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John W. Howze
Bio in Brief
Born:
August 7, 1875, in Georgia (possible)
Mother: Vallie Long
Born: 1850
Died: 1887
Father: Judge A.C. Howze
Born: 1846
Died: 1922
Great-Grandfather: Dr. J.H.R. Long
Education:
Marriages:
Kate Fontaine Meade
Born: 1877
Married: August 29, 1900, in Birmingham, AL
Died: 1965
Katherine Melissa Landt
Born: 1877
Married: December 21, 1906, in Los Angeles, CA
Died: 1935
Los Angeles Times, December 25, 1906:
"Miss Landt Is Bride. Friends were surprised last week when they were bidden to attend the wedding of Miss Katherine Landt and John Howze, which took place on Friday at 2 o'clock. Though Miss Landy and Mr. Howze have been good friends they have kept the news of their engagement a secret, which hardly the most intimate friends suspected. Consequently the wedding was a complete surprise. ¶ Much interest will be felt in it, as the bride is widely known in society of Southern California, and has lived in this city nearly all her life, where she has always been one of the most popular belles. Mr. Howze is in business with Robert Marsh & Co., and is a favorite in business and social circles. He has just recently completed a beautiful new home in Westmoreland Place, which he and his bride will occupy on their return from their honeymoon. ¶ The wedding, which took place at the home of the bridge's father, S.V. Landet, at No. 2131 Estella avenue, though simply in appointment, was an exceedingly pretty one, and was witnessed by a company of the bridge girl friends. The home was beautiful and its dress of soft greenery, and in the drawing room, a bridal bower was erected, beneath which the ceremony took place, performed by Rev. High K. Walker. . . . ¶ The bride, who was unattended, was a beautiful picture, clad in a handsome suit of mauve broadcloth, with hat to match, and she carried an arm bouquet of fragrant violets. ¶ Mr. and Mrs. Howze have gone to San Francisco and other places on their honeymoon, and will be at home at the end of the month. Mrs. Howze will be one of the most delightful of young matrons, as she has always been one of the most popular society girls. Her new home will doubtless be the scene of much brilliant entertaining, as it is an ideal place for all social intercourse.
Before Los Angeles
Death:
January, 19 1915 in Los Angeles, CA
Interred: Oconee Cemetery thens, GA
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Civic, Professional, Business Transactions
Business:
Robert Marsh and Company
Civic:
Social
Notable Newspaper Mentions
Possibly his father:
"Tired of Life, Man Disappears.
Statesville, GA, March 25 [1905].—John Howze, of this place, has mysteriously disappeared. He left a letter in the office for his wife, stating that he was tired of life and was going to kill himself. Mr. Howze was last seen to mail the letter and walk toward the river. No one knows where he went, nor the cause of his act. He leaves a wife and five children."
Caught and fined $10 for speeding, December 2, 1907
Los Angeles Herald, August 9, 1910: "Wife of Realty Dealer Is Granted A Divorce"
John Howze ordered to pay his spouse $100 Alimony. A decree of divorce yesterday was granted to Katherine Howze from John Howze, a Los Angeles realty dealer who according to Judge Hutton of the superior court, must pay his former wife's attorney fees, costs of the suit and give her alimony of $100 monthly until her tires of that arrangement and decides to give her $20,000 or unencumbered property valued at that sum. ¶ Mrs Howze testified that she had had her husband followed to obtain evidence against him. One man, working in her interest, followed the real estate operator to Alamitos Bay, where to a house he owned there he escorted a woman who was not Mrs. Howze. ¶ After they had safely entered the establishment the followed rapped upon the door, and when Howze stepped to the porch the realty dealer was informed that he was there with a woman not his wife. ¶ 'Well, this is my own house, and I'll do as I please in it,' is said to have been Howze's answer."
Addresses and Real Estate Transactions
Purchased:
NE Corner of Olive & 8th (March 12, 1905) [a building built on this site in 1910 remains standing today)
From: C.J. Howze and others
Agents: Robert March & Co. and Wright & Callender
What: 54-room, three story brick hotel; 14-room frame building
Consideration: $110,000
Residence:
~1904/5: Cottage in Alamitos Bay
1906-1908: Arlington between 12th and Pico, Los Angeles [this house very likely stands to this day]
Cost: $25,000
Sold for: $75,000
1915: 2155 West Adam Street
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