Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-11
VERNON.
Death OF Warren M. Hovo

1t is with Il universal feeling of doom
| est sorrow that this community learns of
'le ueath OF Warren NJ. Howe which 90
CURED early in the morning of Dec q ~
OSHKOSH Wis, after a brief illness win
i.ie.inpnla' kilograms announcing his
,luc"l HlheSs were received by his rela -
! yves Il week ago and his cousins Ceorgo
II. Howe of Boston and Mrs. Cora More
OF Lafayette, Ind, reached him last
frluaN, and remained with him until thc
emu lie was born at the old ancestral
home of the Howe family in this town
NOV 20 1868, the only child of Col. Arad
H. ana Celia Q'utnam) Howe, and a de-
SVehu8nt from the seventh generation of
Jemima Howe. the fair captive" of his
| lorc fame and Caleb Howe who was
1 fllIed by the Indians when his wife was
taken with her seven children and held in
captivity. ' 80
Tho father and grandfather of Warren
uleu curing his early childhood, and in his
carry manhood. after graduating from tbe
| Brattleboro High school, he assumed the
| management of the home farm which he.
JOINTLY with his cousin George inherited
rom his grandfather lie was Very suc-
cessiul as farmer, but his business abil-
| lues sought wider range and in the
! spring of 1885 he sold the farm and moved
with his mother and aunt, Miss Ellen Put
, nam, to Greenfield where he entered the
| employ Of Cutler, Lyons q Field. with
whom he remained until he transferred
ms connection to the Boston house of
winch brothers, which retained his SER
vices until he died He did a large bust
ness in several of the western states in
the shoe trade and also ut times dealt ex-
tensVely in corn. lie had also engaged
IN the lumber business in this vicinity and
was at the present time In company with
-. p. Prescott. AS a successful business
man he had few equals and the key to
ms success was an absolute and unswerv-
ing integrity coupled with energy and
sound judgment-a manhood so pure and
spotless that we believe he never did a
dlshororable act In social life he was
widely known and none knew him but to
to love him, none named him but to
praise" He was a Mason of high stand
ing, being a member of Columbian lodge
No. SO, f. d a. NJ, and Beauseant Com
mandery X r, of Brattleboro, and Of
the Mystic Shrine circle in Springfield
Mass.
His love for his native home and for the
people of this vicinity was always mani
Tested in his annual visits which usually
came at Valley Fair time, when he could
see more than at any other season. He
was one of the early promoters of the fair
and his interest in its success never
waned. His tender love and solicitude in
surrounding his invalid mother and aunt
with everything to make their lives pleas
ant was predominant ana ms daily mes
sages to them wherever he CHANGED to be
showed that his first thought and care
were for them. The sympathy of every
one who knew him goes out to these
stricken ones in their deep sorrow. May
they find consolation in their faith in
the Divine Master who said Blessed are
they that mourn, for they shall be COM
forted."
The body of Mr.. Howe will leave Osh-
kosn on Thursday. in charge of George
Howe, who expects to reach Greenfield
Friday afternoon. A service will be held
at the home in Greenfield Friday evening
and the body will be brought to Vernon
Saturday, arriving on the II a. IN. train.
The burial will he in the Howe family
lot in the North cemetery, Beauseant
Commandery, X. T., of Brattleboro. con-
Quoting their commital ritual at the Gem
etery.