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Henry Elias Howland
b.1835-06-30; d.1913-11-07; New York, NY, US; Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, 1813-1914 (p.545)
(contributed by Scott Prentice on 2013-10-10)
HENRY ELIAS HOWLAND, son of Aaron Prentice Howland, an architect, and Huldah (Burke) Howland, was born June 30, 1835, at Walpole, N.H. He was prepared for college there, and at the Kimball Union Academy 111 Meriden, N.H.
After graduation he studied law a year in Walpole with Judge Frederick Vose (B A Harvard 1822), and two years m the Harvard Law School, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Harvard in 1857. He was admitted to the New York bar in October of that year, and was associated with John Sherwood (B A Yale 1839) in the practice of his profession until 1878, when, with Henry H. Anderson (B A Williams 1848), the firm of Anderson, Howland, & Murray was formed. Soon after the death of Mr. Anderson in 1896, Mr Howland's firm became Howlarid, Murray, & Prentice, consisting of himself, George Welwood Murray, and E Parmalee Prentice (B A. Amherst 1885). Later his son (B.A Yale 1891) was admitted to the firm He was a director of the Lawyers Title Insurance Co, the Lawyers Mortgage Co, and the Mortgage Bond Co.
During 1862 he was in the United States service for three months as sergeant of Company G, 22d Regiment, New York National Guard, at Baltimore and Harper's Ferry and the following year served as captain of the same regiment during the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania.
In 1873 he was appointed judge of the Marine (now City) Court of New York to fill a vacancy, and held the office for a year. For three years (1875-1877) he was annually elected a member of the Board of Aldermen. In 1880 he was appointed by Mayor Cooper president of the department of taxes for four years, but resigned after a few months on account of his private business.
Judge Howland received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Yale University in 1893. He was first elected an Alumni Fellow of the Yale Corporation in 1892 and continued in the office for three terms, withdrawing in 1910. At the special meeting of alumni in 1909 he was appointed chairman of the Yale Civil War Memorial Committee. From 1893 to 1895 he was president of the Yale Alumni Association of New York (later the Yale Club) He was in frequent request as an after-dinner speaker, and presided at the Cambridge, England, Yale dinner in October, 1895, and also on many other notable Yale occasions From 1901 to 1904 he was president of the New York University Club, and since its foundation in 1879 had been a member of its council.
He was active in many philanthropic, civic, and social organizations, serving as president of the Society for the Relief of the Destitute Blind in the City of New York since 1898, president of the managers of the Manhattan State Hospital from 1895 to 1905, and trustee of the Marion Street Maternity Hospital, and was for many years connected with the State Charities Aid Association. He was a trustee of the New York Free Circulating Library (now included in the New York Free Library). He was president of the Society for the Preservation of the Adirondacks, in 1901 taking active part in preventing the destruction of the forests by contractors. He was a vestryman and warden of the Church of the Ascension.
Judge Howland died after an illness of two years from paralysis at his home in New York City, November 7, 1913, at the age of 78 years. The interment was in Walpole, N.H.
He married in New York City, October 5, 1865, Louisa, daughter of Jonathan Miller. She died February 6, 1884, and February 1, 1894, he married Mrs Anna J. W. Curtis, widow of Dr Thomas B Curtis and daughter of Joseph S. Lovering of Boston, Mass, who survives him. Two sons and a daughter by his first marriage are also living, three daughters having died. The sons graduated from the College in 1891 and 1894, respectively.
After graduation he studied law a year in Walpole with Judge Frederick Vose (B A Harvard 1822), and two years m the Harvard Law School, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Harvard in 1857. He was admitted to the New York bar in October of that year, and was associated with John Sherwood (B A Yale 1839) in the practice of his profession until 1878, when, with Henry H. Anderson (B A Williams 1848), the firm of Anderson, Howland, & Murray was formed. Soon after the death of Mr. Anderson in 1896, Mr Howland's firm became Howlarid, Murray, & Prentice, consisting of himself, George Welwood Murray, and E Parmalee Prentice (B A. Amherst 1885). Later his son (B.A Yale 1891) was admitted to the firm He was a director of the Lawyers Title Insurance Co, the Lawyers Mortgage Co, and the Mortgage Bond Co.
During 1862 he was in the United States service for three months as sergeant of Company G, 22d Regiment, New York National Guard, at Baltimore and Harper's Ferry and the following year served as captain of the same regiment during the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania.
In 1873 he was appointed judge of the Marine (now City) Court of New York to fill a vacancy, and held the office for a year. For three years (1875-1877) he was annually elected a member of the Board of Aldermen. In 1880 he was appointed by Mayor Cooper president of the department of taxes for four years, but resigned after a few months on account of his private business.
Judge Howland received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Yale University in 1893. He was first elected an Alumni Fellow of the Yale Corporation in 1892 and continued in the office for three terms, withdrawing in 1910. At the special meeting of alumni in 1909 he was appointed chairman of the Yale Civil War Memorial Committee. From 1893 to 1895 he was president of the Yale Alumni Association of New York (later the Yale Club) He was in frequent request as an after-dinner speaker, and presided at the Cambridge, England, Yale dinner in October, 1895, and also on many other notable Yale occasions From 1901 to 1904 he was president of the New York University Club, and since its foundation in 1879 had been a member of its council.
He was active in many philanthropic, civic, and social organizations, serving as president of the Society for the Relief of the Destitute Blind in the City of New York since 1898, president of the managers of the Manhattan State Hospital from 1895 to 1905, and trustee of the Marion Street Maternity Hospital, and was for many years connected with the State Charities Aid Association. He was a trustee of the New York Free Circulating Library (now included in the New York Free Library). He was president of the Society for the Preservation of the Adirondacks, in 1901 taking active part in preventing the destruction of the forests by contractors. He was a vestryman and warden of the Church of the Ascension.
Judge Howland died after an illness of two years from paralysis at his home in New York City, November 7, 1913, at the age of 78 years. The interment was in Walpole, N.H.
He married in New York City, October 5, 1865, Louisa, daughter of Jonathan Miller. She died February 6, 1884, and February 1, 1894, he married Mrs Anna J. W. Curtis, widow of Dr Thomas B Curtis and daughter of Joseph S. Lovering of Boston, Mass, who survives him. Two sons and a daughter by his first marriage are also living, three daughters having died. The sons graduated from the College in 1891 and 1894, respectively.
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