manner and deference for the opinions of others which tend to make hosts of friends. To those, however, who understood his real character, he gave abundant evidence of sterling worth. Ill traits of character were all salient and positive. If he was a man of strong prejudices, he was also one of warm and constant affections; if his convictions were decided and firmly rooted, he was always manly and bold enough to have the courage of them; if he possessed an irrepressible contempt for every sort of cant and sham, occasionally giving expression to his contempt in terms, perhaps, a trifle too vigorous, his eye was quickly moistened by the tale of sorrow and his purse ever ready to afford generous relief. However rugged or crisp his manner might often be, he was most truly warmhearted, charitable, hospitable and generous.
As an officer, he was characterized by strict morality, stern integrity, and a conscientious and thorough performance of every military duty. He was never known to shirk any responsibility that properly devolved upon him; nor did he ever fail to render a prompt and cheerful obedience to the legal orders of his military superiors.
The death of Colonel Howe reduces to a very few individuals those who now remain of that notable body of genial men and good soldiers who composed the original roll of commissioned officers of the old 2nd Dragoons. Twiggs, Ashby, Winder, Ben Ball, Ker, Macomb, Thornton, Charley May, and many others have all answered their last earthly roll call. Harney, Fauntleroy, Lloyd Beall and Blake are now believed to be the only representatives of the old regiment who still live.
Note: Col. Marshall Spring Howe fought the Dakota Indians in the Blue Water Creek (Ash Hollow) Fight, Nebraska on September 3, 1855.
Marshall Spring Howe married, first, Anna Timothy Cleland, daughter of John Clifton Cleland and Maria Holland, (born 26 June 1822 Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica, Greater Antilles West Indies; Anna Timothy Cleland Howe Doggett died (of a stroke) on 09 January 1892 Duval county FL).
Ann Timothy Cleland was born at Monique Bay, Jamaica, in the West Indies on the sugar plantation of her father, John Clifton Cleland. The family left Jamaica and ended up in Saint Augustine Florida. Subsequently, when Ann was just 14 or 15, her father and a brother were lost at sea sailing on a steamer to New Orleans. As a result, Ann's mother, Maria Holland Cleland, was concerned for Ann's future and Ann agreed to marry Marshall Spring Howe who was stationed at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine. Ann and Col Howe had two sons, Albion and Lucien. After marriage, Col Howe received orders to deploy troops under his command into the New Mexico territory. Ann, her younger sister, and Ann's sons went along and the experience was arduous. Upon returning to the States, Ann and Col Howe took their sons to Cambridge, MA to live near the Howe family. Ann and Col Howe became estranged due to his disdain for her Catholic faith as well as their opposite sentiments regarding the Civil War, which had broken out during that period. Eventually, Ann left and traveled South to Jacksonville, FL and the marriage was later annulled. Ann met Aristides Doggett in Jacksonville when he returned from fighting as a Captain in the Confederate Army and they married in 1866; source: Great-grandson, John Locke Doggett, V.
Anna Timothy Cleland Howe married, second, in 1866 Florida, Capt. Aristides Doggett, son of John Locke Doggett and Maria Fairbanks, (born 30 July 1832 FL-29 April 1890 FL); Anna Timothy and Aristides had: John Locke Doggett, lawyer and clerk of the Criminal Court of Record for Duval County, FL (1868-1937).
Marshall Spring and Anna Timothy had:
1 Brevet-Captain Albion Howe, son of Col. Marshall Spring Howe and Anna Timothy Cleland, born 11 May 1841 Saint Augustine, St. Johns, Florida; military service: Albion Howe, age 23; birth year about 1840; commissioned an officer in Company F, New York 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment on 07 December 1863 in Albany, New York; promoted to full 1st Lieutenant on 03 May 1865; promoted to full Major on 26 July 1865; mustered out on 26 August 1865 at Washington, D.C. Promoted to Brevet 1st Lieutenant on 02 March 1867; promoted to Brevet Captain on 02 March 1867; Albion Howe died (was killed after the second attack in the Modoc Indian War, April 1873) on 26 April 1873 at the Lava Beds (now Lava Beds National Monument), somewhere between Tulelake and Canby, Siskiyou and Modoc counties, California, and
2 Lucien Howe (1848-1928), see FAG 133246984 for his complete data.
Marshall Spring Howe married, second, Mrs. Almedia Price on 21 October 1868 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; source: Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Almedia Moore Price Howe (c. 1836 LA; no further data after 1870 US Census).
Previous marriage: Almedia Moore married George R. Price (planter; 1824 KY-by 1868 LA or KY or during the US Civil War), and they had:
1 May L. Price (c 1855 LA-unknown),
2 Maud A. "Maude" Price Davis (NOV 1857 LA; married Charles S. Davis, grocer, residing in Harrodsburg, KY in 1880 USC; Maude P. Davis born NOV 1857 LA is a widow residing in Washington, D.C. in 1900 USC; Maud A. and Charles S. had two children: source: 1900 USC: 1 Frank R. Davis born 07 OCT 1882 Harrodsburg, KY; Frank R. Davis married Bertha R. Rudolph in 1905 PA; Frank R. Davis died 17 OCT 1927 PA; source: 1927 PA death cert., and 2 unknown Davis), and
3 George Price (c 1859 LA-unknown).
Source for Price children: 1860 US Census.
Absent other public documents or a family Bible listing, I am accepting a January birth month as the Bowdoin College Catalogue is the only published record of his birth.
I verified that both Marshall Spring Howe and his wife Almedia are buried at Springhill Cemetery, 529 N Greenville St, Harrodsburg, KY 40330 Phone: (859) 734-2258. Contributor: George winters (49263871)
Col. Marshall Spring Howe, son of Ebenezer Howe and Catherine Spring, born 12 January 1804 in Standish, Cumberland, Maine, USA; attended Bowdoin College Medical School, 1828; 1st Lieut., 1836; Captain, 1838; Major, 1848; Lieut. Colonel, 1858; Colonel, 1861; retired, 1866; Marshall Spring Howe died 08 December 1878 in Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, USA; no known burial site.
Obituary: COLONEL M.S. HOWE; Army and Navy Journal, 21 December 1878, p. 342.
The newspapers of the day have announced the death of Colonel M. S. Howe, U.S.A. (US Army), retired, at Harrodsburg, Ky., on the 8th inst.
A few words in memorium of this old and faithful officer may well find their place in the ARMY and NAVY JOURNAL.
Marshall Spring Howe was born in June 1804, in the town of Standish, at that time in the State of Massachusetts, but now within the Limits of the State of Maine. In the year 1836, when the U. S. 2nd Dragoons was first organized, he was appointed a first lieutenant in that regiment, standing third upon the list. During the course of his 42 years' continuous service he passed through the grades of 1st lieutenant, captain, major, and Lt. Colonel in the same regiment, and was finally promoted to the colonelcy of the 3rd Cavalry.
Two years mounted and dismounted service in the swamps of Florida, and the hard riding and general exposure incident to twenty years cavalry service west of the Mississippi River, made some inroads upon a Constitution that was originally unusually strong. The spirit of the soldier, however, remained altogether unimpaired. On the breaking out of the great civil war, Col. Howe did not deem himself too old or too infirm for active service; with a grim humor, quite characteristic of the man, he declared that he was daily riding a horse too spirited for any member of a retiring board to mount with safety. He served through the war and was placed upon the retired list in August, 1866.
During most of his subsequent life he resided at Harrodsburg, Ky., in charge of the Government military property at that place.
Colonel Howe was, by nature, too self-reliant and too independent a spirit, caring too little for personal popularity to cultivate those graces of suavity of manner and deference for the opinions of others which tend to make hosts of friends. To those, however, who understood his real character, he gave abundant evidence of sterling worth. Ill traits of character were all salient and positive. If he was a man of strong prejudices, he was also one of warm and constant affections; if his convictions were decided and firmly rooted, he was always manly and bold enough to have the courage of them; if he possessed an irrepressible contempt for every sort of cant and sham, occasionally giving expression to his contempt in terms, perhaps, a trifle too vigorous, his eye was quickly moistened by the tale of sorrow and his purse ever ready to afford generous relief. However rugged or crisp his manner might often be, he was most truly warmhearted, charitable, hospitable and generous.
As an officer, he was characterized by strict morality, stern integrity, and a conscientious and thorough performance of every military duty. He was never known to shirk any responsibility that properly devolved upon him; nor did he ever fail to render a prompt and cheerful obedience to the legal orders of his military superiors.
The death of Colonel Howe reduces to a very few individuals those who now remain of that notable body of genial men and good soldiers who composed the original roll of commissioned officers of the old 2nd Dragoons. Twiggs, Ashby, Winder, Ben Ball, Ker, Macomb, Thornton, Charley May, and many others have all answered their last earthly roll call. Harney, Fauntleroy, Lloyd Beall and Blake are now believed to be the only representatives of the old regiment who still live.
Note: Col. Marshall Spring Howe fought the Dakota Indians in the Blue Water Creek (Ash Hollow) Fight, Nebraska on September 3, 1855.
Marshall Spring Howe married, first, Anna Timothy Cleland, daughter of John Clifton Cleland and Maria Holland, (born 26 June 1822 Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica, Greater Antilles West Indies; Anna Timothy Cleland Howe Doggett died (of a stroke) on 09 January 1892 Duval county FL).
Ann Timothy Cleland was born at Monique Bay, Jamaica, in the West Indies on the sugar plantation of her father, John Clifton Cleland. The family left Jamaica and ended up in Saint Augustine Florida. Subsequently, when Ann was just 14 or 15, her father and a brother were lost at sea sailing on a steamer to New Orleans. As a result, Ann's mother, Maria Holland Cleland, was concerned for Ann's future and Ann agreed to marry Marshall Spring Howe who was stationed at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine. Ann and Col Howe had two sons, Albion and Lucien. After marriage, Col Howe received orders to deploy troops under his command into the New Mexico territory. Ann, her younger sister, and Ann's sons went along and the experience was arduous. Upon returning to the States, Ann and Col Howe took their sons to Cambridge, MA to live near the Howe family. Ann and Col Howe became estranged due to his disdain for her Catholic faith as well as their opposite sentiments regarding the Civil War, which had broken out during that period. Eventually, Ann left and traveled South to Jacksonville, FL and the marriage was later annulled. Ann met Aristides Doggett in Jacksonville when he returned from fighting as a Captain in the Confederate Army and they married in 1866; source: Great-grandson, John Locke Doggett, V.
Anna Timothy Cleland Howe married, second, in 1866 Florida, Capt. Aristides Doggett, son of John Locke Doggett and Maria Fairbanks, (born 30 July 1832 FL-29 April 1890 FL); Anna Timothy and Aristides had: John Locke Doggett, lawyer and clerk of the Criminal Court of Record for Duval County, FL (1868-1937).
Marshall Spring and Anna Timothy had:
1 Brevet-Captain Albion Howe, son of Col. Marshall Spring Howe and Anna Timothy Cleland, born 11 May 1841 Saint Augustine, St. Johns, Florida; military service: Albion Howe, age 23; birth year about 1840; commissioned an officer in Company F, New York 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment on 07 December 1863 in Albany, New York; promoted to full 1st Lieutenant on 03 May 1865; promoted to full Major on 26 July 1865; mustered out on 26 August 1865 at Washington, D.C. Promoted to Brevet 1st Lieutenant on 02 March 1867; promoted to Brevet Captain on 02 March 1867; Albion Howe died (was killed after the second attack in the Modoc Indian War, April 1873) on 26 April 1873 at the Lava Beds (now Lava Beds National Monument), somewhere between Tulelake and Canby, Siskiyou and Modoc counties, California, and
2 Lucien Howe (1848-1928), see FAG 133246984 for his complete data.
Marshall Spring Howe married, second, Mrs. Almedia Price on 21 October 1868 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky; source: Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Almedia Moore Price Howe (c. 1836 LA; no further data after 1870 US Census).
Previous marriage: Almedia Moore married George R. Price (planter; 1824 KY-by 1868 LA or KY or during the US Civil War), and they had:
1 May L. Price (c 1855 LA-unknown),
2 Maud A. "Maude" Price Davis (NOV 1857 LA; married Charles S. Davis, grocer, residing in Harrodsburg, KY in 1880 USC; Maude P. Davis born NOV 1857 LA is a widow residing in Washington, D.C. in 1900 USC; Maud A. and Charles S. had two children: source: 1900 USC: 1 Frank R. Davis born 07 OCT 1882 Harrodsburg, KY; Frank R. Davis married Bertha R. Rudolph in 1905 PA; Frank R. Davis died 17 OCT 1927 PA; source: 1927 PA death cert., and 2 unknown Davis), and
3 George Price (c 1859 LA-unknown).
Source for Price children: 1860 US Census.
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