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Dr. Oliver Hunt Howe

Dr. Oliver Hunt Howe

Male 1860 - 1948  (87 years)

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  • Name Oliver Hunt Howe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
    Title Dr. 
    Birth 29 May 1860  Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1948  Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    • Joy Place Cemetery
    Death 1 Mar 1948  Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 7, 16
    • Age: 87
    Person ID I4914  Howe Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 

    Father Elijah Howe,   b. 27 Sep 1828, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1898, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Julia Ann Hunt,   b. 19 Jul 1833, East Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1921, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 4 Jan 1857  East Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Dresser Paul,   b. 1 Nov 1865, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1947, Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1889  Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 20
    Children 
     1. Paul Howe,   b. 3 Feb 1893, Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1972, Corning, Steuben, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     2. Julian Cheever Howe,   b. 24 Oct 1895, Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1978, Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     3. Richard Withington Howe,   b. 26 Jan 1899, Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1968, Livingston, Essex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     4. Dr. Henry Forbush Howe,   b. 15 Jan 1905, Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1977, Chicago, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F1609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Olvier and Martha, 1940's
    Olvier and Martha, 1940's
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    Family notes on back of photo says about 1910. Probably earlier
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    Oliver Hunt HOWE 1860-1948
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    Oliver and Martha, 1940's
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  • Notes 
    • "He was educated in the public schools of Dedham, Clerk in Norfolk County Registry of Deeds 1878-1881, he graduated from the Medical School of Harvard University 1886, house surgeon and assistant to Supt. of Boston City Hospital, 1885-1887, member of Mass. Medical Society, American Medical Association, ex-president Mass. Medico-Legal Society, medical examiner for district No. 2 of Norfolk County since 1887; s trustee of Cohasset Savings Bank, a trustee of Cohasset Free Public Library since 1899, member of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, of the Boston Society of Natural History, and of the Appalachian Mountain Club, and president of the South Shore Nature Club. Writer of several historical chapters in "Cohasset Genealogies and Town History" 1909, chief compiler of the portion of this Howe Genealogy relating to Abraham How of Roxbury, and writer of articles "The Personal Relation of the Physician to his Patients" (Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1910) and "Historical Evolution of European Nations" Education (April, May 1915). Since 1887 he has lived in Cohasset, Mass., where he is engaged in the practice of medicine." Above quoted from Howe Genealogies by Daniel Wait Howe Events in "Facts" are drawn from his personal journal.

  • Sources 
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      Record for Elijah Howe

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    7. [S443] Ancestry.com, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    8. [S332] The Howe Family Gathering at Harmony Grove, South Framingham, August 31, 1871, 1871.

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      Name: Oliver Hunt Howe birth date: 29 May 1860 birth place: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=98919&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

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      Record for Elijah Howe Jr.

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      birth date: 01 Nov 1865 birth place: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Name: Martha Dresser Paul marriage date: 26 Nov 1889 marriage place: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=mamarriagerecords&h=14458685&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt