Biographical Sketch of James Howitt - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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James Howitt was born in Scotland, December 27, 1823.  His paternal
grandfather was George Howitt, a native of Scotland, and a farmer by
vocation.  Andrew Howitt, the father of our subject, was also a native
of Scotland, born in 1791.  In 1815 he was married to Agnes McKorrow,
of Scotland, who was born in 1799.  She was the daughter of James
McKorrow.  To this union six sons and six daughters were born, of whom
three sons and two daughters are living.  Two sons died in the service
of the United States army in the Civil War.  The family immigrated to
America in 1834, and settled in Livingston County, NY.  In 1847 James
Howitt removed to Wisconsin, and in 1857 his father and mother came to
that State, where they lived till their deaths, the former's occuring
in 1866, the latter's in 1867.  Our subject was reared on a farm, and
from six years of age to ten years, inclusive, he attended the schools
of Scotland, but later finished his education in New York, receiving a
fair common-school education.  He was twenty-four years old when he 
left New York and went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in farming.  In
1851 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Ann Weaver, daughter of
James Weaver, who was born in Romney, in Kent, England, October 17, 
1800.  He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was a devoted Christian.
In 1820 he married Elizabeth Fielder, who was born in Sussex, England,
in 1802.  They immigrated to America in 1830, and located in Oneida
County, NY., but in the summer of 1837 removed to Wisconsin, and settled
in the town of Lisbon, Waukesha County, where they both died, the mother
in 1867, and the father on October 8, 1886.  They had sixteen children,
of whom six sons and five daughters are living (1887).  Elizabeth Ann
was born in New York, December 27, 1831.  Mr. and Mrs. Howitt have 
three children, viz.: one daughter, Agnes Elizabeth, and two sons,
Andrew James, and John W.  Mr. Howitt was a member of the Missouri
State Militia during the Civil War, and was in the service four years.
He had removed from Wisconsin to Missouri in 1859, and after the war
he returned to his family and farm in Andrew County, where he has 
since resided.