“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


HENRY S. HOWELL, general merchandise; born in Branchville, Sussex 
Co., N. J., Nov. 6, 1819; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1848, 
locating at Milford.  In 1836, he went to Mississippi as Government 
Surveyor; in 1837, he went to Davenport, Iowa, and surveyed there for 
the Government; he then went to New Jersey and studied law with his 
brother, George R. Howell, for four years, and upon examination was 
admitted to practice, in 1843, before the United States Supreme Court; 
he then went to Carthage, Tenn., and taught a male academy at that 
place; then, in 1848, he moved with his father to Milford, where he 
farmed one year.  He re-engaged in surveying, receiving a contract to 
survey the Dells, embracing the Portage, and down the Fox River and up 
the Wisconsin River.  In 1852, he returned to Davenport, and engaged 
for three years in the office of Cook & Sargent as book-keeper; in 1855, 
he returned to Milford and engaged in the general store business, under 
the firm name of R. & H. S. Howell; in 1857, he came to Watertown and 
opened a general store under the same firm name; this store was located 
on Main street, west of the river; in 1869, they removed to the present 
location on the east side of the river on Main street.  In 1849, he was 
Justice of the Peace of Milford; in 1868, was a member of the 
Legislature from the towns of Watertown and Ixonia.  Mr. Howell 
married, in March, 1861, Ann Janette Nute, of Vernon, N. Y.  Mr. And 
Mrs. Howell are members of the Episcopal Church.


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