George Howe Biography, 1887 History of Clarion County Pa

From History of Clarion County PA, 1887, by Davis, p. xxv.

Howe, George, Scotch Hill p.o., Farmington, the second of eight children born to Abraham and Barbarah Howe, was born in Huntington county on July 11, 1823, and came to Clarion county in 1837, and settled at or near Polk Furnace, after which he removed to James Laughlin's saw-mill, near the mouth of the Piney, in 1838, and in the year following he removed to Knight's Mills, where he remained for five years. He married Janette Simpson and settled on a farm in this township. They have had fifteen children, ten of whom are living. He has been a successful farmer. George Howe is a quiet, unassuming gentleman, an industrious farmer, and a good neighbor. In political affairs he takes no active part, but favors the Republican party. In church affairs he is prominent, and is a supporter and elder in the Presbyterian Church.