Davidson-Rutherford County TN Archives Biographies.....Howse, Hilary Ewing 1866 - 
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Author: Will T. Hale

   HILARY EWING HOWSE. Twice elected mayor of Nashville, first in 1909 and again

in 1911, for terms of two years, Hilary Ewing Howse is not only prominent in the

public affairs of his home city but is one of the leading citizens of Tennessee

both in public and business life.



   In the case of Mr. Howse politics is not his profession. Having attained a

high rank as a successful business man, he has devoted himself with like energy

to the public service and has been prominent in political affairs beginning with

his election from the first district to the county court of Davidson county,

where he served five years. He was also elected a member of the state senate in

1905 and re-elected in 1909.



   Mr. Howse was born in Rutherford county, Tennessee, January 25, 1866, and was

reared on a farm. He is a Tennesseean who has achieved prosperity and position

after the handicap of early poverty. His practical career began with, his

employment in a Nashville mattress factory, when he was eighteen years old. and

for months he put in extra time at night on piece work in order that he might

help support his younger brothers and sisters. From that beginning his ability

and industry pushed him rapidly into independence. He became the head of the

well known firm of Howse Brothers, a stockholder in the Broadway National Bank,

in the Anchor Spring & Bedding Company and in the Rothchild Manufacturing

Company. He is also a trustee of the National Junior Orphans Home at Tiffin,

Ohio. Mr. Howse takes a prominent part in fraternal matters, and is affiliated

with the Elks, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, Junior Order of United American

Mechanics and Fraternal Order of Eagles.



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A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in

commerce, industry and modern activities

by Will T. Hale

Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co.,  1913



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