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James Elwood Howland
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James Elwood Howland

American, 1852 - 1920
BiographyJames Elwood Howland was born on 19 May 1852 in New York. He was the son of Abraham Woolley “Abram” Howland (1825-1908) and Catherine Gaunt (1828-1909). He had at least two siblings: Mary Frances Howland and Eugena Howland.

He married Mary Louise Jacobs (1855-1929). They had at least three children: Nellie May Howland Meigs (1880-1957), Maude E. Howland, and Florence Howland Abbott (1889-1923).

He died on 18 April 1920 in Middletown, Connecticut. He is buried at Fair Haven Union Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut.
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