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date. He was appointed land commissioner of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad in 1869, and in 1872 of the Northern Pacific railway. He was appointed governor of Dakota territory in 1878, which office he held at the time of his death. He was married, March 1, 1841, to Ellen Jane, daughter of Matthew W. Birchard, of Detroit, Mich. Their youngest son, James Birchard How- ard, was graduated from Yale iu 1877. Governor Howard died inAVashington, D.C., April 10, 1880.

HOWARD, William Marcellus, representa- tive, was born at Berwick City, La., Dec. 6, 1857 ; son of William A. and Alameda (Maxwell) Howard, and grandson of Robert and Mary Howard, and of Sherwood R. and Ella Maxwell. He was graduated from the University of Georgia, Ph.B., in 1877. and was admitted to the bar in 1880, practising in Lexington, Ga. He was elected solicitor-general of the northern judicial circuit of Georgia in 1884, and was re- elected in 1888 and 1892. He was a Democratic representative in the 55th and 56th congresses, 1897-1901. and in November, 1900. was re-elected to the 57th and 58th congresses, 1901-05.

HOWARD, William Washington, educator, was born in London, England, Sept. 19, 1817. He was graduated at Oxford, and was a teacher in London. He removed to the United States in 1849, and settled in Indiana. He taught in mili- tary schools in Kentucky and Sing Sing, N. Y., and in the High school at Jersey Shore, Pa., and w^as principal of Erasmus Hall, Flatbush, Long Island, N. Y. He was licensed as a Presbyterian clergyman and in 1863 settled in Aurora, N.Y., as pastor of the Presbyterian church there. He

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was active in organizing Wells Seminary for the Higher Education of Young Women, and is named in the charter of March 28, 1868, as one of the original trustees. He was the first president of the seminary, serving 1868-69, when he resigned and was succeeded by the Rev. S. Irenaeus Prime, D.D., as non-resident president. He also served as professor of Greek and Latin during his term as president of the seminary and was secretary of the board of trustees, 1868-71. He received the degree of D.D. from Hamilton in 1879. He is the author of : Aids to French Com2}Osition{lS54:). He died in Aurora, N.Y,, July 1, 1871.

HOWE, Albion Paris, soldier, was born in Standish, Maine, March 13, 1818. He was graduat- ed at the U.S. Military academy in 1841, and was promoted 2d lieutenant in the 4th U.S. artillery, July 1, 1841 ; 1st lieutenant, June 18, 1846 ; cap- tain, March 2, 1855 ; major, Aug. 11, 1863 ; lieu- tenant-colonel, 20th infantry, July 28, 1866 (which he declined); lieutenant-colonel. 2d ar- tillery, April 10, 1879 ; colonel, 4th artillery, April 19, 1882 ; and was retired by operation of law, June 30, 1882. In the volunteer service he was commissioned brigadier-general, June 11, 1862 ; brevet major-general, July 13, 1865, and was honorably mustered out, Jan. 15, 1866. His service included the Mexican war, 1846-47 ; and the civil war, 1861-65 : as commander of Howe's U.S. battery and chief of artillery in McClellan's army in western Virginia, 1861 ; commander of a brigade of light artillery in the Army of the Potomac in the peninsula campaign of 1862 ; commander of the 1st brigade in Couch's 1st division, Keyes's 4tli army corps, 1863 ; com- mander of the 2d division, 6th army corps in the Chancellorsville campaign, 1863 ; and in charge of artillery depot, Washington, D.C., 1864-66. He was lieutenant-colonel of 2d artillery on the Pacific coast, 1879-82, and colonel of 4th artillerj-, 1882. He received brevets as follows : captain, Aug. 20, 1847, for gallant and meritorious con- duct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco ; major, July 1, 1862, for gallant and meritori- ous services in the battle of Malvern Hill, Va. ; lieutenant-colonel. May 3, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services in action on Salem Heights, Va., during the Chancellorsville campaign ; colonel, Nov. 7, 1863, for the affair on the re- doubts of the Rappahannock ; brigadier-gen- eral and major-general, U.S.A., March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and major-general of volunteers, July 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the civil war. His principal battles were Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862 ; Manassas, Aug. 2, 1862 ; South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862; Autietam, Sept. 16-17, 1862 ; Fredericksburg, Dec. 11-17, 1862 ; and Get- tysburg, July 1-3, 1863. He served as a member of the artillery board to inspect all the arms, ammunition and stores in the U.S. forts and arsenals, 1866-67 ; was on duty in the bureau of refugees, freedmen and abandoned lands, 1867- 68 ; commanded Fort Washington, Md., 1868-72; was in charge of the disbursing office at Louis- ville, Ky., 1872-76; on leave of absence and waiting orders, 1876-77 ; in command of the reg- iment and post at Presidio, Cal., August to December, 1877; at Alcatraz Island, Cal., 1877- 79 ; at Fort McHeniy, ild., 1879-82, and at Fort Adams, R.I., May to July, 1882. He died in Cam- bridge, Mass., Jan. 25, 1897.