Family
Joseph Howe married Catherine Susan Ann McNabb, daughter of Captain John McNab, Nova Scotia Fencibles, on February 2, 1828. She was born in 1808 in the barracks at the entrance to the harbour of St. John's, Newfoundland, where her father was in command of the troops. She lived with her father on McNab's Island, which had previously been occupied by her uncle, Peter McNab. In Joseph Howe's "Poems and Essays" (Montreal: 1874), there are two poems addressed to his wife. Towards the close of her life, the Legislature of Nova Scotia granted her a small pension. She died in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, July 6, 1890, and is buried alongside her husband in Camp-hill Cemetery, Halifax. The couple`s son Sydenham Howe lived in Middleton, Nova Scotia.
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