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.

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.