George G. Howe

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR George G. Howe is not in my direct ancestry. No relationship to this Howe line has been extablished at present.

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George G. Howe
The biography, p. xxv, 1887 History of Clarion Co., of Nelson B. Howe of Knox b. 1849, lists his parents as George C. and Barbara E. (Armstrong) Howe. This Nelson Howe appears as an 11 year old child in the 1860 census, parents Barbara E. and George G. Howe. It is not known whether the biographer or census taker made the mistake regarding his middle initial, but these two references are clearly to the same man.

The biography lists the father of George G. Howe as Simeon Howe. It lists George G. Howe's wife as Barbara E. Armstrong, daughter of Robert Armstrong.
Nelson's brother, John F. Howe, is buried in the Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Clarion Co. PA.

Our direct line ancestor Anna Catherine Howe had a brother named George, born 1823, the second of eight children. He would be of the same generation as the George G. Howe, father of Nelson. However, we believe that the father of our Catherine Howe and brother George Howe to have been Abram Howe. The relationship if any between Abram Howe and Simeon Howe is unknown, but bears investigation.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth
Marriage			To Barbara E. Armstrong
Death
Burial

Sources:

Children

(Children with wife Barbara Armstrong)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Westley Howe	M	~1833	PA
Sarah Jane Howe	M	1836	PA	Unknown Boyer	d. 1912, Phipps Cem. Ashland T. Clarion, PA
John F. Howe	M	~27 Apr 1839	PA		d. 29 Sept 1863
Harriet Howe	F	~1841	PA
Martha M. Howe	F	1845	PA	Benjamin F. Keck 1844-1908	d. 1923
Nelson Howe	M	(22?) July 1849	Ashland Twp., Clarion Co. PA	Clarissa Zellers

Photos

Gravestone George G. Howe, Phipps Cemetery, Ashland, Clarion PA

This identical photo was on FindAGrave for George's wife, Barbara Ellen Armstrong. Perhaps an inscription for her is on the same stone.

Gravestone Geo. G. Howe, Phipps Cemetery, Ashland Twp, Clarion Co. PA

Phipps Cemetery in Ashland Township is where Henry Kline & wife Catherine Howe & several children are buried also. It is a small cemetery, which suggests a link between these Howe families.

John F. Howe, Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver Twp. Clarion Co. PA

Gravestone of Benjamin F & Martha M Howe Keck, Phipps Cemetery, Ashland, Clarion PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 US Federal Census, Elk Twp, Clarion Co. PA, pg 240, Anc pg 15. Date of Census 10 Sept 1850. Lines2-9: George G. Howe age 44, Farmer Real Estate 3,000. Barbara 41. Westley 17, in school; Sarah Jane 15,in school; John 11, in school; Harriet 9, in school; Martha 4; Nelson 1. All born in PA.
2	1860 US Census,Ashland Twp.,Clarion Co.PA p. 14, ln 15, dwelling 90. Date of census 9 July 1860. George G. Howe, age 53 M, farmer, real estate value $4000, personal estate value $1000; Barbara E. age 50 F; John F. age 21 M; Harriet age 19 F; Martha M. age 14 F; Nelson age 11 M. All born in PA.
3	Gravestone of John F. Howe at Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver Twp., Clarion Co. PA. John F. Howe died Sept. 29, 1863 aged 24 yrs 5 mos 2 da. Transcribed & photographed Oct. 2006 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams Geo. G. Howe Died Sep.3 1881 Aged 75 Yrs. 1 M & 17 D.
4	History of Clarion Co. PA 1887, by Davis, p. xxv. Biography of Nelson B. Howe, son of "George C. and Barbara (Armstrong) Howe"	(See complete text)
5	Gravestone of Benjamin F & Martha M. Keck, Phipps Cemetery, Ashland, Clarion, PA. KECK Benj. F 1844-1908, Martha M 1845-1923.
6	Research of Elizabeth Wilson Williams gr-gr-granddaughter of Anna Catherine Howe from Ancestry.com (documents and FindAGrave only); created this page.

Source Notes

• Per Robert Beals,1995 (Emlenton, PA, great-grandson of Catherine Howe), Catherine had a brother named George Howe who owned a coffee company and Catherine's husband, Henry Kline, had a brother who worked there for George for a time. (In 1995, the phone book listed a George J. Howe Coffee Co., 629 W. Main St., Grove City, Mercer Co. PA. Whether the compamy name has changed to reflect current owner's name is unknown). The History of Clarion Co., 1887, p. xxv biography of George Howe b. 1823, lists his parents as Abraham & Barbara Howe. This biography says that George, son of Abram Howe, was a quiet farmer. It does not mention a coffee company. Now it is to be wondered if the connection that Robert Beals remembered was not to a brother of Catherine Howe, but perhaps a cousin. Perhaps the George C./G. Howe who was the father of Nelson Howe was the entrepreneur.

• Nelson B. Howe biography, p. xxv, 1887 History of Clarion Co., of one Nelson B. Howe of Knox b. 1849. It lists his father as George G. and Barbara E. (Armstrong) Howe ,and his paternal grandfather as Simeon Howe, pioneer of Clarion Co. PA. (See complete text) This Nelson Howe appears as an 11 year old child in the
• 1860 census, Barbara E. and George G. Howe's son Nelson is age 11.
• Nelson Howe's brother John F. Howe was buried at Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Clarion Co. PA.
• Caldwell's Atlas of Clarion County PA, 1877 by J. A. Caldwell, ed. Henry Cring. Available at Clarion Public Library, Clarion, PA. See at website Ancestor Tracks, http://ancestortracks.com/Clarion_Co_Atlas,Caldwell,1877.html
  Ashland Twp: Southeast corner of Ashland Twp., just north of boundary with Beaver Twp., 150 acre property of Geo. G. Howe, possibly including the limestone quarry shown just south of the house.(Property apparently on present day Rt. 338)

Research Wishlist

• Will of George G. Howe
• Church records/baptismal/ giving parents of George G./C. Howe
• History of ownership, George J. Howe Coffee Company; early employees list