Henry Howard

Henry Howard (September 15, 1801 – July 15, 1878) and as the first treasurer of the state of Michigan.

Biography Smart Block, Detroit, where Howard and Wadhams had a dry goods store. The image is c. 1845, after Howard and Wadhams had moved on. Henry Howard was born in Hinsdale, Massachusetts on September 15, 1801. He later moved to Geneva, New York. Ralph Wadhams had lived in Detroit since 1823, operating a dry goods store in the Smart Block on the corner of Jefferson and Woodward with another business partner. Wadhams was looking to form a new partnership, covering the dry goods store and expanding into the timber business.

Howard and Wadhams purchased timberland and a sawmill in St. Clair County, and Howard moved to Detroit The firm distributed their product at the mill, and in Detroit,

In 1840, Howard moved to Buffalo, New York, to join the Buffalo Savings Bank. He worked as treasurer of the Buffalo Savings Bank for nearly thirty years, and died in Buffalo on July 15, 1878.