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Subject: [IAHENRY] Henry County bio-Charles Howe
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:56:24 EST


>From Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Iowa,Acme Publishing,
Chicago, 1888.

Page 179-180:

CHARLES S. HOWE is a dealer in staple and fancy groceries,west side of
Square, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1846, and is
the son of Joseph and Fanny E. (Marsh) Howe. The father was born in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, June 21, 1819, while his mother was born in Cincinnati, Ohio,
Nov. 22, 1823. The parents removed to Los Angeles, Cal., in 1877, where his
mother still resides. His father died there May 2, 1883. The family, including
Charles S., removed from Ohio to Taylorville, Ill., in 1852, and from there
to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in 1854. Charles learned the tinner’s trade in this
city, and opened a shop in that line in 1868,at Marshall, now Wayland, Iowa.
Shortly afterward he started in business with his father in a general store at
Marshall, and carried on the business until 1870, when they returned to
Mt.Pleasant, moving the stock of goods to this place. He continued in business with
his father until 1875, and in May of that year he sold out to his father and
was employed as a clerk till 1878,when he formed a partnership with S. and L.W.
Sutton in the grocery trade, under the firm name of Howe & Sutton. This
connection continued from Sept. 1, 1878, till April, 1884, when Mr.Howe purchased
his partner’s interest, and has since conducted the business alone.



Charles S. Howe was married at Mt. Pleasant, June 6, 1872,to Miss Mary
Sutton, daughter of Philip Sutton, a native of Greene County,Ohio. Four children
were born of their marriage, three of whom are now living: Charles R., born July
14, 1873; Frank S., born Nov. 24, 1875; Laura E.,born Oct. 6, 1880; Bert,
born Sept. 22, 1884, died Sept. 25, 1884. Mrs. Howe died May 10, 1885. Mr. Howe
was married again, Jan. 2, 1887, at Mt. Pleasant, to Miss Nina Abbe, a
daughter of Henry D. Abbe, and a native of Henry County, Iowa. Her father was a
soldier in the late war, and was one of the early settlers of Henry County. Mr.
and Mrs. Howe are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Howe is a
Republican inpolitics. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of Xenium
Lodge No. 207, of Mt. Pleasant.

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Pat Ryan White
Camarillo, CA

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