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Elias Howe

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Birthplace: Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: December 28, 1867 (75)
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Elijah Howe and Fanny Banister
Husband of Polly Howe
Father of Pvt. Elias Howe, Jr., USA; Mary Howe; Fanny Barri; Sylvester Howe; Corintha Plummer and 4 others
Brother of Elijah Howe; Francis Howe; Liberty Howe; Tyler Howe; William Howe and 4 others
Half brother of Esther Richards

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About Elias Howe

THE BEMIS HISTORY AND GENEALOGY being an account, in greater part of the descendants of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown, Mass. ... By Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper ... Published 1900, San Francisco, California, p. 69



Occupation: Farmer, Owner of a grist-mill & sawmill

Note: [Draper:160] Incorrectly attributes the invention to Elias Howe Sr. It w as his son, Elias Howe, Jr.

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Elias Howe's Timeline

1792
December 27, 1792
Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1817
1817
1819
July 9, 1819
Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1821
March 13, 1821
Spencer, Worcester County, MA, United States
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1828
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1831
November 26, 1831
Spencer, Worcester County, MA, United States