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Gift of John T. Whitman, 1963.8.2  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut Histor…
Elizabeth Howard
Gift of John T. Whitman, 1963.8.2 Photograph by Gavin Ashworth. © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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Elizabeth Howard

American, 1790 - 1888
BiographyElizabeth Howard was born 27 November 1790. She was the daughter of Stephen Howard (b. 1747) and his second wife, Esther Lyman Howard (1750-1828). On 20 April 1814, she married Captain Samuel Whitman, Jr. (1786-1852) of West Hartford, Connecticut, who was the son of Captain Samuel Whitman (1753-1810). They had two children, Samuel (1823-1906) and Emeline (Mrs. Myron Newton Morris) (b. 1826). Elizabeth Howard Whitman died 21 March 1888.
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