HOWE obelisk gravestone.

Ephraiam Howe 1820-1894
Lucy B. (his wife) 1823-1863
children:
Emma F. Howe 1854-1874
Lovina R. Howe 1862-1863

Winslow Brigham Howe 1858-1911
Mabel S. (his wife) 1857-1944
Frances F. 1895-1897
Frederick D. Potter 1894-1953
Anna B. (his wife) 1887-1963

Oscar W. Howe 1860-1905
(his wife) Ida Howe Bean 1865-1949
Ralph T. 1889-1889
Earl 1890-1896
Bertha P. 1897-1897

Robert Howe 1883-1938
Louise I. Howe 1887-1961

14 raised markers around the obelisk:
Father / Mother / Ralph / Earl / Bertha
FDP / ABP / Fannie / MSH / WBH
Lovina R. / Emma F. / Mother / Father
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1850 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA. EPHRAIM HOWE age 30, farmer worth $5000. Wife LUCY D. HOWE age 27. Child: Eldora L. age 3 months. There are also 3 laborers living with them.

1860 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA. EPHRAIM HOWE 38,farmer worth $6000. LUCY B. HOWE 37. Children: Eldora M. 10, Delia A. 8, EMMA F. HOWE 6, Irving B. Howe 2, WINSLOW B. HOWE 2, OSCAR W. HOWE 1. Of note: Eldora is listed as "deaf & dumb". Ephraim is listed as "convicted of keeping a dog without a license." And there is another "Howe" family with the same 2 notes for 2 other people.

1870 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA. EPHRAIM HOWE 50, farmer, real estate worth $6000. He has 6 children living with him: Eldora M. 20, Delia A. 18, Emma F. 16, Irving R. 13, WINSLOW B. 12, OSCAR W. 10.

1880 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA. EPHRAIM HOWE age 60, farmer, widower. Living there is his daughter Delia A. Howe 28, sons Irvine R.Howe 24,and OSCAR W. HOWE 21. There are other "HOWES" on this page.

1880 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA WINSLOW B. HOWE age 22, farm laborer is a boarder with the Hillman family.

1900 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA, 236 Bolton Street. WINSLOW B. HOWE age 41, born July 1858, works in a shoe factory, married at age 19. Wife MABEL S. HOWE age 42 born August 1857, married age 19, had 4 children, 3 living. Children: ROBERT HOWE age 16, ANNA B. HOWE [married Fred Potter] age 12, born Sept. 1887, Pauline P. Howe age 1, born Sept. 1899.

1900 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA, 201 Lakeside Avenue. OSCAR W. HOWE age 40, born Aug. 1859, married 11 years, is an "ice man." Wife IDA HOWE age 34, born Nov. 1865, had 5 children, 2 living. Children: Alice A. Howe age 6 born April 1894, and Thelma Howe 8 months, born Sept 1899. Also living there is Ida's 70 year old widowed mother Sarah Brown born May 1830 in Vermont, Sarah had 5 children, 3 living.

1906 Sept. 12 Marriage Record Marlborough, MA. 2nd marriage for both, widowed. FRANK BEAN age 60, born in Moultonboro, NH, occupation "collector"; parents: HUGH R. BEAN & BETSEY L. HOYT. The bride is IDA MAY [BROWN] HOWE age 40, born in Stow, MA, parents: EDWIN BROWN & SARAH T. LEVERETT.

1910 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA 201 Lakeside Avenue. Frank Bean age 64, is a "collector" for a "corporation." IDA M. BEAN 44. Ida's children: Alice E. Howe 16, Thelma I. Howe 10, Oscar W. Howe 8, and Ida's mother Sarah T. Brown 79. This is the second marriage for both Frank and Ida. They have been married 4 years. Ida had 6 children, 3 living.

1910 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA 236 Bolton Street. WINSLOW B. HOWE, 51, manager at an Ice Company. Wife MABEL S. HOWE 52, married 28 years. Pauline P. Howe age 10.

1910 U.S. Census for NEWTON, MA. FREDERICK D. POTTER age 26, working as a bank clerk. Wife ANNA B. POTTER age 22, married one year.

1920 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA, 201 Lakeside Avenue. ROBERT HOWE age 36, is chauffeur with a "moving truck." Wife LOUISE HOWE age 32, from Prince Edward Island. Children: Mabel Howe 6, Robert Howe Jr. 1 year.

1920 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA 30 Warren Street. MABEL S. HOWE age 62, widow. Daughter Pauline P. Howe age 20, stenographer in a law office. And a 25 year old nurse boarding with them.

1920 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA, 223 East Main Street. Frank Bean age 74, owns a grocery store. Wife IDA M. BEAN [IDA BROWN HOWE BEAN] AGE 54. Also there is Alice E. Howe 24 year old teacher, Thelma I. Howe a 20 year old student nurse in a hospital, and Oscar W. Howe age 16, and Ida's widowed mother Sarah I. Brown age 89.

1920 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA, 73 Church Street. FREDERICK D. POTTER age 35, general practice accountant. Wife ANNA B. POTTER age 32. Children: Preston H. Potter 5, and Willard A. Potter 4.

1930 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA, 73 Commonwealth Avenue. FREDERICK D. POTTER age 46, is a certified accountant, owns his house worth $7500. Wife ANNA B. [HOWE] POTTER age 42. Children: Preston H. 15, Willard A. 14, David W. Potter age 9.

1930 U.S. Census for WALTHAM, MA. IDA M. BEAN [IDA BROWN HOWE BEAN] age 63 year old widowed mother-in-law to James A. Langan 27, a bookkeeper for a garage, and wife THELMA I. HOWE LANGAN age 26. Thelma has one child Jacqueline Langan age 2.

1930 U.S. Census for EUSTIS, FLORIDA. MABEL S. HOWE, 72 year old widow, from Massachusetts. Mabel is living with her cousin, Horace W. Frost, age 73 who owns his own home worth $12,000, and his wife and her mother.

1930 U.S. Census for Marlborough, MA, renting on Stowe Road. ROBERT HOWE age 46, mechanic in a dairy. Wife LOUISE I. HOWE age 43, immigrated from Canada in 1890. Married 27 years. Children: Mabel K. Howe 16, Robert Howe 11, Winslow R. Howe 10.