John Howlett, Jr. was born in 1885 to John, Sr. and Elizabeth Howlett, when John was little, his father took a family picture. When his family toured the Howlett Estate when it was under construction, John learned that he was going to have a sibling, his grandfather criticized the land. A picture of Elizabeth and her newborn son, James, was made after the infant's birth. John was believed to have died by everyone, even a gravestone and a burial site were placed.