Along with George Hatch, Thomas How was one of the property owners to donate land for the Fort Hill Cemetery. A lawyer by trade, records have his last name spelled "How" as well as "Howe".

from his congressional biography:
HOWE, Thomas Y., Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Auburn, N.Y., in 1801; completed preparatory studies; inspector of Auburn Prison 1834-1838; elected surrogate of Cayuga County and served from March 18, 1836, to April 14, 1840; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); mayor of Auburn, N.Y., from March 1853 to March 1854.

The How family lot is in the North Side section of the Cemetery.