Helen M. [Branch] Howe^[1]

1838 - 1898  (60 years)

• Name	Helen M. [Branch] Howe
  Birth	8 Feb 1838	Canton, New York
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 May 1898	Lake Tagish, Northwest Territory
  	She died looking for gold in the Yukon with her son William and his wife.
  Person ID	I4354	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Harvey Branch, (8),   b. 2 Jul 1799, Whiting, VT. d. 1884 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Samantha [Gaines] Branch   d. 27 Dec 1882, Hewittville, New York
  Marriage	10 Jun 1824	Panton, VT.
  Family ID	F1319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elon Walter Howe,   b. 2 Dec 1834, Jericho, Vermont d. 6 Aug 1910, Pasadena, California (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1863
  Children	1. William Frederick Howe,   b. 22 Sep 1866, West Potsdam, NY d. Yes, date unknown   2. Arthur W. Howe,   b. 17 Sep 1874, Diana, NY d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Walter and Helen lived for many years on farms, first at West Potsdam, then at Diana, near Carthage, New York. Later they moved to a farm about a mile from Potsdam on the Sissonville road, their two boys attending school in Potsdam. They sold the farm and bought a house in Potsdam, near the Fair Grounds. Their sons, William and Arthur, left home to settle in the west, and in Feb. 1898, they sold their property in Potsdam to join their sons. The father went to live with Arthur at Leon, Iowa, but Helen, hearing that William and his wife, Mabel were going to Alaska, attracted by the Yukon gold rush, refused to let them go without her. The trip, however, proved to be too much for her, and she died at Lake Tagish, Northwest Territory, on May 6, 1898. She is buried in West Potsdam, New York.

  
  

• Sources

  [S718] Andy Lane.