Marshall Otis Howe

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.

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. 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), 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)

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• Vermont. Vermont Death Records, 1909-2003. Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, Montpelier, Vermont.
• "Gardner Howe (1759-1854)". Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Retrieved 24 May 2012.