Individual Details

Leon Selden Howe

(18 Aug 1868 - 11 Jan 1946)

Events

Birth	18 Aug 1868	Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine
Education		Presque Isle Academy and St. John's Episcopal School, Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine
Marriage Intention	28 Jun 1904	Myra Francis Vickery
Marriage	6 Jul 1904	Myra Francis Vickery
Occupation		public accountant. He was for some years in the dry goods business in Presque Isle. He first worked for S. Friedman & Company, a retail clothing business, for about five years after leaving school. He was then employed briefly by M.S. Klein, clothier, before becoming a clerk in William R. Piper's dry goods business. In 1905, Leon formed a partnership with R. M. Barker operating a dry goods business under the name Howe-Barker Company until its dissolution in 1913. He then opened a ladies' furnishing store. He was an internal revenue collector for the Northern District of Maine and later high sheriff of Aroostook County, Maine. Additionally, he was involved in the fertilizer business for several years.
Bio Note		Politically, Leon was a Democrat.
Bio Note		Leon served as town manager - Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine
Bio Note		He was a member of the Mooseleuk Club in Presque Isle, Meduxnekeag Club in Houlton, the Masonic Lodge, Knights Templar and the Shrine
Religion		a member, and served as treasurer, - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine
Death	11 Jan 1946	coronary occlusion and generalized arteriosclerosis due to arterio-sclerotic heart disease - home (9 Winter Street), Houlton, Aroostook, Maine
Funeral	13 Jan 1946	Rev Arthur Heebe officiated - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine

Families

Spouse	Myra Francis Vickery (1875 - 1964)
Child	Gilbert Vickery Howe (1905 - 1982)
Child	Sarah Scovil Howe (1907 - 1998)
Child	Leon Selden Howe Jr. (1908 - 1985)
Child	Amasa Howe (1909 - 1950)

Father	Amasa Howe ( - )
Mother	Louise Pratt ( - )

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