Elinor (Mead) Howells (1837-1910)

Mrs Elinor Gertrude (Mead) Howells

Parents (2)

Larkin Goldsmith Mead

Lawyer, of Brattleboro, Vermont

1795-1869

Mary Jane (Noyes) Mead

Mrs Mary Jane (Noyes) Mead

1805-1876

Spouse (1)

William Dean Howells

Gilded Age Novelist, Editor & Critic, "The Dean of American Letters"

1837-1920

Children (3)

Winifred Howells

Poet, of Boston, Massachusetts; died unmarried

1863-1889

John Mead Howells

Editor, of New York; Co-Founder of the Planned Parenthood League

1868-1959

Mildred Howells

Painter, Watercolorist, & Poet, of 89 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts

1872-1966