Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************ File contributed for use by: Dori Leekly & Margie Glenn Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878. Henry F. HOWLAND, SR., dealer in furniture, Wilmington; born in Seekonk, Mass., May 5, 1836; removed to, Providence, R. I., in childhood, which was his home until he came West; removed to Illinois in 1870, locating at Wilmington, his present home. Married in 1857 to Miss Mary CARLIN, who was born in Ireland; seven children by this union, four living - Mary E., Ludia A., Henry F., Jr., and John F.; lost three - Lydia, Susan and Joseph.