Plumas-Sierra-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Howk, Corel 1829 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

COREL HOWK.—Mr. Howk was the first of five children, three sons and two
daughters, of Alanson Howk, and was born at Wellington, Lorain county, Ohio,
April 6, 1829. Alanson Howk was of Holland descent, and was born September 15,
1800, in New York. He was one of a party of five men the first to settle in
Lorain county, Ohio, being then nineteen years of age. In 1828 he was married to
Theodocia Clifford of Rhode Island. Alanson Howk died April 6, 1851, and his
wife March 31, 1880. Corel Howk worked on the farm until March, 1852, when he
came overland to California. He conducted the Iowa hotel at Placerville until
June, 1853, when he sold out and came with his family to Sierra valley, Sierra
county, and located on the Beatty & Stewart ranch. Shortly after he sold this
and located the Suphur springs in Sierra Valley. Here he built a house and lived
until 1861, when he sold out and went into stock-raising, changing his residence
to Beckwourth. In 1864 he went east, intending to remain, but came back the
following year. Upon his return he bought a ranch from Dr. Webber, and raised
stock until 1872, when he again sold out, and has since been dealing in horses.
In 1876 he purchased a comfortable home in Loyalton, where the family has since
resided. He was married January 1, 1848, to Miss Ordelle Caroline Freeman, who
was born in Cayuga county, New York, April 13, 1831, and was the daughter of
Simeon and Olive (Jackson) Freeman. They have two children, Electa Jeannette,
born November 29, 1864, and Simeon Jonathan, born February 1, 1868. Mrs. Howk is
a woman of high literary tastes, and years ago contributed many valuable
articles and sketches for the newspapers and periodicals of the coast. Some of
her best efforts were published in Hutching's California Magazine, and the
Golden Era. Her various nom de plumes were Alice, Dolly Dodson, and Chatterbox,
under which she is quite widely known. Their accomplished daughter possesses
rare musical talent, and is also a frequent contributor to various publications.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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