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Howe, Henry – Howe, Timothy Otis

Howe, Henry

compiler, author, was born Oct. 11, 1816, in New Haven, Conn.

He is an historical writer and compiler of Cincinnati, and the author of Historical Collections of New Jersey (with J. W.

Barber); Our Whole Country; The Great West; Historical Collections of Virginia and Ohio; Over the World; Adventures and Achievements of Americans; and Times of the Rebellion in the West.

Howe, Henry Marion

metallurgist, author, was born March 2, 1848, in Boston, Mass. He is a metallurgist who has published The Metallurgy of Steel; and Copper Smelting.

Howe, Herbert Alonzo

educator, astronomer, author, was born Nov. 22, 1858, in Brockport, N. Y. Since 1881 he has been professor of mathematics and astronomy in the university of Denver.

He is also director of the Chamberlin observatory, and the author of A Study of the Sky; and Elements of Descriptive Astronomy.

Howe, James H

lawyer, jurist, was born in Maine. In 1873 he was appointed United States judge for the western district of Wisconsin, residing in Kenosha.

Howe, John Badlam

author, was born March 3, 1813, in Boston, Mass. He was the author of Monetary and Industrial Fallacies; Mono-Metallism and Bi- Metallism; The Political Economy of Great Britain, the United States, and France in the Use of Money; The Common Sense of Money; and Replies to Criticisms. He died Jan. 22, 1882, in Lima, Ind.

Howe, John W

congressman, was born in New Hampshire. Having settled in Pennsylvania, he was elected a representative in congress from 1849 to 1853.

Howe, Mary E

poet, was born June 26, 1831, in Painesville, Ohio. In 1849 she received a prize for a composition of prose and poetry at the Painesville academy; has ever since contributed extensively to the periodical press, and her poems have received recognition in several standard works.

Howe, Robert

soldier, was born in 1732, in Brunswick county, N. C. He served with distinction through the revolutionary war, and was promoted brigadier-general. He died Nov. 12, 1785, in Brunswick county, N. C.

Howe, Samuel Gridley

educator, physician, author, was born Nov. 10, 1801, in Boston, Mass. He was a physician of Boston, the first superintendent of the Perkins Institution for the Blind, and a man of prominence in the anti-slavery movement. He was the author of Reader for the Blind; and Historical Sketch of the Greek Revolution. He died Jan. 9, 1876, in Boston, Mass.

Howe, Thomas M

banker, congressman, was born in Vermont. He settled in Pennsylvania; was elected a representative in congress from 1851 to 1855, and was for many years cashier, and then president, of the Exchange bank of Pittsburg, Pa.

Howe, Thomas Y

JR., congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.

Howe, Timothy Otis

postmastergeneral, state senator, was born Feb. 17, 1816, in Livermore, Maine. In 1845 he was elected a member of the Maine legislature; in 1850 was elected circuit judge; in 1861 was elected a senator in congress from Wisconsin; and in 1881 was appointed postmaster-general. He died March 25, 1883, in Wisconsin.