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charge forty-two ships, with more than eleven and one-half millions of bushels of grain and other sorts of freight in propor- tion. Under his skillful management this transfer of freight has been operated with the greatest possible economy of time and space, and to Mr. Graves is due much credit for his worthy system in managing. He is a man of easy and pleasing manners, never excited, and has full command of himself at all times. He is a director in the Colonial State Bank, and Wythe District Improve- ment Society. He is a steward of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, a member of Bremond Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Politically he sustains the prin- ciples and policies of the Democratic party. He married, in 1899, Martha P. Grandy, daughter of James P. and Alice (Pendle- ton) Grandy, of Norfolk, Virginia. Chil- dren: Marjorie, born 1901 ; James Minton, born 1904; Eugene Rawlings, born 1906; died in 1907; Martha Pendleton, born 1908; Charles Mallory third, born 1912.

Albert Howe, .\lbert Howe, of Hampton, Virginia, is descended from an old New Eng- land family. Abraham How, the immigrant ancestor of this family, born in England, set- tled early in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay. Soon after 1636 he located in the adjacent town of Dorchester, where his descendants have been numerous. It seems likely from the place of residence, the given names of children and the intimate connection between their families, that he was brother of James How, also of Roxbury. The descendants of these two pioneers settled in Ipswich, Glou- cester, Marblehead, Dedham, Milton and other points along the sea coast. The early records of Dorchester show that Abraham '"had leave granted to live in the house he built, although more than a mile from the meeting house." The settlers had to pro- vide, for reasons of mutual protection against danger and for the sake of public worship, that the houses should be built in villages. He was admitted a freeman. May 2, 1638; was a member of Mr. John Eliot's church, and in 1645 one of the signers of the Roxbury Latin School. How's wife died at Ro.xbury in 1645, and he married

(second) Sarah. His will was dated

May 26. and proved November 2, 1676, shortly after his death. He bequeathed to children Abraham, Israel, Isaac, Hester and

Deborah ; to daughter Sarah's children, Jo- seph, Isaac and Sarah. He was a weaver by trade, and sold a lot of land in Milton, March 16, 1668-69, to Robert Babcock. (SufTolk deeds vii, 280). Children: Abraham, bap- tized September 25, 1653, a weaver; Eliza- beth, died before her father; Sarah, whose children were mentioned in her father's will ; Isaac, mentioned below ; Deborah, born Sep- tember 4, 1641 ; Israel, July 7, 1644, had wife Sarah, settled in Boston and Dorchester; Esther, married (first) Henry Mason, and { second) John Sears.

Isaac How, son of Abraham How, was born in Roxbury or Boston, June 24, 1639, baptized March 30, 1656, and died in Dor- chester, September 15, 1714. He lived in Dorchester after the Narragansett war and perhaps earlier, and left a will. His wife Hannah died at Dorchester, December 20, 1728. Children, born at Dorchester: Isaac, mentioned below ; Abraham, born April 7, 1680, married, August 10, 1725, Hannah Wheeler; Samuel, born June 17, 1685, re- sided in Dorchester ; Hannah, born March 18, 16S8-89.

Isaac (2) How, eldest child of Isaac (i) and Hannah How, born at Dorchester, July 7, 1678, died August 26, 1760. He married, November 26, 1702, Submit Bird, born May 13, 1678, died October 2, 1760, daughter of Thomas and Thankful (Atherton) Bird. Children, born at Dorchester: Thomas, Sep- tember 22, 1703; Mary, November 29, 1704; Submit, April 10, 1707; Thomas (2), Octo- ber 12, 1709; Samuel, mentioned below; Isaac, June 16, 1715 ; Joseph, March 27, 1716- 17; Josiah, December 16, 1718; Sarah, May 18, 1722.

Samuel How, second son of Isaac (2) and Submit (Bird) How, was born July 22, 171 1, in Dorchester, where he lived, and died Sep- tember 16, 1780. He married there. De- cember 2. 1736, Elizabeth Clapp. born Au- gust, 1718. died .A.ugust 6, 1764, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Clapp) Clapp.

Isaac (3) How, one of the younger sons of Samuel and Elizabeth (Clapp) How, was born June 26, 1755, in Dorchester. He mar- ried. November 7. 1776, Sarah Wiswell, born October 24, 1755, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Hall) Wiswell, of Dorchester.

Isaac E. Howe, son of Isaac (3) and Sarah (Wiswell) How, was born June 17, 1777. in Dorchester, was a farmer and brickmaker of that town. He married Frances Randall,