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Excerpt from Howard Family History (provided by S. Howard)
John Howard and family lived in the Shawneetown area in Missouri. The marriage date of 1825 is an approximate date determined by appearance on US Census. It is possible they were married later in life since the first child was born when he was about 38 years old. John's father, Henry, died ca 1824 (will dated May 1824). The old homeplace near Jackson on Byrd's Creek was left to the oldest son, Zed. (The old "homeplace" is owned, 1992, by a descendant of Zed's, Howard Propst.) John would have been 36 years old. It appears that he lived at home and helped with the farm up until that time. Since John's descendants were not familiar with the descendants of Zed's, there may have been hard feelings after Henry's death. John left the Jackson area and movedto the Appleton/Shawneetown area, marrying Marty Hough. (Family tradition says she was part Indian. Marty was the daughter of Robert Hough.) John and Marty (Hough) had their first child when John was 38. John died January 25, 1862 and is buried in Apple Creek Township on Buck-Eye Creek across from a farm owned by _________, formerly owned by ______________. This land was owned by John Howard at the time of his death. [Note: At the present time, 1991, the stones in the small cemetery area have been piled up and a fence put around them. The rest of the field is cultivated.] Marty Hough was born 6 Feb 1799 in Georgia. A headstone in the small cemetery on Buck-Eye Creek says she died 26 March 1855 and that she was of Native American descent. Family lore also stated that she died of Tuberculosis and that other family members died in this manner as well. John Howard did marry again, in his late 60s, to Minerva Childers, approximately a year after Marty and other family members had died. The marriage date was 18 Feb 1856.
Children of Marty and John Howard:
Thomas P. Howard (b.1 Aug 1826, Cape Girardeau Co., MO or North Carolina. Unknown if he was married or had children.)
James M. Howard (B. 13 Nov 1827. The census record indicates he was born in NC but may be an error. John would have had to return to North Carolina after the death of his father, married there, thus his first children possibly being born there. James married Sarah Day, born 1845 according to 1860 census, and in 1860 census, lived in Dwelling #2298; his father John, lived in dwelling #2300. His children: Dr. William H. Howard, B. 26 Nov 1862, Cape Girardeau Co., MO. Other Children: Bennett, Nighton, William, Edward, Charles according to an 1880 census.
Franklin J. Howard (B. 17 Dec 1829, Cape Girardeau Co., MO; According to family notes, died of T.B., date unknown. Franklin is buried in the old homeplace cemetery but his date of death is unreadable.)
Elizabeth Howard (B. 4 April 1832, Cape Girardeau Co., MO; Her grave is in the small private burying ground on Buck-Eye Creek, next to her father and mother. She died 28 July 1855 of T.B.)
Sarah (Sally) Howard (B. 11 Feb 1831, Cape Girardeau Co., MO; Her grave is in the small private burying ground on Buck-Eye Creek next to her father and mother. She died 8 July 1855 according to the stone. Sarah Howard died of T.B. Note, that Sarah, Elizabeth died within 3 weeks of each other and that their mother, Marty had died only a short while before.)
Hamilton Howard (B. 1 March 1836. According to family notes, Hamilton died of T.B. Date of death unknown. (NOTE: Emerine said that Hamilton Howard owned horses and went "west." There is no tombstone to be found for him with the rest of the family.)
(Note: According to 1850 Census, John and Marty had another son, John F. Howard, b. 1831/34. It is not known what became of him.)
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1832 - 1855 (23 years)
