Joseph Howarth, p. 697

JOSEPH HOWARTH, of the firm of J. Howarth & Son, of the marble, slate, granite and mantel works, Washington, Penn., was born at Barnsley, England, January 14, 1826.

Joseph Howarth, his grandfather, was a stone cutter in England, where he died. George Howarth, father of our subject, also a native of that "little spot," there married Ann Walker, an Englishwoman, who bore him the following-named children: Ann Elizabeth, widow of William Day, of Allegheny, Penn.; Joseph; John, who died in England; Sarah Anna, who died in infancy in Philadelphia; William James, in the marble business in Washington, Penn.; Hannah Mary and Emma (both deceased), and Emily Mary, deceased wife of George A. Lawman, of Pittsburgh. In 1830 George Howarth and his wife came to the United States, making their first home in Philadelphia, and moved to Pittsburgh in 1833. The father died at Sewickley, Penn., in January, 1876, at the age of seventy-nine years; the mother died in March, 1881, at Washington, Penn, in the home of her son Joseph, aged seventy-eight years.

Joseph Howarth, of whom this biographical sketch mainly treats, was brought by his parents to this country in 1830. He learned his trade of his father at Pittsburgh, and in 1865 came to Washington, Penn., where he established his present prosperous business. In 1874 he erected the building at present occupied as a business stand and dwelling, in which one store room is rented for a grocery. In 1852 he married, at Pittsburgh, Jane, daughter of John Tyler. Nine children blessed this union, namely: George, in the marble trade at Sacramento, Cal.; Elizabeth A., at home; Josephine, married to Rev. J. E. Irvine, of Altoona, Penn.; William E., in partnership with his father; Bertha E., Harry A., Annie W. and Edna Jane, all at home. Mary A. died in Allegheny. Mr. Howarth is the oldest resident marble cutter in Washington, and from a very small beginning has made his own success, and won an enviable popularity through strict attention to business, earnest perseverance, judicious economy and unquestionable integrity in all his dealings. Politically he is a Republican, and has served as a councilman of the borough of Washington.

Text taken from page 697 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed February 1997 by Julie Jolly of Knob Noster, MO as part of the Beers Project.
Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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