Valentine Mott HOWLAND
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BIRTH: Journal of Valentine Mott Howland; Page 31; copy in possession of Dianne Wintch; 510 Gays Drive, Marysville, Wa. 98271. MARRIAGE: Certificate of Marriage; copy in possession of Dianne Wintch; original in possession of Catherine I. Albrezio; 4633 Mermont Dr., Everett, Wa. 98201. HISTORY: Enlisted in Union Army 20 Jul 1864 as Drummer in Company B, 1st Columbia Volunteers, Washington, DC. In spring of 1865 the 1st and 2nd DC Volunteer Infantry consolidated into one regiment.He mustered out 12 Sep 1865. His regiment presented him with a silver mounted drum which cost $60.00. A good share of the time he was in the Army he served as a dispatch carrier. Several times he delivered dispatches to President Abraham Lincoln at the War Department in Washington, DC. (pg 32, Journal of Valentine Mott Howland)
NOTE: Born at sea near Puerto Rico; Records in Glendale, CA where she is buried (Glendale Cemetery) give her place of birth as Puerto Rico.
BIR-MARRIAGE: Records in possession of Catherine Ina Griffore DEATH:Obituary notices;copy in possession of Dianne Wintch
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Journal of Valentine Mott Howland; Page 36 & 40; copy in possession of Dianne Wintch; 510 Gays Drive, Marysville, Wa. 98271.
BIRTH-DEATH: Journal of Valentine Mott Howland; Page 36; copy in possession of Dianne Wintch; 510 Gays Drive, Marysville, Wa. 98271.
BIRTH: Journal of Valentine Mott Howland; Page 36; copy in possession of Dianne Wintch; 510 Gays Drive, Marysville, Wa. 98271.
Worked in Vaudeville with his wife, Eva.
He married Elizabeth Young 28 Oct 1875 at Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan . Elizabeth Young was born at Portland, Cumberland, Maine 16 Oct 1858 daughter of Henry J. Young and Margaret Clahane .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Ellen Catherine Howland
born 2 Apr 1877.
Henry W. Howland
born 10 May 1879.
Willie Howland
born 1881.
Benjamin Howland
born 1885.
Valentine Mott Howland
born 30 May 1887.
Edward R. Howland
born 7 Dec 1890.
Valentine Mott Howland died 24 Nov 1928 at Glendale, Los Angeles, California .
Elizabeth Young died 4 Dec 1928 at Glendale, Los Angeles, California .