Ben Howe was born born June 03, 1897 on the Olaf Howe farm in Ramsey Township of McCook County in South Dakota son of OLOF HOWE and ANNA KIRKEBY.  He was married on December 10, 1919 at Center Lutheran Church in McCook County, South Dakota to MAYME ELENA9 ANDERSON (ANDERS ANDERSSON8 ASTROM., ANDERS7 MARTENSSON., MARTEN6 ANDERSSON., ANDERS5 MARTENSSON., SARA4 JACOBSDOTTER., KERSTIN CARIN3 NILSDOTTER., SARA2 ANDERSDOTTER., ANDERS1 SVENSSON.)

Mayme (Anderson) Howe  was born November 14, 1895 on the Anders Anderson Astrom farm in Ramsey Township of McCook County in South Dakota, one of their two daughters and one son who survived childhood of 14 children born. They moved from a farm to begin the Center Store and later to Salem where they lived most of their happy lives. Both Ben & Mayme died in 1980 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and are buried at Center Lutheran Church amongst most of their kinfolk.

The descendents of MAYME and BENJAMIN HOWE are listed below:

The three sons of Mayme & Ben Howe are:

34. i. LAUREL LLEWELLYN HOWE, b. May 17, 1922, McCook, South Dakota; d. 1989, Brookings, South Dakota.
35. ii. LYLE EUGENE HOWE, b. October 26, 1924, McCook, South Dakota.
36. iii. MERLAND DEVERE HOWE, b. January 06, 1930, Ramsey Twp., McCook, South Dakota.

34.  LAUREL LLEWELLYN10 HOWE (MAYME ELENA9 ANDERSON, ANDERS ANDERSSON8 ASTROM., ANDERS7 MARTENSSON., MARTEN6 ANDERSSON., ANDERS5 MARTENSSON., SARA4 JACOBSDOTTER., KERSTIN CARIN3 NILSDOTTER., SARA2 ANDERSDOTTER., ANDERS1 SVENSSON.) was born May 17, 1922 on the Howe farm in Ramsey Township of McCook County in South Dakota; he died Oct 1,  1989 in Brookings, South Dakota.  He had married MARCELLA LORRAINE GIZEWSKI on Sept 23. 1943 who was born Sept 8, 1921 in Salem, South Dakota and died August 15, 1996 in Brookings, South Dakota.
 The children of LAUREL and MARCELLA are:
45. i. LAURITA LORRAINE 11 HOWE, born on June 11 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
46. ii. DAVID LLEWELLYN HOWE, born Oct 6 in Watertown, South Dakota.
47. iii. BARRY LYNN HOWE, born June 28 in Pickstown, South Dakota.

35.  LYLE EUGENE10 HOWE (MAYME ELENA9 ANDERSON, ANDERS ANDERSSON8 ASTROM., ANDERS7 MARTENSSON., MARTEN6 ANDERSSON., ANDERS5 MARTENSSON., SARA4 JACOBSDOTTER., KERSTIN CARIN3 NILSDOTTER., SARA2 ANDERSDOTTER., ANDERS1 SVENSSON.) was born October 26, 1924 on the Howe Farm in Ramsey Township of McCook County, South Dakota.  He married GELANE RUBY GIZEWSKI, also born in South Dakota.
 The children of LYLE HOWE and GELANE GIZEWSKI are:
48. i. REBECCA LEE11 HOWE, b. 1954.
49. ii. DENTON KEITH HOWE, b. 1958.

36.  MERLAND DEVERE10 HOWE (MAYME ELENA9 ANDERSON, ANDERS ANDERSSON8 ASTROM., ANDERS7 MARTENSSON., MARTEN6 ANDERSSON., ANDERS5 MARTENSSON., SARA4 JACOBSDOTTER., KERSTIN CARIN3 NILSDOTTER., SARA2 ANDERSDOTTER., ANDERS1 SVENSSON.) was born January 06, 1930 in Ramsey Twp., McCook, SD.  He married LOIS MAE GUTZLER 20 August 1950 in Salem, South Dakota.  Lois was born in Salem, South Dakota. The couple recently celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
 The children of MERLAND HOWE and LOIS MAE GUTZLER are:
 i. DEBRA KAY11 HOWE.born April 15 in Sioux Falls, SD;  now the wife of  DOUGLAS ROBERT NESS
 ii. DONALD RAY HOWE.born Sept 28 in Sioux Falls, SD; now the husband of YVONNE RENEE ROSSEL
iii. DONNA MARIE HOWE. born Aug 10 in Sioux Falls, SD' now the wife of MARK RICHARD MEINERTS

So, in addition to their three sons, Ben & Mayme Howe's descendents  include:

45.  LAURITA LORAINE 11 HOWE (LAUREL LLEWELLYN10, MAYME ELENA9 ANDERSON, ANDERS ANDERSSON8 ASTROM., ANDERS7 MARTENSSON., MARTEN6 ANDERSSON., ANDERS5 MARTENSSON., SARA4 JACOBSDOTTER., KERSTIN CARIN3 NILSDOTTER., SARA2 ANDERSDOTTER., ANDERS1 SVENSSON.) was born June 11 in Siouz Falls, South Dakota and on Aug 23, 1964, she married JOHN ELDE KVENBERG.
 The children of LAURITA HOWE and JOHN KVENBERG are:
 i. MICHAEL12 KVENBERG, born Nov 14 in Brookings, SD; m. Aug 31, 1991 to. SABINE STEINCKE; b. May 30.
 ii. RACHAEL KVENBERG, b. Feb 27 in Ft Carson, CO; on Aug 5 1989 m.Michael Roth, b. Dec 13 Ft Wood, MO

46.  DAVID LLEWELLYN11 HOWE (LAUREL LLEWELLYN10, MAYME ELENA9 ANDERSON, ANDERS ANDERSSON8 ASTROM., ANDERS7 MARTENSSON., MARTEN6 ANDERSSON., ANDERS5 MARTENSSON., SARA4 JACOBSDOTTER., KERSTIN CARIN3 NILSDOTTER., SARA2 ANDERSDOTTER., ANDERS1 SVENSSON.) was born Oct 6 in Watertown, SD.  On June30, 1973, he married DORIS  ARLENE CARLTON,  b Oct 24 in Newport News, VA. The children of DAVID HOWE and DORIS CARLTON are:
 i. ELIZABETH  LEANNE12 HOWE, b. Nov 18 in Sioux Falls, SD.
 ii. DANIELSTEVEN HOWE, b. Oct 2 in Plano, TX.
 

47.  BARRY LYNN11 HOWE (LAUREL LLEWELLYN10, MAYME ELENA9 ANDERSON, ANDERS ANDERSSON8 ASTROM., ANDERS7 MARTENSSON., MARTEN6 ANDERSSON., ANDERS5 MARTENSSON., SARA4 JACOBSDOTTER., KERSTIN CARIN3 NILSDOTTER., SARA2 ANDERSDOTTER., ANDERS1 SVENSSON.) was born June 28 in Pickstown, SD.  He married CARMEN JO ALBRIGHT, who was born March 16 in Coronado, CA. The children of BARRY HOWE and CARMEN ALBRIGHT are:
 i. DINA JO12 HOWE, b. Oct 14 in Brookings, SD; on 5/27/1995  m. DAN MITTAN; b.June 28 in Brookings
 ii. SHARIE RENEE HOWE, b. Nov 10 in Sioux Falls, SD.

48.  REBECCA LEE11 HOWE (LYLE EUGENE10, MAYME ELENA9 ANDERSON, ANDERS ANDERSSON8 ASTROM., ANDERS7 MARTENSSON., MARTEN6 ANDERSSON., ANDERS5 MARTENSSON., SARA4 JACOBSDOTTER., KERSTIN CARIN3 NILSDOTTER., SARA2 ANDERSDOTTER., ANDERS1 SVENSSON.)  She married ROLF NELSON.
 The children of REBECCA HOWE and ROLF NELSON are:
 i. TODD12 NELSON, b. 1979.
 ii. HALEY NELSON, b. 1982.

49.  DENTON KEITH11 HOWE (LYLE EUGENE10, MAYME ELENA9 ANDERSON, ANDERS ANDERSSON8 ASTROM., ANDERS7 MARTENSSON., MARTEN6 ANDERSSON., ANDERS5 MARTENSSON., SARA4 JACOBSDOTTER., KERSTIN CARIN3 NILSDOTTER., SARA2 ANDERSDOTTER., ANDERS1 SVENSSON.) He married KELLY AUGUST.
 The children of DENTON HOWE and KELLY AUGUST are:
 i. SHANNON MARIE12 HOWE, b. 1984.
 ii. ANDREW HOWE, b. 1987.

DEBRA KAY HOWE married DOUGLAS ROBERT NESS on October 24, 1974.  Their children are:
i.  ROBERT DEVERE NESS, b. Nov 4 who married SARA BETH LARSON
ii. PHILIP BENJAMIN NESS,  b. March 24
iii ALICIA MAE NESS, b. Nov 25

 DONNA MARIE HOWE. married MARK RICHARD MEINERTS and have the following children:
i.    JESSE MARK MEINERTS
ii    KIETH RICHARD MEINERTS
iii    SHANNON MARIE MEINERTS

RACHAEL KVENBERG married MICHAEL ROTH on August 5. 1989. Their child is:
i. Kristin Roth, b. Sept 1. 1995