*Each of the below contains insight on the life and death of Lindia Ann Howe

Evening Star, Washington, DC, on Monday, August 1st, 1881 (transcribed as written)

~ DEATH OF MRS. HOWE ~

Mrs. Lindia A. Howe, wife of ex-Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, died early this morning at the residence of her son-in-law, Col. Enoch Totten, in this city. Mrs. Howe was greatly beloved in her family and by a wide circle of friends. Mrs. Howe was about 65 years of age.

Green Bay Press Gazette, Monday, August 1st, 1881 (transcribed as written)

~ Death of Mrs. T.O. Howe ~

a dispatch was received by relatives here this afternoon announcing the death at Washington, D.C., of Mrs. Howe, wife of Hon. T.O. Howe. This event, though not entirely unexpected, brings with it a painful shock. The announcement will carry grief into the hearts and households of many, very many, old neighbors and friends here.

Green Bay Advocate, on Thursday, August 4th, 1881 (transcribed as written)

~ Death of Mrs. Howe ~

The people of Green Bay were shocked by the receipt of a telegraph, on Monday of this week, that Mrs. T.O. Howe had died that day. The intelligence, though it had been expected from day to day for the past month, came with the force of a heavy blow, for its reality had been deferred by a protracted hope that the event would be yet delayed by better features in her case. Ex-Senator Howe was quite recently in Paris, as a member of the International Monetary Commission, and doubtless relied on better fortunes in her case, but was hurried home by the telegraphic announcement of her failing condition and did succeed in reaching her bedside before the sad event.

In the death of Mrs. Howe, the whole home atmosphere of Green Bay and all this region seems to have been met with an untoward influence. She might be ranked among the old settlers of Green Bay, although she was yet young. She was born in Livermore, me., and was 63 years of age, and comes from a family which is generally in good health today. Her father, Mr. FRANCIS HAINES, of Livermore is still living, and many of her family will be remembered by our Green Bay people. Among these are Mr. S.B.A. HAINES, now of Minnesota, and Mrs. E.S. GOODRICH, and another sister, of St. Paul. She was the eldest of four sisters, the others being yet living. She was the mother of two children, who are married in residents of Washington, Mrs. MARY TOTTEN, and Mr. FRANK HOWE, and was the representative of an enlarged family of nieces and nephews, still living, among which may be named Miss GRACE HOWE and Col. JAS. H. HOWE, of Kenosha and Mrs. JULIA WESTON, of this city.

It would be hard - and indeed the ordinary editorial pen hesitates to enter upon anything like a satisfactory review of her many cultured and attractive traits. The people of this Green Bay region would stand up in one accord and attest to all that our poor and halting pen could bring up to say of her. She was broadly and educated and fascinating type of A New England woman. Her broad mantle swept over the charities of life, and made everything more lovable among them. Her hosts of graces filled the available path, and it was hard to overlook and see others beyond them. When a better and more skilled pen shall undertake the task, a better and more skilled account shall be written of what this Green Bay society has lost.

Merrill Star Advocate, Merrill, Wisc. on Monday, August 15, 1881 (as written)

Mrs. Hall, wife of ex-Senator Hull, has been in ill health for a good while, and her condition has been considered serious for some weeks. She did not accompany her husband to Europe when he went to France as a member of the monetary conference soon after President Garfield was inaugurated but remained in Washington with her daughter the wife of Col. Enoch Totten. Her health grew worse with the hot weather and about the first of July her condition became so serious that a cable dispatch was sent to Mr. Howe summoning him home. He sailed on the 4th of July, and arrived in Washington about a fortnight later, but found his wife so much better, that strong hopes of her recovery for a time entertained. She grew worse later in the month, however, and died Monday. Mrs. Howe was a most estimable lady, and beloved by a large circle of friends throughout the State and the country.

Wisconsin State Journal, on Tuesday, August 2nd, 1881 (as written)

~ Death of Mrs. T.O. Howe ~

The people of Wisconsin will learn with sincere regret that the estimable wife of ex-Senator T.O. Howe, of this state, has passed over the river into the great unknown, no more to greet her friends on earth. Mrs. Howe has been quite ill for several months, and while her death may not come wholly unexpected to her numerous friends, it is nevertheless deeply laminated by them. She died at the residence of her son-in-law, Enoch Totten Esq., of Washington City, on the first of August. Her husband being one of the Monetary Conference, recently held in Paris, was called home by telegraph a few days ago, on account of the serious illness of Mrs. Howe, and he was able to return to be present at the dying bed of his beloved wife.

Mrs. Howe was a lady in the truest and best sense of the term. She was intelligent, refined, dignified, kind and unselfishly devoted to causing happiness to persons all around her. As a wife and mother, she was a model; as a friend, she was sincere and frank; to know her, was to respect her and to love her as a genuine woman.

Her maiden name was L.A. Haynes (correction Haines), a native of Maine. In 1841 (correction 1844), she was united in marriage with Hon. T.O. Howe, then a young lawyer, and during his distinguished career as a jurist, as a Senator and as a citizen, she has aided him in such a manner as only a devoted and true wife can aid her husband. In whatever position he has been called upon to fill, she has been equal to the demands upon her socially and made popularity and friends in all places. 40 years of happy married life have been vouchsafed to Mr. and Mrs. Howe, and now that the chord that has bound them in life is broken, the blow to the sorrowing statesman will fall with immense weight; his loss is irreparable.

In his deep affliction, Mr. Howe will receive the sincerest sympathy of the whole people of Wisconsin, as well as hosts of friends in other parts of the nation.

• Timothy Otis Howe and Linda Ann Haines married December 21, 1844, Livermore, Maine.

*Each of the below contains insight on the life and death of Lindia Ann Howe

Evening Star, Washington, DC, on Monday, August 1st, 1881 (transcribed as written)

~ DEATH OF MRS. HOWE ~

Mrs. Lindia A. Howe, wife of ex-Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, died early this morning at the residence of her son-in-law, Col. Enoch Totten, in this city. Mrs. Howe was greatly beloved in her family and by a wide circle of friends. Mrs. Howe was about 65 years of age.

Green Bay Press Gazette, Monday, August 1st, 1881 (transcribed as written)

~ Death of Mrs. T.O. Howe ~

a dispatch was received by relatives here this afternoon announcing the death at Washington, D.C., of Mrs. Howe, wife of Hon. T.O. Howe. This event, though not entirely unexpected, brings with it a painful shock. The announcement will carry grief into the hearts and households of many, very many, old neighbors and friends here.

Green Bay Advocate, on Thursday, August 4th, 1881 (transcribed as written)

~ Death of Mrs. Howe ~

The people of Green Bay were shocked by the receipt of a telegraph, on Monday of this week, that Mrs. T.O. Howe had died that day. The intelligence, though it had been expected from day to day for the past month, came with the force of a heavy blow, for its reality had been deferred by a protracted hope that the event would be yet delayed by better features in her case. Ex-Senator Howe was quite recently in Paris, as a member of the International Monetary Commission, and doubtless relied on better fortunes in her case, but was hurried home by the telegraphic announcement of her failing condition and did succeed in reaching her bedside before the sad event.

In the death of Mrs. Howe, the whole home atmosphere of Green Bay and all this region seems to have been met with an untoward influence. She might be ranked among the old settlers of Green Bay, although she was yet young. She was born in Livermore, me., and was 63 years of age, and comes from a family which is generally in good health today. Her father, Mr. FRANCIS HAINES, of Livermore is still living, and many of her family will be remembered by our Green Bay people. Among these are Mr. S.B.A. HAINES, now of Minnesota, and Mrs. E.S. GOODRICH, and another sister, of St. Paul. She was the eldest of four sisters, the others being yet living. She was the mother of two children, who are married in residents of Washington, Mrs. MARY TOTTEN, and Mr. FRANK HOWE, and was the representative of an enlarged family of nieces and nephews, still living, among which may be named Miss GRACE HOWE and Col. JAS. H. HOWE, of Kenosha and Mrs. JULIA WESTON, of this city.

It would be hard - and indeed the ordinary editorial pen hesitates to enter upon anything like a satisfactory review of her many cultured and attractive traits. The people of this Green Bay region would stand up in one accord and attest to all that our poor and halting pen could bring up to say of her. She was broadly and educated and fascinating type of A New England woman. Her broad mantle swept over the charities of life, and made everything more lovable among them. Her hosts of graces filled the available path, and it was hard to overlook and see others beyond them. When a better and more skilled pen shall undertake the task, a better and more skilled account shall be written of what this Green Bay society has lost.

Merrill Star Advocate, Merrill, Wisc. on Monday, August 15, 1881 (as written)

Mrs. Hall, wife of ex-Senator Hull, has been in ill health for a good while, and her condition has been considered serious for some weeks. She did not accompany her husband to Europe when he went to France as a member of the monetary conference soon after President Garfield was inaugurated but remained in Washington with her daughter the wife of Col. Enoch Totten. Her health grew worse with the hot weather and about the first of July her condition became so serious that a cable dispatch was sent to Mr. Howe summoning him home. He sailed on the 4th of July, and arrived in Washington about a fortnight later, but found his wife so much better, that strong hopes of her recovery for a time entertained. She grew worse later in the month, however, and died Monday. Mrs. Howe was a most estimable lady, and beloved by a large circle of friends throughout the State and the country.

Wisconsin State Journal, on Tuesday, August 2nd, 1881 (as written)

~ Death of Mrs. T.O. Howe ~

The people of Wisconsin will learn with sincere regret that the estimable wife of ex-Senator T.O. Howe, of this state, has passed over the river into the great unknown, no more to greet her friends on earth. Mrs. Howe has been quite ill for several months, and while her death may not come wholly unexpected to her numerous friends, it is nevertheless deeply laminated by them. She died at the residence of her son-in-law, Enoch Totten Esq., of Washington City, on the first of August. Her husband being one of the Monetary Conference, recently held in Paris, was called home by telegraph a few days ago, on account of the serious illness of Mrs. Howe, and he was able to return to be present at the dying bed of his beloved wife.

Mrs. Howe was a lady in the truest and best sense of the term. She was intelligent, refined, dignified, kind and unselfishly devoted to causing happiness to persons all around her. As a wife and mother, she was a model; as a friend, she was sincere and frank; to know her, was to respect her and to love her as a genuine woman.

Her maiden name was L.A. Haynes (correction Haines), a native of Maine. In 1841 (correction 1844), she was united in marriage with Hon. T.O. Howe, then a young lawyer, and during his distinguished career as a jurist, as a Senator and as a citizen, she has aided him in such a manner as only a devoted and true wife can aid her husband. In whatever position he has been called upon to fill, she has been equal to the demands upon her socially and made popularity and friends in all places. 40 years of happy married life have been vouchsafed to Mr. and Mrs. Howe, and now that the chord that has bound them in life is broken, the blow to the sorrowing statesman will fall with immense weight; his loss is irreparable.

In his deep affliction, Mr. Howe will receive the sincerest sympathy of the whole people of Wisconsin, as well as hosts of friends in other parts of the nation.

• Timothy Otis Howe and Linda Ann Haines married December 21, 1844, Livermore, Maine.