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Politicians in Mining in Vermont


  John Emery Buxton (b. 1839) — of Moingona, Boone County, Iowa; Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa; Middletown Springs, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland County, Vt., October 20, 1839. Son of Luther Buxton and Semantha (Paris) Buxton. Republican. Hardware merchant; mining business; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1900; member of Vermont state senate, 1904. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, November 20, 1865, to Antha M. Clift.
  Thomas Marshall Howe (1808-1877) — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Williamstown, Orange County, Vt., April 20, 1808. Son of Thomas Howe and Clarissa (Howard) Howe. Republican. Banker; manufacturer; mining business; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-55 (21st District 1851-53, 22nd District 1853-55); Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1860. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., July 20, 1877 (age 69 years, 91 days). Interment at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  Relatives: Third cousin once removed of Jonah Howe; fourth cousin of Persis Howe (1769-1850; who married Amos Sawyer); third cousin of William Howe, Rebecca Howe (1782-1856; who married Robert Gates), Fanny Howe (who married Laban Marcy) and Jonas Elijah Howe; son of Thomas Howe and Clarissa (Howard) Howe; fourth cousin once removed of Jonas Howe and Marshall Otis Howe; married, December 13, 1833, to Mary Ann Palmer; third cousin twice removed of Joseph P. Howe; father of Clara Palmer Howe (who married James W. Brown) and Florence Julia Howe (who married George Wilkins Guthrie). See Howe family of Massachusetts.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

 

 


 
   
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