Samuel Shaw Howland

Biography

Samuel Shaw Howland was born in 1790 and lived through the transformative decades of early American history, experiencing the growth and consolidation of the young republic. His life of sixty-three years allowed him to contribute to and witness the development of his community during a period of significant national expansion.

Howland's interment in Green-Wood Cemetery honors his place in the society he inhabited and the legacy he left behind. His life represents the quiet dignity and steadfast character of those who contributed to the building of nineteenth-century America.