Marshall Otis Howe (October 4, 1832 – May 13, 1919) was a farmer, school superintendent and

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

from Newfane, Vermont and member of the

Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives ar ...

, serving in 1882.Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2011. ''Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations,'' Edmund Rice (1638) Association. (CD-ROM)

Personal background and family relations

Marshall Otis Howe was born in

Wardsboro, Vermont Wardsboro is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 869 at the 2020 census. The town includes the villages of Wardsboro, Wardsboro Center, West Wardsboro and South Wardsboro. History The town was settled circa 17 ...

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

. In 1882 he was elected to a one-year term in the

. Howe died at his home in Newfane on 13 May 1919. Howe was a direct descendant of John Howe (1602-1680) who arrived in

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in 1630 from

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, Warwickshire, England and settled in

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. Marshall Otis Howe was also a descendant of

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, an early immigrant to

, as follows: * Marshall Otis Howe, son of :* Otis Howe (1793-1872), son of :*

Gardner Howe Gardner Howe (November 20, 1759 – July 4, 1854) was a farmer from Dover, Vermont and member of the Vermont House of Representatives, serving in 1816 and 1823.Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2011. ''Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nin ...

(1759-1854), 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 :::*

, (ca1594-1663)

References

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