- THOMAS O. HOWE, who holds a high place in the business world
and social life of Janesville,
- Wis., is a native of Ohio and was born on May 5, 1860, and
is a son of Frank and Martha (VIGAN) HOWE, both of whom came
of English ancestry. He had good educational advantages in early
life, which he improved, and after finishing his preliminary
studies pursued a course of study at Baldwin University, at Berea,
Ohio. After leaving college Mr. HOWE devoted himself to teaching
for some time, but since 1886 has been connected with the Rock
River Cotton Company, engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods,
being now one of the principal men connected with that enterprise.
- Mr. HOWE is a man of clear foresight and good judgment, practical
and progressive in his ideas,
- and withal honorable and straightforward in all his methods
and dealings, and in the discharge of his duties in whatever
position he has been placed has always shown himself capable
and trustworthy. He is a man of pleasing personality and fine
social qualities, and is identified with various benevolent,
industrial, fraternal and social organizations, being a member
of the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights
of Pythias, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and United
Commercial travelers.
- On May 27, 1883, Mr. HOWE married Miss Clara MUGGLESTON,
whose varied
- accomplishments and womanly endowments of mind and heart
make her the center of attraction among her wide circle of friends.
They have one child, Hazel C.
-
- Taken from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. II"
by William Fiske Brown, (c)1908, p. 926.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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