Frederick Hiram Howe was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

The evidence

• “Frederick Hiram Howe, one of the successful and prosperous business men of Janesville, Wis., has attained to the position he holds through years of persistent effort in the line of his native talents and in furtherance of an honorable and worthy purpose. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he was born on March 8, 1858, and is a son of Francis and Martha Howe. He acquired the ordi-”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 442 / book p. 932

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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