A Life Rooted in New England Alfred Cornelius Howland was born into a deep history of New Englanders, with roots stretching back to an ancestor who arrived as an indentured servant on the Mayflower. He grew up in Walpole, New Hampshire, in a Greek Revival house built by his father. His early years were shaped by the quiet rhythms of this landscape, and he eventually graduated from Walpole Academy in 1855. Before finding his way to the…