Preceded by Board of Selectmen Party Republican Party Succeeded by Daniel S. Mooney Died 1911 | Preceded by James T. Murphy Role Politician Name S. Howe | |
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Spouse(s) Harriett A. Brigham(m. January 1, 1857)(1836–1914) | ||
Simon Herbert Howe (December 21, 1835 – 1911) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as the first Mayor, of Marlborough, Massachusetts and as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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Early life and family
Howe was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts to Samuel (1800–1864) and Charlotte Howe (1800–1839). Howe was a direct descendant of John Howe (1602-1680) who arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 from Brinklow, Warwickshire, England and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Howe was also a descendant of Edmund Rice another early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony Howe married Harriett A. Brigham on January 1, 1857, they had four children including a son Louis P. Howe.
Business career
Howe was President of the S.H. Howe Shoe Company and the President of the Marlborough Savings Bank. When Marlborough became a city, Howe had an image of his own factory incorporated into the city seal, where it remains to this day.