Husband John W. Howe 1 2
Born: 1801 - Maine 3
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Died: 1873 - Rochester, Monroe Co, NY 4
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Marriage: Bef 1830 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 4
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Wife Sally Bailey 4
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Died: Apr 1880 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4
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Children
1 F Clara Taylor Howe 5 6
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Died: Aft 1890
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Status: Adopted
Spouse: Rev. Dr. Samuel John Mills Eaton, D.D. (1820-1889) 7
Marr: 5 Nov 1850 5 6
General Notes: Husband - John W. Howe
The name of John W. Howe appears on the old records in connection with much of the early litigation of Venango County, Pennsylvania. He became a resident of Smethport, when quite young, and moved from that town to Franklin in 1830. He was then a young man seeking a field for practice, and as legal business was not large he supplemented his profession with the duties of justice of the peace, to which he was commissioned by Governor Wolfe. He soon became well known throughout the county as a fearless and upright magistrate. Subsequently he directed his whole attention to legal practice and formed a partnership with James S. Myers, which continued during his residence in Franklin. For twenty years he was a leading man at the bar, not only in Venango, but in other counties of western Pennsylvania where he practiced quite extensively. He was a man of high character, an able and reliable attorney, and an eminently successful practitioner. His addresses to juries were characterized by vigorous declamation, good humor, and keen sarcasm, and his wonderful self-possession under all circumstances often gave him decided advantage over opposing counsel in difficult cases.
In 1848 he was elected by the Whig party to the congress of the United States, and re-elected two years later, during the excitement of the fugitive slave law. He was among the earliest advocates in this part of the state of the anti-slavery movement, and weakened his standing in the Whig party by his unswerving course as a "Free-Soiler." He subsequently became a Republican, and throughout the civil war his firm patriotism was outspoken in support of the Union.
Soon after Mr. Howe located in Franklin he united with the Presbyterian church, under the first pastor, Reverend Thomas Anderson, and up to his death continued an active member thereof. He was a religious man, and an old-time observer of the Sabbath, while his everyday life was characterized by strict conformity to the teachings of his church. In 1852 he removed to Meadville, and afterward to Rochester, New York, where he died. [HVC 1890, 173]
General Notes: Wife - Sally Bailey
She died at the home of her adopted daughter in Franklin, Pennsylvania.