Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Howes, John 1870 - living in 1917
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Author: B. F. Bowen

JOHN HOWES.

    Among the successful farmers of Oketo township, who deserve mention in the
history of Marshall county, is John Howes, trustee of his home township and the
owner of a farm of ninety-five acres of land. He was born in the township on
July 10, 1870, on the old homestead and is the son of Thomas and Eliza
(Loveridge) Howes.

    Thomas and Eliza Howes were born in England in 1841 and there grew to
maturity. They were later married and in 1866 they decided to seek a home in
America. On their; arrival in the United States they at once came to Kansas and
homesteaded a tract of land in Oketo township, Marshall county. A log cabin was
soon erected on the tract and in this the little family lived for some years. At
that time there were but two or three houses in Marysville, and the territory
was sparsely settled. The first few years of their lives were hard ones and they
experienced many of the hardships of the early pioneer on the plains of Kansas.
The farm in time was thoroughly developed and improved and today Mr. Howes is
recognized as one of the substantial retired farmers and stockmen of his
township. During those early days both Mr. and Mrs. Howes took the deepest
interest in local affairs and were among the early advocates of the
establishment of good schools and the general development of the district. They
were the parents of the following children: Charles, Mary, John, Lillie, Lottie,
Esther, Louisa and Walter, and one who died in infancy. Charles is now a
resident of Pottawatomie county; Mary died in 1899; Lillie is the wife of John
A. Triggs and resides in Oketo; Lottie is the wife of S. T. Herring and they are
residents of Oketo township; Esther Gillette is a resident of the county; Louisa
is the wife of Frank Tatman, and is also a resident here, and Walter resides in
Oketo township.

  - John Howes received his education in the schools of Blue Valley district and
attended during his first days in the old log school house. He was reared on the
home farm, where he assisted his father with the work until he was twenty-nine
years of age, when he engaged in farming for himself. He then moved to his
present home farm. On October 4, 1899, Mr. Howes was married to Alice Blackmer,
who was born on December 14, 1876, on the old homestead in section 28, Oketo
township, and is the daughter of Marvin and Augusta (Graves) Blackmer. Her
father was a native of the state, of New York, her mother a native of Maine.
They were married in Illinois in 1869 and came to Kansas, where they
home-steaded land in Oketo township, Marshall county. The father was born in
1839 and died in 1893, and the mother was born in 1837 and died in the year
1907. They were among the prominent people of the district in which they lived
and had much to do with the development of their home township as well as the
county. They were the parents of the following children: Eva McNulty, who died
in May, 1910; Ralph, who died at the age of two years; Alice, the wife of John
Howes; Marvin, a resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

    Mr. Howes has always taken a prominent part in the affairs of the township
and is one of the influential men of the district. For the past eight years he
has served as trustee of his home township and was chairman for nine years of
the local school board, and during his membership on the board the schools of
the district took high rank among the schools of the county. He is a prominent
member of the Independent Order of .Odd Fellows and of the Modern Woodmen of
America. Mr. and Mrs. Howes are the parents of four children, Fred, Garth and
Wayne, and one that died in infancy. They are among the substantial people of
the community and are held in the highest regard and esteem by all who know them.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)

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