HOWE, ELIAS, JR

(1819-1867), an American inventor, b. in Spenser, Ma . His father was a farmer and local miller and the son remained at home as his a istant, until 18386, when he began to learn the trade of machinist. In 1845 he completed a working model of a sewing machine, which he patented. For the following nine years he was engaged in a continuous law suit to protect his patent from the infringements of manufacturers, but finally won and thereafter enjoyed a steady income from the royalties paid him by the manufacturers of sewing machines. During the Civil ‘War he fought in the Union Army as a private, after which he established a rare hiclibhpia plant in Bridge port, onn,