S. Herbert Howe

Simon Herbert Howe
1st Mayor of Marlborough
In office
January 5, 1891 – January 1892
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGeorge A. Howe
Member of the
Massachusetts Governor's Council[1]
In office
1901–1904
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
January 2, 1878[1][2] – 1878[1][2]
Preceded byJames T. Murphy[2]
Succeeded byDaniel S. Mooney[2]
Member of the Marlborough
Board of Selectmen[3]
In office
1866, 1873, 1875, 1877
Personal details
Born(1835-12-21)December 21, 1835[1]
Marlborough, Massachusetts[1][4]
DiedMay 11, 1911(1911-05-11) (aged 75)
Southborough, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican[1]
Spouse(s)Harriett A. Brigham[1][5]
(m. January 1, 1857)[3] (1836–1914)
Children
  • Louis P. Howe (1858–1945)[5]
  • Alice B. (1859–1860)
  • Charlotte A. (born c. 1862)
  • Annie (1871–1887)
OccupationCooper,[4] shoe manufacturer[1]
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Simon Herbert Howe[1] (December 21, 1835 – May 11, 1911) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who was the first mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He also served as a member of Marlborough's Board of Selectmen, chairman of Marlborough's School Committee, and as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Albert Nelson Marquis, ed. (1909), Who's Who in New England, First Edition, Chicago, Illinois: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 508
  2. ^ a b c d Bigelow, Ella A. (1910), Historical Reminiscences of the early times in Marlborough, Massachusetts: and Prominent Events from 1860 to 1910, Including Brief Allusions to Many Individuals and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, Marlborough, Massachusetts: Times Pub. Co., p. 330
  3. ^ a b Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 527
  4. ^ a b Bigelow, Ella A. (1910), Historical Reminiscences of the early times in Marlborough, Massachusetts: and Prominent Events from 1860 to 1910, Including Brief Allusions to Many Individuals and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, Marlborough, Massachusetts: Times Pub. Co., p. 169
  5. ^ a b Bigelow, Ella A. (1910), Historical Reminiscences of the early times in Marlborough, Massachusetts: and Prominent Events from 1860 to 1910, Including Brief Allusions to Many Individuals and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, Marlborough, Massachusetts: Times Pub. Co., p. 22