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mittee ; he has also served as treasurer of the
society for a number of years.
Mr. Caldwell is a member of Fletcher Web-
ster Post, No. 13, G. A. R., of Brockton,
and was one of the organizers of the Cunningham
Rifles, Company I, which is a part of the
Massachusetts volunteer militia, and of which
he served as first lieutenant fo;;^ several years.
He was also a charter member of the Commercial
Club, of which he has served as director,
member of the house committee and
first vice ; president a charter member of Banner
Lodge, No. 81, New England Order of
Protection, and is a member of the Brockton
Country Club. He was one of the originators
of the Brockton Agricultural Society in 1874,
and has taken an active interest in the affairs
of the society ever since, having served for a
number of years as director and one of the
"vice presidents of the same. He is also one of
the incorporators of the Brockton Savings
Bank, and was one of the petitioners for the
original horse car railroad in Brockton. Mr.
Caldwell has traveled extensively, having visited
California (via New Orleans) as a member
of the first excursion conducted by Raymond
& Whitcomb. He has also visited Mexico and
Cuba, and has spent the winters in Florida
for the past twenty-three years.
On June 27, 1867, Mr. Caldwell was united
in marriage to Emma Maria Fairbanks, adopted
daughter of Eliab and Harriet Souther (Packard
) Whitman, of Brockton. To Mr. and Mrs.
Caldwell have been born two sons, as follows :
(1) Arthur Fairbanks, born June 22, 1870,
who graduated at the Highland Military
Academy, of Worcester, is engaged as a traveling
salesman he married Annie Niles ;
Porter,
of Brockton, and they have had children—
Mildred Porter, Arthur Wliitman (who died
in infancy), Phillis Louise, Rudolph Winston,
Natalie May, Gloria J. and Charles Benjamin
Caldwell. (2) Harry Souther, born
May 25, 187.5, graduated from the Brockton
high school and from Bryant & Stratton's business
college, Boston, and was in the employ of
Howard & Caldwell; he married May Torrey,
of Rockland, Mass. He died June 12, 1911,
aged thirty-six years.
Mr. Caldwell is one of the substantial and
enterprising business men of Brockton, always
ready to give freely of his means and time to
any project which has for its object the betterment
of his native city. He enjoys the acquaintance
of a large circle of stanch friends,
and is held in high esteem by all who know
him, both at home and wherever else he is
known.
:MARCUS HALL HOWES, postmaster at
Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Mass., is a native
of Plymouth county, Mass., born at Brockton,
March 28, 1881, son of Zebina and Louisa (Kelley)
Howes.
The Howes family is of English origin, the
first of the name in New England being (I)
Thomas Howes, who with his wife Mary (Burr)
came from England about the year 1637, and
settled at Nobscussett, in Yarmouth, in March
1639. He died in 1665, aged seventy-five years.
Children : Joseph, born in England, who married
Elizabeth Mayo, and died Jan. 19, 1694-
95; Thomas; and Jeremiah, born on passage
over, who married Sarah Prince, and died Jan.
5, 1705-06.
(II) Thomas Howes (2), son of Thomas,
born in 1636, in England, came over with
his parents and settled in Yarmouth. His
death occurred Nov. 20, 1676. He married
Sarah Bangs in 1656, and their children were:
Rebecca, born in December, 1657; Thomas,
May 2, 1663; Jonathan, Feb. 25, 1669; Sarah,
Oct. 29, 1673 (married Feb. 12, 1708, Daniel
Sears).
(III) Jonathan Howes, son of Thomas (2),
was born Feb. 25, 1669, at Yarmouth. His
wife's name was Sarah. His death occurred
Jan. 5, 1750-51. His children were: Sarah,
born June 30, 1695, married Peter Paddock
March 16. 1720; David, born April 30, 1698,
married Feb. 27, 1720, Hannah Paddock;
Jonathan, born April 2, 1701, was killed by a
whale Jan. 10, 1718; Joshua, born Jan. 13,
1704, married July 26, 1733, Eunice Allen;
Thomas was born May 17, 1711.
(IV) Thomas Howes, son of Jonathan, born
May 17, 1711, married Oct. 20, 1737, Mercy
Hedge, and their children were: Joshua, born
July 12, 1738. married Dec. 2, 1763, Mercv
Howes; Thankful, born July 7, 1740, died
March 30, 1741; Thankful (2), born Nov. 1,
174:3, married Jan. 12. 1769, Peter Sears;
Thomas, born Feb. 27, 1745, is mentioned below;
Mercv. born Mav 27, 1750, married John
Hall, of Hebron. July 7, 1771.
(V) Thomas Howes, son of Thomas, born
Feb. 27, 1745, married June 17, 1773, Jerusha
Howes. They had the following children:
Eunice, born July 30. 1774 (married Jesse
Hall); Joshua, Oct. 24, 1776 (married Lavinia
Hall) : Thomas. April 11, 1779 (married
Priscilla Hall and second Elizabeth Howes) ;
.Terusha. Oct. 3, 1781 ; Mercy, March 14, 1783;
Jonathan, Jan. 17, 1788; and Zebina, March
22, 1792.
(VI) Zebina Howes, son of Thomas, was
born March 22, 1792. He married (first)