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Silas Bezeleel Howe
Birth: 1806
Death: 8-23
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Biography
In 18330101FMS_WHS1, FMS writes WHS that "this morning I recieved your letter and the beautiful Boa by Mr Howe." Silas B. Howe is listed as a tailor in the Albany directory for 1830 to 1831.
A city directory for 1844 lists Howe as a draper at 28 Division Street. He died in 1869 in New York City at the age of sixty-four, and Joel Munsell noted his passing in Collections On The History of Albany: Silas Howe will long be remembered for his genial and catholic spirit, and friendly disposition. His ear and heart were always open to the needy, and of his means, those who knew him best, were well aware that he bestowed with liberality, even perhaps to a fault.
The 1850 census lists Howe's household as the following: Silas B. (44), Eliza (38), Benjamin (14). Alexander (8), Margaret (4). Also listed in the same household are Samuel Robinson (32), Margaret Robinson (36), Alexander Lloyd (45), and a servant from Ireland, Bridget Howard (25). Alexander was Margaret's older brother.
Silas B. Howe and his wife, Eliza, were buried in Albany.
Letter References
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 7, 1847
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, Janurary 1, 1833
Citations
In 18330101FMS_WHS1, FMS writes WHS that "this morning I recieved your letter and the beautiful Boa by Mr Howe." Silas B. Howe is listed as a tailor in the Albany directory for 1830 to 1831.
A city directory for 1844 lists Howe as a draper at 28 Division Street. He died in 1869 in New York City at the age of sixty-four, and Joel Munsell noted his passing in Collections On The History of Albany: Silas Howe will long be remembered for his genial and catholic spirit, and friendly disposition. His ear and heart were always open to the needy, and of his means, those who knew him best, were well aware that he bestowed with liberality, even perhaps to a fault.
The 1850 census lists Howe's household as the following: Silas B. (44), Eliza (38), Benjamin (14). Alexander (8), Margaret (4). Also listed in the same household are Samuel Robinson (32), Margaret Robinson (36), Alexander Lloyd (45), and a servant from Ireland, Bridget Howard (25). Alexander was Margaret's older brother.
Silas B. Howe and his wife, Eliza, were buried in Albany.