Jonah Howe


Jonah Howe was a lawyer and farmer from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Personal background and family relations

Jonah Howe was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts on 2 January 1749 to Daniel Howe and Eunice Howe. He was a lawyer. Jonah Howe, Esq married Prudence Bowker, daughter of Lt. Charles Bowker and Eunice Stone, on 4 July 1771 at Shrewsbury. On 4 June 1819 he married Candace Allen in Shrewsbury. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Shrewsbury, Worcester District. Howe died at his home in Shrewsbury on 2 July 1826.