Marshall Otis Howe Explained

Marshall Otis Howe (October 4, 1832  - May 13, 1919) was a farmer, school superintendent and Justice of the Peace from Newfane, Vermont and member of the Vermont House of Representatives, serving in 1882.^{[1] [2]}

Personal background and family relations

Marshall Otis Howe was born in Wardsboro, Vermont to Otis Howe (1793 - 1872) and Sally (Marsh) Howe (1796–1877). He was married on 15 August 1866 to Gertrude Isabel Dexter, and was a farmer in Newfane, Vermont and served as a school superintendent and Justice of the Peace. In 1882 he was elected to a one-year term in the Vermont House of Representatives. Howe died at his home in Newfane on 13 May 1919.^[3] Howe was a direct descendant of John Howe (1602-1680) who arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 from Brinklow, Warwickshire, England and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Marshall Otis Howe was also a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:

• Marshall Otis Howe, son of

• Otis Howe (1793-1872), son of

• Gardner Howe (1759-1854),^[4] son of

• Priscilla Rice (1731-?), daughter of

• Luke Rice (1689-1754), son of

• Daniel Rice (1655-1737), son of

• Edward Rice (1622-1712), son of

• Edmund Rice, (ca1594-1663)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marshall Otis Howe in Howe Family of Massachusetts . Political Graveyard . 25 May 2012.
2. Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2011. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations, Edmund Rice (1638) Association. (CD-ROM)
3. Vermont. Vermont Death Records, 1909-2003. Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Montpelier, Vermont.
4. Web site: Gardner Howe (1759-1854) . Edmund Rice (1638) Association . 24 May 2012.