History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 790. [Nicholas County] [Union Precinct] MRS. MARY E. HOWE, farmer, P. O. Moorefield, Nicholas County; was born in Nicholas County, Ky., April 31, 1835, and is a daughter of James and Nancy (Hayden) Thomas; Mr. Thomas was born in Virginia, Nov. 12, 1799, was a farmer by occupation and died June 15, 1873; his wife, Nancy, was born in Nicholas County, Ky., Jan. 6, 1804, and died June 16, 1877. Our subject is the youngest of eight children, she received her education in Nicholas County, was married in the same county, May 16, 1855, to William W. Howe, who was born in Nicholas County, Jan. 31, 1819, was a farmer by occupation; died Aug. 1. 1877; the result of their union was three children, viz: Thomas E., James M. and William R. Mr. Howe, the husband of our subject, was a son of Ezra and Anna (Dalzell) Howe; he was born in Nicholas County, Oct. 7, 1785, was a farmer and school teacher and died Sept. 26, 1820; his wife Anna, was born Sept. 19, 1792 and died Sept. 6, 1853. The subject of this sketch owns a house and lot in Moorefield, also 258 acres of land situated in Union Precinct, which is cultivated under her own management; she is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Moorefield, is a woman of intelligence and ranks high in the esteem of the community where she lives. Howe Hayden Dalzell = VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nicholas/howe.me.txt