George Howe was an American politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives immediately after adoption of the state's first constitution.
George Howe settled in what is now Bridgewater Township in Washtenaw County, Michigan in 1832.
That year, Hixon was divided again, and Howe chose the name Bridgewater for the new township, after a town in Oneida County, New York, and he was again elected supervisor.
[2] In 1837 or 1838, Howe purchased a quarter-section of land in the village of Jefferson in Alaiedon Township, Michigan, and built a sawmill.
[4] In 1838, Howe was the president of a wildcat bank in Manchester, Michigan, which went bust and cost its depositors their money.