James Maxwell and Susan Austin of Nova Scotia

A brick wall on the Moore side is James Maxwell, husband of Susan Austin and father of Susan Maxwell who married Charles Henry Howe. I just found James and Susan's marriage certificate in the Nova Scotia Archives. Witnesses were James Maxwell (father?) and Alexander Wallace. It's just a tiny step closer to finding more about James. He died before 1846 when his wife and children migrated to Braintree, Massachusetts.

Susan Austen Maxwell was the daughter of Thomas Austen, a Nova Scotia merchant and his wife, Elizabeth Letson. The Austen's originally came from Cork, Ireland. Elizabeth's father, Robert, was a Loyalist emigre who came to Nova Scotia from New York during the Revolutionary War.

Charles Henry Howe

Charles Henry Howe was employed by the B&M Railroad as a machinist. When his two sons, Charles Herbert and Frank Emmons were aged 3 and 1, their mother, Susan passed away. Their father remarried in 1867 to Lucy Sarah Brown, but apparently the new family didn't have room for Susan's two sons.  In 1870 the  two boys were living with their Howe grandparents in Ipswich.

Susan Maxwell

I've always love this picture of Susan Maxwell. She is so sweet and I find it so sad that she died so young, only 24 years old. I think she would have been sad to leave her babies. The younger son, Frank, became a farmer in Ipswich. The older son, Charles Henry, the Moore line ancestor went to Dartmouth College and became the principal of Wakefield High School in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Henry William Chellis was born on 15 Mar 1838 at Goshen, Sullivan, New

Hampshire, United States of America. He appeared on the census of 1860 at

Windham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of America. He began

military service between 18 Aug 1862 and 21 Jun 1865. Henry W Chellis,

served Union, residence Windham, New Hampshire

He enlisted as a private on 18 August 1862 at the age of 25,

in Company I, 13th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire on 20 September

1862. He was promoted to Full Corporal on 24 May 1864. He mustered

out on 21 June 1865 in Richmond, VA. He married Helen E Freeman,

daughter of Daniel H Freeman and Pamelia, on 14

Dec 1863 at Lawrence, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. Helen, along with

twin sons, died 12 Sept 1867 in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

He appeared on the census of 1870 in the household of Harriet N Gubtal at Ward 3,

Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He married

Frances Abigail Gubtal, daughter of Amos Currier Gubtal (211) and

Harriet N Davis (his landlady), on 29 Mar 1871 at Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts,

United States of America. He and Frances Abigail Chellis appeared on

the census of 1880 at Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of

America. He died on 26 Oct 1925 at 6 Francis Ave, Greenwood, Wakefield,

Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, at age 87. His obituary states:

H.W.Chellis of Greenwood Passes Away

Was Past Commander of G.A.R. Post in N.H. - Funeral Tomorrow

Henry W. Chellis, for the past 25 years a resident of Greenwood, passed

away early last evening at his home, 6 Francis avenue.

Mr. Chellis was in his 88th year and had been in failing health for a

number of years. He was born in Goshen, N.H., the son of William and Nancy

(Bartlett) Chellis. He served all through the Civil War and was a member of

G.A.R. He was a past commander of the Carleton Post of Farmington, N.H. He

was an attendant at the Congregational Church.

His is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances G. Chellis, and three

daughters, Miss Maude and Miss Bertha, who made their home with their

parents, and Mrs. Edith Howe, wife of Luther M. Howe of Wakefield. There is

also one grandchild, Madeline Howe.

Funeral services will be held at the home, Wednesday afternoon at 2

o'clock on 27 Oct 1925 at Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United

States of America. He was buried on 28 Oct 1925 at Linwood Cemetery,

Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America.

He is the great grandfather of my husband, Allan. Henry's daughter Edith, married Luther Maxwell Howe, and were the parents of my mother-in-law, Connie.

Charles Herbert Howe

Charles Herbert Howe was born on 20 Sep
1859 at Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. He
appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of Charles Henry Howe
and Susan Maxwell Howe (his parents) at Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United
States of America. He appeared on the census of 1870 in the household of
Daniel Howe and Hannah Lincoln Cook Howe(his grandparents, his father having remarried) at Ipswich, Essex,
Massachusetts, United States of America. He appeared on the census of 1880
at Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States of America where he was attending Dartmouth College. He was
graduated in 1881 at Dartmouth College, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire,
United States of America. He was principal of the High School
between 1881 and 1883 at West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
of America. He was in charge of the high school between 1883 and
1888 at Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He
married Mary Adelaide Fitz, daughter of Luther Fitz and
Elizabeth French Hazelton, on 26 Dec 1883 at Chester, Rockingham,
New Hampshire, United States of America. He was one of the trustees of
the Public Library, and President for three years of the Berkshire County
Teachers Association between 1889 and 1897 at Adams, Berkshire,
Massachusetts, United States of America. He resided between
1889 and 1897 at Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States of America.
He was principal of Wakefield High School until his death between
1898 and 1918 at Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of
America. In Wakefield he was actively engaged in all that pertained to
education, he was several years Chairman of the Sweetser lecture course
committee, president of the Wakefield Teachers Association, president of
the Middlesex County Teachers Association, a member of the Massachusetts
Teachers Association, representing the Wakefield High School, the New
England Association of College and Preparatory Schools; a member of the
Golden Rule Lodge, F.A.M. of Wakefield, the Congregational Church, and was
a director of the Wakefield Cooperative Bank between 1898 and 1918 at
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He and Mary
Adelaide Howe appeared on the census of 1900 at West Chestnut,
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He and Mary
Adelaide Fitz appeared on the census of 1910 at Wakefield,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He died on 20 Dec 1918
at Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, at age
59. He was buried at Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Charles Herbert Howe and Mary Adelaide Fitz had two children: Luther Maxwell Howe
(Allan's grandfather) and Alice Gardner Howe.