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bury Holbert at Plainview. Mrs. Houston, who is a musician, was born at Plainview, July 28, 1899. Her father, who was a native of New York, was president of the First National Bank for 42 years, and is a 32nd degree Mason and Shrine member; his ancestry was Scotch. Their son, Donald, was born July 10, 1924. Residence: Plainview.
William Brighton Houston
William Brighton Houston, pioneer farmer of Nebraska, was born at Buckinghamshire, England, October 1, 1869, the son of James Drummond and Mary (Lidington) Houston. His father, who was a farmer, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, June 20, 1841, and died at York, Nebraska, June 1, 1923; he came to America in 1870. His mother was born in England, and died at York, February 14, 1920.
Mr. Houston attended public school and a business college. He has lived in York County for sixty years, and is a member of the Parent-Teachers' Association, the First Methodist Church, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a Mason, was active in the Red Cross during the World War, and was formerly a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. A Republican, he has served as township treasurer and assessor.
On October 1, 1903, he was married to Mary Jayne Sovereign at York. Mrs. Houston, who was born in York County, February 22, 1877, was a teacher for several years prior to her marriage. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Their five children are: Helen, born February 12, 1905, who married Lloyd B. Zarr; Brighton, born July 6, 1910, who married Olive Denney; Margaret, born April 14, 1912; Milton, born September 10, 1917; and David, born Jane 25, 1920. Brighton was awarded second place in the state music contest two consecutive years, and is now studying music in New York. Residence: York.
George Thomas Houtby
George Thomas Houtby was born at Winterset, Iowa, October 4, 1875, and for the past 40 years has engaged in farming in Valley County, Nebraska. Edward C. Houtby, his father, who is a farmer, was born in Staten, Wisconsin, June 23, 1851, the son of English parents who came to this country from England in 1849. His mother, Mary Ann (Young) Houtby, was born at Barnesville, Ohio, April 1, 1853, and died at North Loup, Nebraska September 27, 1930.
Mr. Houtby completed his education in 1880 and immediately began farming near Ord, Nebraska where he is now a member of the local school board, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Red Cross. During the World War he took part in loan drives and purchased bonds.
Of his marriage to Hattie Grout, who was born at Winterset, December 20, 1873, and died at North Loup, October 15, 1909, three children were born: Mabel, November 10, 1899, who married Clifford Chubbuek; Guile, March 4, 1902, who married Eileen Rasmussen; and Hattie, October 15, 1909.
Mr. Houtby was united in marriage to Louise C. Newman at Ord, November 30, 1910. Their children are: Helen, born April 27, 1912; Chester, born May 11, 1914; and Frances, born September 1 1923. Residence: Ord.
Herman Franklyn Hovland
Herman F. Hovland, prominent merchant at Lincoln, for the past 30 years, was born at Blanchardsville, Wisconsin, September 19, 1871, the son of Peter Johan and Martha (Soley) Hovland. His father, who was a cobbler, was born in Norway, and died at Madison, South Dakota, February, 1912; he was a Lutheran layman in Wisconsin in the early days. His mother was born in Norway, and died at Blanchardsville, in 1900.
Mr. Hovland attended elementary schools in Wisconsin, and was a student at the state normal school at Madison for three years. He is now president and a stockholder in the SardesonHovland Company, a Delaware Corporation operating stores in several states. He holds membership in: Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; Kiwanis Club of Lincoln; the University Club; Lincoln Country Club; and the Young Men's Christian Association.
His religious affiliation is with the First Presbyterion Church of Lincoln, of which he is an elder. His favorite recreation is golfing. During the World War, Mr. Hovland was active in Red Cross drives and was a leader in war relief work. He holds membership in the Nebraskana Society, and is a member of the Republican Party.
He was united in marriage to Abbie Josephine Brundin at Albert Lea, Minnesota, June 19, 1895.
They have two children: Ruth, and Helen. Ruth married C. E. Swanson, who is in partnership with her father. Residence: Lincoln.
Albert Tompkins Howard
Born at Weeping Water, Nebraska, April 6, 1923 (?), Albert Tompkins Howard is the son of Thomas Mentor and Deborah (Tompkins) Howard. His father, who was a real estate and insurance dealer, was born at Perry, New York, December 26, 1849, and died at Scottsbluff, Nebraska, December 4, 1918. His mother was born in Ireland, July 2, 1859, and with her family settled at Batavia, New York in 1871.
Mr. Howard attended grade schools at Weeping Water, Nebraska, and in 1910 was graduated from the Scottsbluff High School, where he was president of his senior class. He was employed as a clerk in the post office at Scottsbluff, 1910-12, was assistant post master, 1915-17, was chemist for the Great Western Sugar Company, 1918-19, and engaged in the grain and livestock business in Wyoming, 1920-25. Since 1925 he has been the owner of the Howard Greenhouse & Flower Shop at Scottsbluff.
During the World War Mr. Howard served as second lieutenant in the Field Artillery, and was instructor in the Officers Training Camp of Camp Zacharay Taylor in Kentucky. He is a member of the American Legion, has been a member of the Lions Club at Scottsbluff since 1925, and is affiliated with the Community Congregational Church at Scottsbluff. He holds membership in the Central Parent Teachers Association, the Masonic Lodge, and the Red Cross.
His marriage to Nelle Antha Taylor occurred at Denver, Colorado, June 21, 1919. Mrs. Howard was born at Erickson, Nebraska, October 11, 1890. She is the daughter of Dr. Edwin L. and Nellie (Wanser) Taylor. Mrs. Howard is a member of the Parent Teachers Association, and worthy matron of the Eastern Star. They have one son, Billy Reed, born May 26, 1922. Mr. Howard is a Republican and served as mayor of Scottsbluff in 1931. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Scottsbluff.
Edgar Howard
Edgar Howard is now serving his tenth year as a member of the United States congress, representing the Third District of Nebraska. He is a practical newspaper man, knows the value of publicity, yet no one has ever been able to induce him to write a biographical sketch of his life. The following sketch was written by a Nebraska newspaper friend of years:
He was born at Osceola, Iowa, September 16, 1858. His father was James Dakin Howard, a native of Ohio. His mother was Martha (Daniel) Howard, of Virginia.
He attended the village public schools in Glenwood, Iowa, and when he was expelled once too often, for mis-
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chievous conduct, never vicious, he was placed in a private school, the Western Collegiate Institute at Glenwood. Later he attended the Iowa College of Law at Des Moines, was too much of a dreamer to become much of a scholar, once heard him tell the members of a graduating class that he might have become splendidly educated during his many years of schooling, if he had only looked in his text books as earnestly as he had looked out of the school house windows.
At the age of fourteen years he began work as a printer's devil on the Weekly Opinion, at Glenwood, Iowa. Next he became a cub on the night shift of the Iowa State Regester. Soon he was able to win a "ease" on that sheet. Quickly he mastered the handwriting of Rhet Clarkson, who had a national reputation as being able to write a more unreadable hand that Horace Greeley. Only two other printers could with certainty decipher the handwriting of Clarkson, and when those three happened to be indisposed at the same time - well, the Register would appear the next morning without any of Rhet Clarkson's brilliant editorials.
By nature nomadic, Edgar Howard was soon caught by the lure of travel which held him fast. As a tramp printer and writer he visited all the great cities, finally settling down in one spot for more than a year. This was at Dayton, Ohio, where during that time he held the post of city editor on the Dayton Deity Herald. His was the dream in common of practically all metropolitan printers and writers - the dream of some day owning and editing a country newspaper. His dream came true. In 1883, in association with Hon. George A. Magney, now a distinguished Omaha attorney, he purchased the Papillion (Nebraska) Times. Three years later he established the Dundy Democrat at Benkelman, Nebraska, returning three years later to his old newspaper love at Papillion. There he remained until 1900, when he purchased the Weekly Telegram at Columbus, which ten years ago became a daily, and of which he is still editor. His devotion to the country newspaper game may be best portrayed by recalling a sentence taken from the official Blue Book of Congress, wherein appear the biographies of all the members. Following his customary peculiarity, Mr. Howard had refused to write his own biography, but he did enject two or three sentences into a biography written by a friend. All the political offices, low and high, which he had ever held, were listed, to which sentence Mr. Howard added these words: "Holding contemporaneously with all these official places, the higher office of editor of a country newspaper, and still in that estate."
In 1884, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Paisley Burtch, a Nebraska girl. Coming of Quaker stock, and of late years in the Episcopal fold, he entertains fixed and firm views regarding marriage and divorce. This is illustrated by a two-word sermon which he preached in his brief biography in the Blue Book of Congress. His two-word sermon appeared at the close of the statement regarding his marriage as follows: "Still married." His living children are Findley Burtch Howard, for eighteen years residing in Central and South America, and at present customs financial advisor to the Republic of Guatemala, having formerly held like posts with the Republics of San Salvador and Chile; Mary Howard Rex, wife of Harry Rex of Creston, Iowa; Helen Howard Coen, wife of Clarence Coen, also of Creston, Iowa.
His first plunge into the political pond was at Lincoln, at the Democratic convention in 1890. He was a delegate from Sarpy County, and was selected by his delegation to speak in favor of the nomination of William J. Bryan. When Mr. Bryan went to Washington, in December, 1891, he took Mr. Howard with him as his private secretary In those days a congressman had to pay the salary of his secretary. Howard would not accept any salary from the poor young congressman, but remained on duty for some months, as long as his own slim purse would permit
In 1894, he won the Democratic nomination in Sarpy County for representative and was elected, being in the legislature of 1895, the only man elected as a straight Democrat to either house. In 1895, he was elected probate judge of Sarpy County, and was re-elected in 1897. In 1900, he was the Democratic nominee for congress in the Omaha district, but did not receive the certificate of election. In 1916, he was elected as a Democrat to the office of lieutenant governor of Nebraska. In 1922 he was the Democratic nominee for congress in the Third Nebraska District, and was elected in a three-cornered contest with Hon. Robert Evans, Republican, and Hon. John Havekost, independent. He survived the Coolidge landslide in 1923 and in the Hoover snowstorm in 1930, was elected to a fifth term by a majority of more than 30,000, although the district gave an average majority of more than 10,000 to the Republican state nominees.
In the national congress Mr. Howard has particularly devoted himself to three lines of effort: (1) a square governmental deal for agriculture; (2) belated justice in behalf of American Indians; (3) hospitalization and ample compensation to veterans of all wars and generous treatment of their widows and orphans.
Regarding foreign affairs he often refers to himself as a "George Washington Democrat", opposed to anything which looks like mixing by the American government in the politics of Europe. One day I was with him in Paris, France. We attended a meeting called by one of the great international civic societies. Privately he had been asked to express his views regarding the League of Nations, but had declined to do so. At this meeting, attended by men from more than a score of the nations of the world, he was thrice asked to publicly express an opinion which he had declined to express even privately. The request was repeated again and again. At last this prairie congressman yielded reluctantly, saying: "In a large measure I am regarding myself at this moment as a guest in the house of a friend. It is true that I am paying the freight, and yet I have hesitated to speak words which might distress the people of this great and ancient nation. However, since you have practically commanded me to speak, my reply to your question will contain but few words. Frankly I shall tell you that in my eyes the League of Nations is not more nor less than a wet nurse to the military ambitions of France." I shall never forget the consternation of that assembly following that statement by the Nebraskan, but through it all there stood Howard, calm and serene, smiling so winsomely that when he had spoken his thanks to his hosts for their hospitality of the day he retired amid plaudits which only moments before I had thought might be shouts of censure.
How shall I describe the personal appearance of Edgar Howard? It is always the same, always in black or grey clothes, with frock coat of the Chesterfield period. Smooth face, grey hair, speaking eyes, often taken for black, but indeed intensely blue. Always he wears a large black hat. Untutored persons have frequently referred to this hat as a "Bryan Hat." Absurd reference! The largest hat Bryan ever wore was a Fedora, while Howard's hat has a six-inch crown and a five-inch brim. Men carelessly have said that Howard apes William J. Bryan in dress. Impossible! Edgar Howard could not ape another if he should try. One day I asked Edgar why he always wore that black hat and his long hair. He was silent for a moment, and then he gently replied: "Perhaps only as a bit of ritualistic worship at the memory shrine of my Quaker forefathers."
When Edgar Howard gave me permission to write his biography for this official history of Nebraska, he exacted my promise that it would contain nothing laudatory. I have tried to obey his request literally, and yet I feel that he will not be offended if I shall append here the closing paragraph in a fine article recently appearing in that splendid magazine, Time, which carried a full page devoted to the Nebraska congressman and his work in the house of representatives. The closing paragraph in that article I deem particularly appropriate to reproduce at the close of my own estimate of my friend. That closing paragraph in the Time article ran as follows:
Impartial house observers rate Edgar Howard thus:
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"A fine example of what congressmen were in the last century, plus a pointed, ubiquitous sense of humor. An adept at floor strategy, able to transcend House rules of debate by his witty, original methods, thus an insidious protagonist of minority measures. Perhaps the greatest 'character' in the House, and the most universally loved congressman." Residence: Columbus. (Photograph on Page 576).
Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, editor and publisher at Ashland, Nebraska, was born at Pine Island, Minnesota, February 8, 1870. His father, Harry Green Howard, who was born at Columbus, Pennsylvania, April 11, 1831, and died at Marshall, Minnesota, January 28, 1890, was a farmer; he held membership in the Grand Army of the Republic; Isaac Howard an ancestor, came to America in 1722, from England, and members of the family served in colonial wars, the Revolution, and the Civil War. His mother was born at La Valle, Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Mr. Howard received his education in Minnesota. For the past 17 years he has been editor and publisher of the Ashland Gazette and has established himself in the newspaper world as a progressive editor. From 1893 to 1909, he was editor of the Advance at Alden, Minnesota, was editor of the Sentinel at Hooper, Nebraska, 1909-13. He has always been prominent in political and civic affairs, and has held the following positions: chairman of the Republican State Central Committee for seven years, Minnesota; member of the city council 14 years; mayor at Alden; member of the school board; and president of the Chamber of Commerce at Ashland, Nebraska.
Mr. Howard holds membership in the Nebraska Press Association, the National Editorial Association, the Red Cross, Parent-Teachers' Association at Ashland, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, is past president of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, and is affiliated with the First Congregational Church at Ashland. His social club is the Ashland Golf Club, and his recreations include reading, hunting, fishing, and camping. His fraternal organizations are: Modern Woodmen of America; Pomegranite Lodge Number 110 of the Masons. During the World War, Mr. Howard was active in Red Cross work and assisted in loan drives. He has lived in Nebraska for 20 years. For two years he was secretary of the Dodge County Stock Show Association.
His marriage to Sarah Minnette Hulbert was solemnized at Wells, Faribault County, Minnesota, October 5, 1892; Mrs. Howard was born at Wells, June 9, 1874. Their children are: Harold, born December 9, 1894, who married Zelma Heine; Genevieve, born February 3, 1896, who married Joy A. McCartney; Sylvia, born April 25, 1905, who attended Doane College; and Dorothy, born March 13, 1908, a student at the University of Nebraska where she is a member of Kappa Delta and Theta Sigma Phi. She is associate editor of the Ashland Gazette. Dr. H. A. Howard is a dentist at Ashland, is a graduate of the University of Nebraska where he was elected to membership in Xi Psi Phi, and is past master of Pomegranite Lodge Number 110 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He is secretary of the Ashland Commercial Club. Residence: Ashland.
John Otis Howard
John Otis Howard was born at Nemaha, Nebraska, December 24, 1892, son of Thomas Jefferson and Martha Frances (Martin) Howard. His father was born in Polk County, Iowa, September 24, 1872, and has been a resident of Nebraska for more than sixty years. His mother was born at Shubert, Nebraska, October 22, 1876, and died there, July 10, 1929.
From early boyhood Mr. Howard has been engaged as a farmer. On December 2, 1911, he was married to Mabel Anna Boatman at Falls City, Nebraska. Mrs. Howard was born at Nemaha, September 22, 1893. There are no children.
Mr. Howard is a Republican, and while not an office seeker, is active in the work of his party. He is more interested in his farms than anything else, but does enjoy hunting and reading. Residence: Nemaha.
Warren Harold Howard
Warren H. Howard was born at Reynolds, Nebraska October 17, 1891, the son of Frank Albert and Margaret Elizabeth (Wood) Howard. His father, who was a grain merchant, was born at Washburn, Illinois, February 20 1864, and died at Kansas City, Missouri, December 23, 1926; his ancestry was English. His mother, who was for many years a school teacher, was born at Perry, Ohio April 13, 1864. She is of English and Dutch descent.
Mr. Howard attended Omaha grade schools and was later graduated from Omaha High School. Awarded his LL. B. degree in 1914 at the University of Nebraska, he was a member of Beta Theta Phi, Phi Delta Phi, and the Innocents. He played football, 1912-13-14, basketball 1913-14, and took part in track events, 1913-14, at the University of Nebraska.
Admitted to the bar at Omaha, in February, 1915, he has been engaged in law practice there since that date. He is secretary of the Nebraska Land Investment Company; treasurer of the Lodgepole Lumber & Grain Company; and director of the Gardner-Miller Coal Company. He has lived in Nebraska all his life.
His marriage to Ruth C. Gould was solemnized at Omaha, April 9, 1917. Mrs. Howard, whose ancestry is English, was born at Omaha, December 16, 1891, They have three children: Suzanne, born June 30, 1921; Warren F., born February 20, 1924; and David G., born November 2, 1925.
Mr. Howard was lieutenant-colonel in the high school cadets; he was a member of the Officers Training Corps, Field Artillery, of the United States Army in 1918. He is a member of the American Legion, the Nebraska State Bar Association, the Omaha Bar Association, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a Mason. He is a member of the University Club of Omaha, and is affiliated with All Saint's Episcopal Church at Omaha. Residence: Omaha.
Herbert Howarth
Herbert Howarth, successful farmer and stockman at Exeter, Nebraska, has lived in Fillmore County for many years, and has been prominent in the life of his community. He was born near Friend, Nebraska, August 29, 1880, the son of Walter and Rebecca Howarth.
His father, who was born at Bolton, England, September 3, 1849, was a mechanic and draftsman in an iron foundry in England for several years, and in 1872 moved to this country. A little later he took up a homestead in Saline County, Nebraska, where he was a farmer and carpenter during the summer months and taught in the rural schools during the winter. Always prominent in the advancement of the state, he served as a member of the Grasshopper Relief Committee, (1874), was justice of the peace (1896), and was county supervisor (1892).
In 1877, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States and the following year returned to his home in England, where he married Rebecca Howarth. In 1884 he sold his homestead in Saline County and purchased land in Fillmore County in 1882, where he remained until his death at Exeter, March 22, 1926. He was influential in Fillmore County, and served as a member of various school boards and committees on public welfare. During the World War he assisted in loan drives. He acted as state representative in 1915, was the first president of the Exeter Elevator Company in 1911, continuing in that capacity until 1922.
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who married James Francis Home; Herbert; Emily, who is active in community affairs at Exeter; Anne, a registered nurse at Lincoln, Nebraska; Walter Jr., a banker at Friend, Nebraska. Two sons died in infancy.
Herbert Howarth attended rural schools of Fillmore county and was a student at the Lincoln Business College. He was employed by the Nye Schneider Fowler company in 1909, at Martland, Nebraska, was employed by the Farmers & Merchants Bank at Exeter, in 1915, and since then has been a farmer and stockman. He is now a director of the Exeter Elevator Company, and farms land consisting of 240 acres, his father's original farm.
Mr. Howarth was a director in the Farm Bureau for two years, and in 1926 served as president of that organization. He holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of Pythias, and the Nebraskana Society. He assisted in loan drives during the World War. He is interested in all athletic activities while his hobby is reading.
His marriage to Nell Clare Pflug occurred at Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 6, 1923. Mrs. Howarth, who was born at Exeter, November 8, 1884; was a teacher for 17 years before her marriage. Her mother, Hannah (Bayles) Pflug was born at Lyons, New York, and died at Exeter, in 1908. Her father, Jacob Pflug, was born in Milwaukee, and was a soldier in the 9th New York Heavy Artillery. At the close of the Civil war he came to Nebraska in 1865, and was a pioneer leader in Otoe County; he was engaged in the implement business for many years, served on the Exeter School Board, and was generally prominent in the early history of the state.
Hannah (Bayles) Pflug was the daughter of Dr. Charles Bayles, a graduate of Yale University, and was the great granddaughter of John Van Derbilt, a soldier in the American Revolution.
Among Mr. Howarth's ancestors were Richard and Adam Howarth whose father served as a British soldier under Wellington, at Waterloo; their ancestry traces back to the English nobility, Lord Willoughby. Residence: Exeter. (Photograph in Album).
Barton Church Howe
Barton Church Howe, banker, was born at Howe, Nebraska, December 9, 1882. He is the son of Herbert Rhodes Howe, pioneer farmer and banker, who came to Nebraska from England and at the time of his death in April, 1930, had been a resident of Nemaha County for more than fifty years. He was married to Mamie Francis Guerelle, at Howe, January 28, 1880. There were three children, Barton, the subject of this sketch, Hoxie N. and John Sedgwick.
Barton C. Howe attended the public and high school, of Auburn and was graduated from the latter. On October 26, 1910, he was married to Mary Janet Fraser, at Storm Lake, Iowa. Mrs. Howe was born at Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, June 13, 1881. She is of Scotch descent. A member of P. E. O., she has served as its president and as state delegate. She is also a member of the Delphian Society and of the Auburn Woman's Club.
Their son, Marshall Church, was born November 29, 1912. He attended Kemper Military School at Booneville, Missouri. Upon his graduation from high school he was salutatorian of his class, and during his entire time in school he was extremely active in debate and a member of the debate societies. He is a member of the Hi-Y organization and has been its delegate to various conventions
At the age of 16 Barton C. Howe entered the First National Bank of which his father was one of the original stockholders. He has continued with the organization since that time.
Mr. Howe is a Republican. Active in all of the affairs of his community, he is a member of the Nebraska Y. M. C. A,, the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a deacon, the library board and the Chamber of Commerce. He is a charter member of the Kiwanis Club and is serving the third year as its secretary. A Mason and an Elk, he also holds membership in the Nebraska State Historical Society and the Nebraskana Society. He is interested in swimming, but his real hobby is kodaking. His social club is the Auburn Country Club. Residence: Auburn.
Edgar Franklin Howe
Edgar F. Howe was born at Owatonna, Minnesota, February 3, 1862, the son of LaFayette and Mary Jane (Tisdale) Howe. His father was a farmer and a carpenter, who served in the First Minnesota Volunteers in the Civil War. He was a descendent of John Howe, an Englishman who was the first settler in Marlborough Massachusetts in 1638, and who was a selectman there. Gardner Howe, also an ancestor, was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army. He was born at Elyria, Ohio, July 3, 1824, and died at Fredericksburg, Iowa, in 1908. His mother was born in New York State in 1829.
Mr. Howe attended the public schools of Fredericksburg and Nashua, Iowa. He has been connected with the Fairmont Creamery Company since 1886, first living at Fairmont, Nebraska. In 1894 he moved to Crete, and in 1899 he settled at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, Since 1903 he has been in charge of manufacturing and sales of the Fairmont Creamery Company, and is now vice president of this organization. He is president of the Don Lee Furniture Company of Omaha.
He was married at Hastings, Nebraska, on October 18, 1886 to Emma Miller. Mrs. Howe, whose parents came to Nebraska from Maryland, was born at Polo, Illinois, June 5, 1865. To their marriage six children were born: Harry, born January 19, 1889, who died March 13, 1894; Mae, born December 30, 1890, who died March 4, 1894; Donald, born September 6, 1893, who married Philip Chase; Edith, born September 2, 1898, who married John Kaemmeratin; and Marion, born October 27, 1902, who married Armand Gobiet.
Mr. Howe is a member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce; and is a director in the United States Egg Society. He is a member of the Poultry Research Society of America, with headquarters at Chicago, is a member of the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a 32nd degree Mason. His social clubs are: Omaha Athletic Club; and Happy Hollow Club. Residence: Omaha.
Herbert Rhodes Howe
Herbert Rhodes Howe, pioneer banker and farmer of Nemaha County, Nebraska, was born at Chatteras, England, April 26, 1859. Both the maternal and paternal sides of his ancestry were English. As a boy he attended the country schools of Illinois, and later the Nebraska schools, after which he was graduated from the Nebraska City Episcopalian School, an organization which is now defunct.
A resident of Nebraska for over 50 years, Mr. Howe has had an interesting and varied life, and has always been active in the political and civic affairs of his community. During a short stay in Oklahoma he was one of the organizers and promoters of the K. T. highway, which now runs through the entire country. He was a member of the Good Roads Association in Nebraska in the early days when good roads were unknown and few people were interested in them.
A Republican, he was at one time a member of the Nebraska legislature for one term, and served several years as a member of the city council of Auburn. One of the original stockholders in the First National Bank, he served as president of the bank many years, and was a
