Background
Jonah Howe was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts on 2 January 1749 to Daniel Howe (1727-1750) and Eunice (Taylor) Howe (1729-?). He was a lawyer Jonah Howe, Esq married Prudence Bowker (1751-1795), daughter of Lieutenant Charles Bowker and Eunice Stone, on 4 July 1771 at Shrewsbury.
On 4 June 1819 he married Candace Allen in Shrewsbury.
He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Shrewsbury, Worcester District. Howe died at his home in Shrewsbury on 2 July 1826.
