The Ellen G. White Letters and Manuscripts: Volume 1

HOWARD, Daniel (1818-1898) and (first wife) Clarissa (1819-1865) and (second wife) Elvira (c. 1831-1896)

Daniel and Clarissa Howard were church members who farmed near Northfield, Vermont. In 1859, while passing through the area, the Whites stayed overnight with the Howards, who lived, Ellen White noted, in “a very pleasant place on the top of the mountain.” In 1863 the family moved to Minnesota, where Clarissa died 18 months later “of consumption.” Daniel Howard married Elvira Arnold in 1866. 1EGWLM 848.1

See: Obituary: “Clarissa Howard,” Review, Feb. 14, 1865, p. 95; Heman Howard, The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, From 1643 to 1903 (Brockton, Mass.: Standard Printing Co., 1903), p. 137; 1860 U.S. Federal Census, “Daniel Howard,” Vermont, Washington County, Northfield, p. 220; 1880 U.S. Federal Census, “Daniel Howard,” Minnesota, Dodge County, Wasioja, p. 33; Ellen G. White, Ms 8, 1859 (entries for Oct. 11, 12); Lt 30, 1859 (Oct. 12). 1EGWLM 848.2