Lucien B. Howe is one of the early settlers of the township and county. He came here when the deer were yet plenty on the prairies of Mercer county. He was born in Vermont, shortly after which his parents, Ezekiel and Louisa, moved to Troy, New York, where he was reared and educated.

His parents were natives of Massachusetts, and descendants of the pioneer families. The Howe family at first, in America, consisted of three brothers who came from England to Massachusetts. Among their descendants is the great inventor of the Howe sewing machine. Lucien's father was a carpenter and joiner. He died in 1837, aged sixty-two years. His grandfather Howe fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. The subject of this sketch graduated at Union college, Schenectady, New York, in 1840, at the age of twenty- six, in the classical. course. Then read law with J. P. Abertson, at his home in New York; was admitted to the bar in 1841, and practiced in Troy two years, then he came to Mercer county and located at Millersburg, where he has since resided.

He has held the office of justice of the peace two terms. He is a charter member of the masonic lodge, at Aledo, and formerly a member at New Boston. He was married in 1846, to Martha King, a native of Massachusetts, and daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth King. They have six children, four of Whom are now living : Charlotte A., Otis M., Calvin K., and David T. He has a farm of seventy acres and pursues his profession. In politics he is an old line democrat.

 

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