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James Howes

Male Abt 1839 - 1901  (~ 62 years)


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  • Name James Howes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Birth Dec 1835  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Birth Abt 1837  St Helena Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Born Abt 1839  St Helena Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • age 30 at marriage
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1853  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Birth 1854  St Helena Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Caution: Boston Globe article says he was age 60 at death
    Occupation 29 Jul 1857  [12
    Boy, US Merchant Navy 
    • Served about the Brig, Henrico, out of Salem, Massachusetts
    Occupation 28 May 1858  [12
    Boy, US Merchant Navy 
    • Served about the Brig, Henrico, out of Salem, Massachusetts
    Service Between 7 Jul 1862 and 10 Aug 1864  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8
    Ordinary Seaman, US Navy 
    Age: 21y 
    • signed up for two years.
      Note that there was another St Helena born seaman on the same enlistment page: Edward Fowler
      Discharged from naval hospital in 1864 in New York for Febris Intermittens (which I take to be Ague, or Malaria)
    Physical Description 12 Jul 1862 
    Ht: 5' 2"; black hair; hazel eyes 
    Physical Description 9 Sep 1864  [13
    Ht:5' 2 1/2"; black eyes; black hair 
    Service 9 Sep 1864  Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Landsman, US Navy 
    • enlisted as a substitute for Joseph Nichols of Phippsburg
    Residence 9 Sep 1864  Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Physical Description 9 Aug 1865  [7
    Ht: 5' 4"; black eyes; black hair 
    Service 9 Aug 1865  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Ordinary Seaman, US Navy 
    • signed up for 3 years
    Occupation 9 Mar 1870  [2
    Farmer 
    Residence 9 Mar 1870  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation 1 Jun 1870  [3
    Farmer 
    Residence 1 Jun 1870  Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Naturalization Sep 1872  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Occupation 1 Jun 1880  [9
    Hair Worker 
    Residence 1 Jun 1880  16 Ropes Street, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1 Jun 1900  7 Pond Street, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Will 10 Aug 1901  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Gives $75 to his wife and the residue to his son
    Residence Sep 1901  7 Pond Street, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence Sep 1901  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 30 Sep 1901  [1
    Died 30 Sep 1901  Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Age: 64y 
    Cause: arteriosclerosis, heart disease 
    Notes 
    • Boston Globe article Oct 1, 1901, reads:
      SALEM VETERAN SERVED IN US NAVY DURING CIVIL WAR
      Salem, Sept 30: James Howes aged 60 of 7 Pond St died this forenoon. He was born in St Helena in 1854.
      Capt. Charles Endicott of this city was homeward bound to Boston in his ship, Josiah Quincy, from Calcutta. He was one hand short and so put in at St Helena in order to have a full complement of men when he should reach Boston. He applied to US Consult Carroll for a man and that official sent young Howes, who was then about 15 aboard as a sailor, and he came to Boston in the ship. From that time the young man made this country his gome and continued to follow the sea.
      In the civil was he served in the US navy. He was a member of post 24, GAR. He was greatly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances.
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      HowesFamilies note: we suspect he was picked up on St Helena in 1854.
    Person ID I102673  ONS
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2021 

    Father William Howes,   b. St Helena Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Not known Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Worcester,   b. St Helena Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Not known Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F45486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha H Chisholm,   b. Jun 1841, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 9 Mar 1870  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Joseph V C Howes,   b. Aug 1872, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 3 May 2019 
    Family ID F45485  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Dec 1835 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1837 - St Helena Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1839 - St Helena Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1853 - USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1854 - St Helena Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsService - Ordinary Seaman, US Navy,Age: 21y - Between 7 Jul 1862 and 10 Aug 1864 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsService - Landsman, US Navy - 9 Sep 1864 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsService - Ordinary Seaman, US Navy - 9 Aug 1865 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 9 Mar 1870 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Mar 1870 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - Sep 1872 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 10 Aug 1901 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Sep 1901 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S946] Boston Globe, 1901 Oct 1.

    2. [S1319] Massachusetts Marriages, (ancestry.com or familysearch.org).

    3. [S181] 1870 Census - US.

    4. [S2951] US Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1862 Jul 12.

    5. [S1485] Massachusetts Deaths, www.ancestry.com.

    6. [S624] Will.

    7. [S2951] US Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1865 Aug 12.

    8. [S2953] US Naval Hospital Registers, 1864 Aug 10.

    9. [S182] 1880 Census - US.

    10. [S183] 1900 Census - US.

    11. [S1534] Naturalization card index, www.ancestry.com.

    12. [S3553] Mystic Seaport Museum.

    13. [S2952] Maine: compiled military records.