HOWE, Leonard H. died 1863

HOWE, SPOONER, WEBB

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Date: 2/11/2025 at 13:20:01

DIED - At Lansing,Iowa, on Monday July 27th, Leonard H. Howe, Attorney at Law, aged 32 years. The deceased was Treasurer of Allamakee county, at the time of his death.

~Weekly North Iowa Times, Wednesday, August 5, 1863; pg 2

Note: The 1913 bio of his son, Leonard Alden Howe, gives the following info. about his father:
Leonard Henry Howe, traced his lineage back to John Howe, who settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1639, while the mother, Charlotte E. (Spooner) Howe, is a descendant of William Spooner, who settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1637. Leonard Henry Howe, son of Eli Howe, was born April 30, 1831, at Springfield, Vermont, and in the spring of 1857 became a resident of Lansing, Iowa, where he entered upon the study of law in the office and under direction of Samuel Kinne. In January, 1858, he was admitted to the bar and engaged in practice in Lansing with good success until 1861, when he was elected treasurer and recorder of Allamakee county, the duties of both positions being at that time entrusted to one incumbent. He proved most capable and faithful in office, making a creditable record in that connection to the time of his death, which occurred July 27, 1863. It was on the 31st of January, 1861, that he had wedded Charlotte E. Spooner, a daughter of colonel Jeduthan and Betsey (Webb) Spooner. (Past & Present of Allamakee County; by Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913). Burial is in Oakland (Main) cemetery, Lot 934