Born on May 5, 1860 to James L. Howe and Mary C. Repose Howe. William Alpine Howe passed away on Apr 25, 1913, at the age of 52 and was buried in Greenbush Cemetery in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. William Alpine Howe was married to Phebe Jane Cheesman Howe and had 14 children: Mary Elizabeth Howe Hazelbaker, James Franklin Howe, Ida Mae Howe, Phoebe Susie Howe Northrup, Phoebe Howe Northrup, Samuel R. Howe, Frank Marion Howe, Marion Francis Howe, Clarence Edward Howe, William Dewey Howe, Edna Eveleen Howe Lowrey, Edna Mae Howe Lowery, Raymond Alpine Howe, Albert Johnson Howe.