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From: "Debbie \(Noland\) Nitsche" <>
Subject: HOWE Family Ariticle
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:43:54 -0400


HOWE FAMILY

Among the early settlers at Marietta, the name of Perly Howe appears.
He was born at Killingly, Connecticut, May 14, 1768. He came to Ohio at the
early period of settlement and was one of the first male teachers at the
stockade. While there he formed the acquaintance of Persis Putnam, daughter
of General Rufus Putnam, whom he married May 2, 1798. He soon after came to
Belpre and settled on a farm given him by General Putnam, on which his
grandson, George A. Howe now lives. Mr. Howe was familiarly known among the
old settlers, as "Master Howe." He, for a long time taught school in Upper
Belpre, and the few old men yet living, remember him as their first teacher.
He was one of the best teachers of the community, a good writer, and"good in
figures." He lived to see the farm on which he settled, well improved, and
the border country to which he came, developed into a well organized
community. He died May 17, 1855. His first wife, Persis Putnam, died
September 16, 1822. He married for his second wife, Sarah Emerson,
September 2, 1827; she died February 19, 1863. By his first wife he had
five children, viz: Joseph, born July 4, 1800; Perley, born May 28, 1802;
Abigail Putnam, wife of William R. Walker of Athens county, born December
31, 1804; Rufus William, born June 17, 1807, only two of whom
married---William and Abigail.
Mr. Howe was commissioned Captain of the first brigade, third division
of the Washington county militia, in 1804, by Governor Tiffin. At the time
of Aaron Burr's conspiracy, this company stood guard, and Captain Howe was a
witness at the trial.
Mr. Howe was one of the organizers of the Presbyterian church in
Belpre, and was a deacon until his death, in his eighty-eight year.
Rufus William Howe was a farmer all his life. In his youth, after
passing through the country schools, he attended the academy at Marietta,
and boarded with General Rufus Putnam, his grandfather. He married for his
first wife, Lucy Eastman, May 23, 1833, of the Lower Belpre settlement. She
died September 22, 1834, leaving no children. He married for his second
wife, Polly Proctor, of Watertown township, June 24, 1835; the family
consisted of four children, viz: Joseph Perly, born April 6, 1836; George
Augustus and Persis Putnam. George, the second son, is the only member of
the family who married. He married Charlotte Ann Wyatt, of Amestown, Athens
county, October 26, 1865. they had five children, viz: Charlotte Wyatt,
Mary Emily, Persis Putnam, Blanche and Jessie, the three oldest of whom are
living. He married for his second wife, Mary S. Chapman, of College Hill,
Ohio February 12, 1880.
William Howe lived in a house facing Blennerhasset Island first,
afterwards removed to the plain. A pictorial sketch of the residence of
George A., which stands on the plain overlooking the valley and river, will
be found on an adjoining page.

History of Washington County, Ohio 1788-1881
By H. Z. Williams
Chapter XXXIIX (Belpre Township) Pages 529 & 530


Extracted by Debbie (Noland) Nitsche
April 2004



Debbie (Noland) Nitsche


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