Charles McLouth Howe (1851-1914) was born in Olean, New York, and died in St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1874 he moved to Central City, Nebraska, then in 1882 to Omaha, Nebraska, to work for the Burlington Railroad. He gave up his railroad work because of persistent ill health, but after experiencing healing through Christian Science treatment, he dedicated himself to its practice and teaching for the rest of his life.
He moved to St. Joseph in 1887 and studied Christian Science with one of Mary Baker Eddy's students. He then took the Normal class from Eddy at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College in 1888 and joined the Christian Scientist Association. In the early 1890s he organized the St. Joseph Institute of Christian Science and was also instrumental in founding First Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Joseph, where he served as First Reader. He joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1894, and was a practitioner and teacher listed in The Christian Science Journal from 1889 until his passing. His mother, Jane A. Howe (b. McLouth), was also listed as a practitioner in 1889.
In 1899 Eddy commissioned Howe to arrange all the particulars of building a home in Lead, South Dakota, for her son, George Washington Glover, and his family as a surprise Christmas gift. Around this same time, Eddy also had three of her grandchildren, George W. Glover, III, Mary B. G. Billings, and Evelyn Glover Schell, sent to St. Joseph to be tutored by Howe for a brief period. In 1902 Howe married Mary B. Howe (b. Powell) in Boston. She was a Christian Scientist who joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1896 and was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1906 to 1955. Howe became a member of the General Association of Teachers in 1903 and at the time of his passing was serving as the Assistant Committee on Publication for Missouri. He was also a Mason and maintained his membership in a Masonic lodge in Omaha, Nebraska, throughout his lifetime.
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Charles McLouth Howe (1851-1914) was born in Olean, New York, and died in St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1874 he moved to Central City, Nebraska, then in 1882 to Omaha, Nebraska, to work for the Burlington Railroad. He gave up his railroad work because of persistent ill health, but after experiencing healing through Christian Science treatment, he dedicated himself to its practice and teaching for the rest of his life.
He moved to St. Joseph in 1887 and studied Christian Science with one of Mary Baker Eddy's students. He then took the Normal class from Eddy at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College in 1888 and joined the Christian Scientist Association. In the early 1890s he organized the St. Joseph Institute of Christian Science and was also instrumental in founding First Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Joseph, where he served as First Reader. He joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1894, and was a practitioner and teacher listed in The Christian Science Journal from 1889 until his passing. His mother, Jane A. Howe (b. McLouth), was also listed as a practitioner in 1889.
In 1899 Eddy commissioned Howe to arrange all the particulars of building a home in Lead, South Dakota, for her son, George Washington Glover, and his family as a surprise Christmas gift. Around this same time, Eddy also had three of her grandchildren, George W. Glover, III, Mary B. G. Billings, and Evelyn Glover Schell, sent to St. Joseph to be tutored by Howe for a brief period. In 1902 Howe married Mary B. Howe (b. Powell) in Boston. She was a Christian Scientist who joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1896 and was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1906 to 1955. Howe became a member of the General Association of Teachers in 1903 and at the time of his passing was serving as the Assistant Committee on Publication for Missouri. He was also a Mason and maintained his membership in a Masonic lodge in Omaha, Nebraska, throughout his lifetime.
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