Individual Details
John Lewis Howe
(13 Aug 1833 - 28 Nov 1894)
Events
| Birth | 13 Aug 1833 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine |  | ||
| Education | the common schools and at Edward Little Istitute - Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine | | |||
| Occupation | teacher for several terms - Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | |||
| Bio Note | John Howe was selectman for Greene, Maine, in 1872. | | |||
| Marriage | 9 Jan 1872 | Ashland, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Mercy H. Sparrow |  | | |
| Occupation | farmer - Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | | ||
| Bio Note | On 22 July 1884, John Howe received Patent No. 302,254 for an Appartus for Unloading Hay. | | |||
| Death | 28 Nov 1894 | heart disease - Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | ||
| Burial | Old Valley Cemetery, Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | |
Families
| Spouse | Mercy H. Sparrow (1834 - ) |
| Father | Lewis W. Howe (1802 - 1859) |
| Mother | Sarah "Sally" Parker (1811 - 1902) |
| Sibling | Eliza Ann Howe (1837 - 1925) |
Notes
Marriage
They were married by Rev. B. F. Bowles. The couple had no children.Occupation
John Lewis Howe's farm "was one of the largest and best in town, situated on northerly slope of Clark's Mountain, so-called, commanding an extensive view, and to which he gave the name of 'Alpine Farm.'"Endnotes
1. Old Valley Cemetery (Route 202, Greene, Maine), John L. Howe gravestone; Dale Walter Mower, personally viewed, 22 November 2014.
2. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 63.
3. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 June 2016), digital image, "Record of a Death," John L. Howe; Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll No. 28.
4. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 63.
5. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 63.
6. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 63.
7. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 63-4.
8. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 63.
9. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 June 2016), digital image, "Record of a Death," John L. Howe; Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll No. 28.
10. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 63.
11. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 June 2016), digital image, "Record of a Death," John L. Howe; Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll No. 28.
12. Old Valley Cemetery (Route 202, Greene, Maine), John L. Howe gravestone; Dale Walter Mower, personally viewed, 22 November 2014.
13. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 63.
14. Old Valley Cemetery (Route 202, Greene, Maine), John L. Howe gravestone; Dale Walter Mower, personally viewed, 22 November 2014.
15. Ancestry.com, Find-A-Grave, database with digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 June 2016), Find A Grave Memorial# 37767500.
16. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 June 2016), digital image, "Record of a Death," John L. Howe; Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll No. 28.