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     Nancy Haight was born between 1797 and 1798; based on age at birth per Waggoner [1888:691] birth was ca 1797. DAR Applications [433402], [138308], and [138037] say b. 1798.^1,2,3,4 She married Edward Howard, son of Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Armstrong, on 31 December 1816 at Ontario Co. (now Yates Co.), New York, USA,
; DAR Application [433402] says m. Dec. 31, 1816. Application [48119] says Yates Co. NY (which wasn't created until 1823).^1,5,2,6,7
Nancy Haight died on 25 September 1881 at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; per Waggoner [1888:691]: "...dying at the age of 84 years and being buried beside her husband"; per Find A Grave grave marker says "aged 83 years"

Ancestry.com - Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013
     Name:     Mrs Nancy Nancy Howard
     Death Date:     1881
     Newspaper Information:     Newspaper: Wood County Sentinel; Newspaper Date: 29 Sep 1881; Newspaper Page: 3 Column: 1; Repository: Center for Archival Collections, BGSU; Years Available:
     Notes:     ROTH CEMETERY, MONCLOVA
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
     Original data: Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Indexers and Volunteers. “Ohio Obituary Index.” Database. Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/ : 2009.
     Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center.^1,8
Nancy Haight was buried after 25 September 1881 at Howard Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      unknown
Death:      Sep. 25, 1881

"Aged 83 Years"

Burial: Howard Cemetery. Grand Rapids, Wood County, Ohio, USA

Created by: Mark Genson
Record added: Sep 27, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 21784915.⁸
     She was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁷

;      NB: I think that there is a reasonable possibility that the Nancy Haight (c1797-1881) who m. 1816 Edward Howard was the sister of the Hannah Haight (c1789-1856) who m. 1819 as his third wife, William Howard, the older brother of Edward. I have been unable to conclusive identify the parents of either Nancy or Hannah, but I have two possible candidates:
     1. The first possibility is from Cleveland [1879:I:368]: "John A. Haight, who was for a time a partner with Martin Gage, in trade at Bellona, was for some years a merchant at Benton Centre..." The Howards were living in Benton Twp., Yates Co., NY at the time. Both Benton Centre and Bellona are in Benton Twp.
     2. The second possibility is a Stephen Haight (1760-1812) who is buried in Torrey, Yates Co. He and Abigail Lane (1760-1812) had three identified daughters born 1790-1796 (Phebe 1790, Susan 1791, and Jemima 1796). Torrey Twp. borders Benton and both are small towns. (see attached map of Yates County from Cleveland [1873].)^9,10

Nancy Haight and Edward Howard appeared in the census of 1830 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Next door to his brother, Robert A.
p. 325, line 10
     Name:     Edwd Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2 [1821-25] Dresden 1917, James ?
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 1791-1800] Edward? 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Ann Janette 1829
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 1791-1800] Nancy (Haight) 1797
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.¹¹

Nancy Haight and Edward Howard appeared in the census of 1840 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 394, line 4
     Name:     Edward Howards [Edward Howard]
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Weston, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Dresden 1817
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90] Edward 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     2 [1826-30] Ann Janete 1829, Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Nancy (Haight) 1797
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     2
     Persons Employed in Commerce:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     6.¹²

Nancy Haight appeared in the census of 13 July 1860 at Gilead (now Grand Rapids), Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 255, line 3, dwelling 584, family 569
     3 HOWARD, Nancy 60 [1800] F (no occupation) NY.¹³

Nancy Haight appeared in the census of 2 June 1870 at Gilead (now Grand Rapids), Wood Co., Ohio, USA; [She is next door to her son-in-law, George Laskey. However, according to the census image, she appears to have the family of Jacob and Catharine Heater (both born in Bavaria and also a shoe maker) living with her - same dwelling and family numbers.]
p. 588-B, line 19, Dwelling 47, Family 53
     19 HOWARD, Nancy 75 [1795] F W Shoe Maker $3500 NY.¹⁴

Nancy Haight appeared in the census of 1 June 1880 at Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Census - 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes
     Name:     Nancy Howard
     Township:     Toledo
     County:     Lucas
     State:     Ohio
     Previous Residence:     Toledo, Lucas
     Enumeration Date:     1 Jun 1880
     Schedule Type:     BLIND
     Schedule Page:     24
     Schedule Line:     32
     Line Number:     1
     Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C; Washington, D.C; Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Ohio, 1850-1880; Year: 1880; Roll: 101; Publication Number: T1159
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Federal Census - 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
     Original data: U.S. Federal Census Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes. Microfilm, 8 rolls. The New York State Library, Albany.¹⁵

Nancy Haight was listed as a resident in George Laskey Jr. and Ann Janette Howard's household in the census report between 10 June 1880 and 11 June 1880 at Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; p. 448-A, lines 24-33, dwelling 210, family 221
     24 LASKEY, Geo W N 55 [1825] Married Real Estate Eng Eng Eng
     25 " , A. W F 50 [1830] Wife Married OH NY NY
     26 " , Sherman W M 15 [1865] Son Single Attended School OH Eng OH
     27 " , Gertie W F 12 [1868] Daugh Attended School OH Eng OH Single
     28 " , Henry W M 6 [1874] Son Single Attended School OH Eng OH
     29 " , E. G. W M 28 [1852] Married Son Engineer OH Eng OH
     30 " , Anna W F 28 [1852] Daugh Married OH Eng OH
     31 " , Carl W M 8 [1872] Nephew Single Attended School OH OH OH
     32 HOWARD, Nancy W F 82 [1798] Mother Widowed NY US US
     33 BLAIR, Nancy W F 18 [1862] Servant Single MI France France.¹⁶

     Dresden Winfield Huston Howard was born on 3 November 1817 at Dresden, Yates Co., New York, USA.^1,3 He married Mary Blackwood Copeland on 2 December 1843 at Monroe Co., Michigan, USA,
; Waggoner says m. 1843. Actual date from obituary of Mary Copeland Howard (Feb 5, 1915). Bioigraphical sketch on Ancestry.com says he m. Oct. 1843.

Ancestry.com - Michigan, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1817-1850
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1817-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Early American Marriages: Michigan to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.^4,5,6,7
Dresden Winfield Huston Howard died on 9 November 1897 at Winameg, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA, at age 80.^1,3
Dresden Winfield Huston Howard was buried after 9 November 1897 at Howard House Cemetery, Winameg, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA; From Find A Grave:
      ; From Waggoner [1888:690-92]: Dresden W. H. Howard was born in Yates County, New York, November 3, 1817. He was a son of Edward, his grandfather being Thomas Howard. May 22, 1821, the grandfather, with his sons Edward, Robert A. and Richard, their wives and two children (Dresden and a cousin named Sidney), and a daughter of Sidney H. Nelson, left their pleasant homes on the banks of Seneca Lake, near Geneva, for the west. The grandfather rode on horseback, the families and small supplies of clothing and household goods being loaded into two two-horse covered wagons. In due time, over roads almost impassable, the party reached the then Village of Buffalo. Here, the grandfather, with the women and children, embarked on board a 30-ton Schooner (name not remembered), commanded by Captain Anson Reed, for a long and perilous voyage to Fort Meigs, 14 miles above the mouth of the Maumee River. This destination was reached at dusk, June 17th, after a trip of 26 days, where they were cordially welcomed by the few white settlers at "Orleans," the little hamlet under the Fort. Dresden's recollection of the scene that met his view on entering the mouth of the River, about 10 o'clock A.M., is yet very clear to him. The dark color of the water of the River was in strong contrast with that of the clear water of the Lake. The scene of chief interest as they slowly passed up the stream, consisted of the white tents of Indians camped on the West bank, from the house of Major Stickney (near Bush Street), to the mouth of Swan Creek - the Indians being there on business with Major Stickney, then Indian Agent for the Government. They were actively engaged in racing and other sports peculiar to Indians: but upon discovering the little Vessel, they gave one wild (to the passengers, unearthly) yell, and ran down the bank, to get as near as possible to the craft. While the boy was deeply interested in the scene, the women were crouched in deadly fear on the deck at such first view of the locality which was to be their home. The Vessel made slow progress up the River, with nothing to be seen but the primeval forest which lined its banks, and a deer and her fawn which had sought protection in the water from swarms of mosquitoes, or from some hunger wolf. In due time, the end of the journey was reached. The teams were many days behind the arrival of the Vessel, they having in bad roads - especially through the "Black Swamp" - more to overcome than the calms and adverse winds of the Lake. The real destination of the party was Tecumseh, or An-au-ba (now known as Ann Arbor), Michigan; but the persuasions of the Hollisters, Spaffords, Forsyths, General Hunt and other residents induced them to stop, when they soon were quartered in little cabins of bark-covered walls. Some cleared land was rented, and a small crop of corn, potatoes, pumpkins, squashes, etc., soon planted. With "dog-days" came ague and fever, attended by want and privation known to none but the pioneer. Several times the entire family was prostrated, with no one able to attend upon the sick. The frosts of October were patiently awaited as the only source of relief to sufferers; which season was made the more grateful for the abundant supplies of fish and corn-"pone," which it brought. The grandfather had little means with which to start in the new home. He first entered 160 acres of Government lands, where now is the Village of Woodville, Sandusky County; but the Black Swamp proved too much for him, and he abandoned his purchase, subsequently selling it to Amos E. Wood, the founder of Woodville. In 1822, lands were purchased at Grand Rapids, Wood County, when cabins were built for Edward, Robert A. and Richard Howard; and in the Spring of 1823 they cut a road from the Indian Mission, eight miles below, through a dense wilderness to the Grand Rapids of Maumee. And founded a settlement immediately opposite the Ottawa Indian Village of Kin-jo-i-no and Reservation of 12 miles square, at the head of the Rapids.
All of the families, with the grandfather, lived upon their original purchases, cleared away the forests, and made for themselves comfortable homes (save Robert A., who sold his place in 1836, and moved to what now is Fulton County, where he died), and in due time were "gathered to their fathers," their bodies resting on the banks of the Maumee within hearing of the never-ceasing murmur of the Rapids.
Edward Howard (the father of Dresden) was a Soldier in the War of 1812-15, as was Thomas in the Revolutionary War. The former was at the battles of Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie. He was never robust after the War, and died in 1841. The mother (Nancy Haight Howard) survived him until 1881, dying at the age of 84 years, and being buried beside her husband. The children were Dresden; one brother, James Monroe, born in Yates County, New York; and one sister (Anjinette), born in Wood County. James died in 1841; and the sister is the wife of Hon. George Laskey, of Toledo. Coming here in childhood, with Indian boys for playmates, Dresden learned the languages of the several tribes in the Valley, and became more or less attached to Indian life. His inclinations early turned toward Indian trade and the hunter's life. The fur trade with the tribes was then a lucrative business, and his readiness with their dialects made his services in demand by traders, who paid well for them. With others, he was employed by Government Agents in collecting the wandering bands for removal to their new homes beyond the Mississippi in 1832, and again in 1838. In 1832 he aided the removal, when they were transported across the country by wagons and on the backs of their ponies. For a boy, the trip was attractive. Scarcely any settlement was passed for the whole distance. The Indians were located on the banks of the Osage River (now in Kansas), where is the Town of Ottawa, name for the tribe. In 1840, Mr. Howard was employed by W. G. and Geo. W. Ewing, fur traders at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to take a stock of Indian goods up the Missouri River, and open trade with the Omahas, Missouries, lower Sioux, Pottawatomies and other tribes inhabiting the Valley and tributaries of that stream. His father and brother dying in 1841, made it necessary for him to return and care for an invalid mother and his sister, and accept the more quiet life of farming and civilization, for which his previous experience had done little toward fitting him. His school days (from seven to 10 years) were entirely spent at the "Old Indian Mission," 10 miles above Fort Meigs, in a School of 100 Indian children - he being the only White pupil, save a few Indian and French half-breed boys and girls. That School was organized by the Home Missionary Society of New England, and was closed upon the removal of the Indians in 1838.
The tribes inhabiting the Valley of the Maumee, and also that of the Wabash and their tributaries, at the time of Mr. Howard's earliest recollections (and for many years before), were the Ottawas, Pottawatomies, Miamis, We-aws, Piankishaws, Shawnees and Delawares, with a few of the Ochibewas and Muncies. The principal Chiefs of the Ottawas were Na-wash, O-to-saw, Char-lo, Oeque-nox-ie, Kin-jo-a-no, Ot-to-kee, Wa-se-on, Wa-se-on-i-quet, and others/. Of the Pottawatomies were Waw-bon-see, Baw-beece, Me-te-ah, Win-a-meg; of the Miamis, La Fountain and Richard-ville, with many others, whose names are not recalled; of Shawnees, were Joseph and William Parks, whose Reservation was at Wa-pa-kon-neta. The Walkers (half-breeds) were principal men among the Wyandotts at Upper Sandusky. Turkey Foot (Mis-sis-sa-inzit), was a noted Ottawa Chief, as was O-to-saw. Little Turtle (Mis-she-kenee) perhaps was the most noted, as he was the most intelligent Chief of the Miamis, who, Mr. Howard things, lies buried near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Turkey Foot was buried near the rock from which he harangued his Braves when he fell with a bullet from one of Wayne's soldiers, August 20, 1794. Mr. Howard's memory is stored with facts and associations connected with the aboriginal tribes with whom he was so long intimate. When asked by Governor Noyes, of Ohio, why he always spoke with such special kindness of the Indians, he replied, "They have always, in childhood and in manhood, treated me with kindness, and I could not be ungrateful for their uniform generosity. Treat an Indian justly, and you will secure his friendship for life. Treat him illy, and you have his enmity for life." Mr. Howard's present residence is on the site of the old Indian Village of Winameg, Fulton County, where the former residents so long enjoyed savage life, and where so many of them found their last resting place, which is now carefully protected. The Red Man has taken his last drink from the shaded spring at the foot of the hill, his last look upon the landscape so long his pride, and now sleeps nearer the setting Sun. In the Spring of 1827-28, Mr. Howard - then a boy of 10 years - first visited that locality, and there ate his first bowl of hominy and roast venison, and took his first drink from the pure waters of the spring. The Indians had just returned from their Winter hunting-grounds in the pine and sugar-maple forest of the then wild Territory, now the fertile and rich State of Michigan, where they had enjoyed a successful hunt; bringing in a bountiful supply of Maple sugar (of which they were fond). They were having their annual dance or worship of the Great Spirit (Chi Manitoo), returning thanks for success in the hunt, and asking for a prosperous season to come. For the Summer, the women were to plant and how, while the men, beside lounging about, were to look for an occasional deer. Corn, beans and pumpkins were still planted there; but not by the faithful, patient squaws of former days.
Mr. Howard, with all his early attachment for the primitive ways of the Indians, has not been backward in promoting the methods and means of Christian civilization. For forty years past he has been identified, to greater or less extent with the agricultural, the financial, the political, and the social movements of the age, seeking faithfully to meet his full duty in these several relations of life. In promoting the construction of good roads, elevating the farming interests, and the establishment of sound morals and general education, he has been active. In 1870 he represented the Tenth District on the State Board of Equalization. Elected to the State Senate in 1871 from the Thirty-Third District, he served in that body for two years. In 1860 he was Presidential Elector, casting the vote of the Fifth Congressional District for Abraham Lincoln. Of all his record in connection with elections, that which gives him his chief pride, was made in the fight for the exclusion of the sale of intoxicating liquors at Wauseon, in April, 1887. He was appointed by Governor Foraker, April 1, 1887, a Trustee of the Toledo Asylum for the Insane, constructed for the State, near Toledo. Mr. Howard was married in 1843 with Mary b. Copeland. There were born to them two children - Osceola E. M., Civil Engineer, of San Diego, California; and M. Agnes, now residing with her parents at Wauseon, Ohio.¹

; Ancestry.com - Ohio, Biographical Sketches, 1787-1876
ex-Senator, Capitalist and Farmer, was born in Dresden, Yates county, New York, on the 3d of November, 1818, of American parents and of English ancestry. In 1821 his parents removed with him to Fort Meigs, Ohio, on the south bank of the Maumeeriver, where they landed on the 17th of June in that year. In 1823 his father, Edward Howard, removed to Grand Rapids, eighteen miles above Fort Meigs, where he died in 1841. Such education as he received was obtained during a rather brief attendance at the school of the Indian mission, ten miles above Fort Meigs. He worked with his father upon the farm during his youth, but as he grew up he became an Indian trader, and continued in that line of business until he was about thirty years of age. He assisted in the removal of the Pottawatomie and Ottawa Indians from the Maumee to the west of the Mississippi river, and continued to trade there until 1842, when, on the death of his father and brother, he returned to Ohio. After a few return-trips up the Missouri river, he settled down to farming, stock-raising and wool-growing. In 1852 he removed to Alamakee county, Iowa, where he bought of the government a tract of land, upon which he laid out the town of Winfield, now Harper's Ferry, on the west bank of the Mississippi. He returned to Ohio in 1853, where he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits ever since, adding to his business as farmer the work involved in various official positions and numerous enterprises as an energetic and judicious capitalist. During the war he was prominently and effectively active. He was appointed by Governor Dennison a member of the State Military Committee, in which position he was continued by Governors Tod and Brough, and throughout the struggle he was busy assisting in organizing regiments and forwarding general military preparations. Politically, he has been a steadfast and consistent Republican. He was the elector from the Tenth Congressional District of Ohio at President Lincoln's first election, and was a delegate at the Baltimore Convention, which nominated Mr. Lincoln for his second term in 1864. In 1870 he was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization. In the fall of 1871 he was elected to the Ohio State Senate, where he served with honor for two years. He is President of the Toledo & Grand Rapids Railroad Company, which road is to be built from Toledo to Council Bluffs. He is also Treasurer of the Toledo & Southwestern Railroad Company. He is Director of the Commercial National Bank of Toledo, of which institution he is a charter member. He was married, in October, 1843, to Mary Blackwood Copeland, of Delaware county, New York. He has two children, a son and daughter; the son he named after the noted chief and warrior, Osceola, of the Seminoles of Florida, for whose ability he had great respect. He has always been the true friend of the Indian, at whose hands he received many favors and kindnesses during his early life, and in later years had much influence among the aboriginal tribes. President Lincoln, being informed of his disposition and influence with the Indians, and recognizing these qualifications, offered him the Superintendency of the tribes on the Upper Missouri river, but the appointment was declined, as he had never sought or held public position of any kind.⁶
In Thomas Howard's will dated 9 February 1825 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA, Dresden Winfield Huston Howard was named as an heir; Book A, p. 10, wills of Wood Co., OH
Ancestry.com - Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
     Name:     Thomas Howard
     Probate Date:     12 Dec 1825
     Probate Place:     Wood, Ohio, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1825
     Inferred Death Place:     Ohio, USA
     Item Description:     Will Records, Vol 1a-2a, 1820-1861; Will Records, Vol 3, 1861-1874
     Source Citation: Probate Records, (Wood County, Ohio) 1820-1932; General Index, Ca. 1820-1932; Probate Place: Wood, Ohio
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Text of Will (transcribed by G A Vaut 11 April 2016):
     "The last will and testament of Thomas Howard of the county of wood in the State of Ohio. In the name of God Amen.
     I Thomas Howard of the county aforesaid being aged and infirm in body though of sound mind and memory and mindful of my approaching mortality, do this ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following:
     First I desire to be desintly [sic] buried.
     Item. I give and devise unto my eldest son Edward Howard, the East part of the Northwest quarter of fractional section number twenty in Township number six, North of Range Number ten being in the County of Wood aforesaid containing about eighty one acres and twenty eight [illegible- hundredths?].
     Also I give and devise unto my said son Edward one other tract of land containing about forty six acres and forty hundredths of an acre to be taken from the west side of the Northwest quarter of fractional section number eight in Township No. five North of Range No. nine. Situate in said County of Wood, to him the said Edward and to his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple.
     Item. I give and devise unto my son Robert Howard, all that tract of land laying south of the Portage River, which is contained in the Northeast quarter of fractional section [illegible] in Township No. Six North of Range No. Thirteen [illegible] district to Lands [illegible] State of Ohio contained about one hundred and five acres to him the said Robert and to his heirs & assigns forever in fee simple.
     Item. I give and devise unto my son Richard M. W. Howard all that tract of land lying North of the Portage River, which is contained in the Northeast quarter of fractional section number twenty three, in township No. Six, north of Range No. thirteen in the district of Lands sold at Delaware aforesaid containing about fifty seven acres more or less, also I give and devise unto my said son Richard one other tract of land to contain [illegible] acres to be taken from the East side of the Northwest quarter of fractional sections No. eight in Township No. five North of Range No. nine laying as it being in the County of wood aforesaid to him the said Richard & to his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple.
     Item. To my two grandson John Howard and David Howard (sons of Alexander Howard) I give and devise the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. twenty-five in Township No. seven North of Range No. nine Situate lying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid, to them and their heirs and assigns forever in fee simple, the said tract to be equally divided between the said John and David, after they respectively arrive at the age of twenty-one years with this proviso, that is that my said son Alexander shall if he thinks proper use & occupy the said tract of land during his lifetime.
     Item. To my grandson Governor Howard Nelson (son of Joshua Nelson), I give and devise the East half of the South west quarter of Section No. twenty five in township No. seven, north of Range No. nine containing about eighty acres more or less. situate laying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid to him the said Governor his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple, after he arrives at the age of twenty one years.
     Item. I give and bequeath to my son Edward Howard my brace of pistols.
     Item. I give and bequeath to my son Robert all my waring [sic] apparel.
     Item. I give and bequeath to my son Richard M W Howard my smooth bore rifle and my spurs.
     Item. All the rest and residue of my estate, whatsoever kind, nature and quality and wherever the same may be paid out heretofore given and disposed of (after payment of my debts, legacies & funeral expenses). I do give and bequeath as follows to my sons Robert & Richard the remaining third to be equally divided between the said Robert and Richard to them and their heirs absolutely.
     And whereas I have heretofore made advancements to my two sons Alexander Howard and William Howard and also to my daughter Sidney, now the wife of Joshua Nelson, it is my will to give them nothing more.
     And lastly I do thereby constitute and appoint my son Edward Howard and Thomas A McKnight to be executors of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament.
     In testimony whereof I Thomas Howard have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date first above written.
* * *
Codicil to the last will and testament of Thomas Howard.
     Whereas I Thomas Howard of Wood County and State of Ohio, have made my last will and testament in writing bearing the date the ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, [illegible] I do by this writing which I hereby declare to be my codicil to my said will [illegible] thereof. I give and devise to my grandson Dresden Winfield Huston Howard (son of Edward Howard) the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. nine in township No. five North of Range No. nine, containing eighty acres more or less, Situate laying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid. to have and to hold the same to him the said Dresden Winfield Huston Howard his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple. After he arrives at the the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. nine in township No. five North of Range No. nine, containing eighty acres more or less, Situate laying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid. to have and to hold the same to him the said Dresden Wi the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. nine in township No. five North of Range No. nine, containing eighty acres more or less, Situate laying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid. to have and to hold the same to him the said Dresden Winfield Huston Howard his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple. After he arrives at the the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. nine in township No. five North of Range No. nine, containing eighty acres more or less, Situate laying and bein[sic] of twenty one years. Also I give and devise to my grandson Pike Monroe Howard (son of Edward Howard) the east half of the southeast quarter of fractional section No. eight in township No. five north of Range no. nine containing eighty acres more or less situate laying and being in the said County of wood to have and to hold the same to him the said Pike Monroe Howard his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple when he arrives at the age of twenty one year, but in case of death of either of them (my two grandsons last mentioned) before he arrives at the said age of twenty one years then and in that case I do give and devise the share of him so dying to the survivor his heirs and assigns forever. And also whereas in my will aforesaid bearing date as aforesaid I give and bequeathed all the rest and residue of my estate of whatsoever kind and nature the same might be to my three sons Edward, Robert and Richard to be divided as therein directed it is now my will and desire that my household furniture be not included in said legacy and that the same I give to my son Edward exclusively and in addition to my former gifts and granted to him the said Edward. And lastly it is my desire that my present codicil be made a part of my last will and testament to all intents and [illegible]. In witness whereof I Thomas Howard have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. Thomas Howard (Seal)
Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Thomas Howard as a codicil to be made a part to his said last will and testament in the presence of F. W. Powell, Aurora Spafford.^8,9

Dresden Winfield Huston Howard was listed as a resident in Edward Howard and Nancy Haight's household in the census report in 1830 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Next door to his brother, Robert A.
p. 325, line 10
     Name:     Edwd Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2 [1821-25] Dresden 1917, James ?
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 1791-1800] Edward? 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Ann Janette 1829
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 1791-1800] Nancy (Haight) 1797
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.¹⁰

Dresden Winfield Huston Howard was listed as a resident in Edward Howard and Nancy Haight's household in the census report in 1840 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 394, line 4
     Name:     Edward Howards [Edward Howard]
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Weston, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Dresden 1817
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90] Edward 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     2 [1826-30] Ann Janete 1829, Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Nancy (Haight) 1797
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     2
     Persons Employed in Commerce:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     6.¹¹

Dresden Winfield Huston Howard and Mary Blackwood Copeland appeared in the census of 8 June 1880 at Wauseon, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA; p. 171-C, lines 32-37, dwelling 164, family 172
32 HOWARD, Dresden W M 62 [1818] Married Farmer NY PA NY
33 " , Mary B. W F 56 [1824] Wife Married Keping house NY Ireland Ireland
34 " , Osceola W M 36 [1844] Son Married Civil Engineer OH NY NY
35 " , Hary A. W F 19 [1861] Daughter Single At school OH NY NY
36 " , Emma W F 26 [1854] Daughter-in-law Married at home OH -- --
37 " , Mayce W M 2 [1878] Grandson Single CA OH --.¹²

     James "Pike" Monroe Howard was born at Ontario Co. (now Yates Co.), New York, USA; place of birth from Waggoner [1888:691].^2,5
James "Pike" Monroe Howard died in 1841 at Ohio?, USA.²
James "Pike" Monroe Howard was buried in 1841 at Howard Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Ohio, USA;
Per email from Rebecca Vajdak: "Apparently, I was originally following up on James Pike Howard. I asked my Uncle Robert about his death and burial. He was in his late 90's at the time but stated that James "Pike" Howard is buried in the corner of the Howard Cemetery and it had a stone marking the spot. He traveled to the cemetery with his grandmother Agnes Howard McClarren in the mid 1930's and she told him that James is buried there. While she did not use the words "suicide" she indicated that he suffered from what we would now call "clinical depression" and shot himself. His body was discovered somewhere along the Maumee River."⁶
     ; From Waggoner [1888:690-92]: Dresden W. H. Howard was born in Yates County, New York, November 3, 1817. He was a son of Edward, his grandfather being Thomas Howard. May 22, 1821, the grandfather, with his sons Edward, Robert A. and Richard, their wives and two children (Dresden and a cousin named Sidney), and a daughter of Sidney H. Nelson, left their pleasant homes on the banks of Seneca Lake, near Geneva, for the west. The grandfather rode on horseback, the families and small supplies of clothing and household goods being loaded into two two-horse covered wagons. In due time, over roads almost impassable, the party reached the then Village of Buffalo. Here, the grandfather, with the women and children, embarked on board a 30-ton Schooner (name not remembered), commanded by Captain Anson Reed, for a long and perilous voyage to Fort Meigs, 14 miles above the mouth of the Maumee River. This destination was reached at dusk, June 17th, after a trip of 26 days, where they were cordially welcomed by the few white settlers at "Orleans," the little hamlet under the Fort. Dresden's recollection of the scene that met his view on entering the mouth of the River, about 10 o'clock A.M., is yet very clear to him. The dark color of the water of the River was in strong contrast with that of the clear water of the Lake. The scene of chief interest as they slowly passed up the stream, consisted of the white tents of Indians camped on the West bank, from the house of Major Stickney (near Bush Street), to the mouth of Swan Creek - the Indians being there on business with Major Stickney, then Indian Agent for the Government. They were actively engaged in racing and other sports peculiar to Indians: but upon discovering the little Vessel, they gave one wild (to the passengers, unearthly) yell, and ran down the bank, to get as near as possible to the craft. While the boy was deeply interested in the scene, the women were crouched in deadly fear on the deck at such first view of the locality which was to be their home. The Vessel made slow progress up the River, with nothing to be seen but the primeval forest which lined its banks, and a deer and her fawn which had sought protection in the water from swarms of mosquitoes, or from some hunger wolf. In due time, the end of the journey was reached. The teams were many days behind the arrival of the Vessel, they having in bad roads - especially through the "Black Swamp" - more to overcome than the calms and adverse winds of the Lake. The real destination of the party was Tecumseh, or An-au-ba (now known as Ann Arbor), Michigan; but the persuasions of the Hollisters, Spaffords, Forsyths, General Hunt and other residents induced them to stop, when they soon were quartered in little cabins of bark-covered walls. Some cleared land was rented, and a small crop of corn, potatoes, pumpkins, squashes, etc., soon planted. With "dog-days" came ague and fever, attended by want and privation known to none but the pioneer. Several times the entire family was prostrated, with no one able to attend upon the sick. The frosts of October were patiently awaited as the only source of relief to sufferers; which season was made the more grateful for the abundant supplies of fish and corn-"pone," which it brought. The grandfather had little means with which to start in the new home. He first entered 160 acres of Government lands, where now is the Village of Woodville, Sandusky County; but the Black Swamp proved too much for him, and he abandoned his purchase, subsequently selling it to Amos E. Wood, the founder of Woodville. In 1822, lands were purchased at Grand Rapids, Wood County, when cabins were built for Edward, Robert A. and Richard Howard; and in the Spring of 1823 they cut a road from the Indian Mission, eight miles below, through a dense wilderness to the Grand Rapids of Maumee. And founded a settlement immediately opposite the Ottawa Indian Village of Kin-jo-i-no and Reservation of 12 miles square, at the head of the Rapids.
All of the families, with the grandfather, lived upon their original purchases, cleared away the forests, and made for themselves comfortable homes (save Robert A., who sold his place in 1836, and moved to what now is Fulton County, where he died), and in due time were "gathered to their fathers," their bodies resting on the banks of the Maumee within hearing of the never-ceasing murmur of the Rapids.
Edward Howard (the father of Dresden) was a Soldier in the War of 1812-15, as was Thomas in the Revolutionary War. The former was at the battles of Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie. He was never robust after the War, and died in 1841. The mother (Nancy Haight Howard) survived him until 1881, dying at the age of 84 years, and being buried beside her husband. The children were Dresden; one brother, James Monroe, born in Yates County, New York; and one sister (Anjinette), born in Wood County. James died in 1841; and the sister is the wife of Hon. George Laskey, of Toledo. Coming here in childhood, with Indian boys for playmates, Dresden learned the languages of the several tribes in the Valley, and became more or less attached to Indian life. His inclinations early turned toward Indian trade and the hunter's life. The fur trade with the tribes was then a lucrative business, and his readiness with their dialects made his services in demand by traders, who paid well for them. With others, he was employed by Government Agents in collecting the wandering bands for removal to their new homes beyond the Mississippi in 1832, and again in 1838. In 1832 he aided the removal, when they were transported across the country by wagons and on the backs of their ponies. For a boy, the trip was attractive. Scarcely any settlement was passed for the whole distance. The Indians were located on the banks of the Osage River (now in Kansas), where is the Town of Ottawa, name for the tribe. In 1840, Mr. Howard was employed by W. G. and Geo. W. Ewing, fur traders at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to take a stock of Indian goods up the Missouri River, and open trade with the Omahas, Missouries, lower Sioux, Pottawatomies and other tribes inhabiting the Valley and tributaries of that stream. His father and brother dying in 1841, made it necessary for him to return and care for an invalid mother and his sister, and accept the more quiet life of farming and civilization, for which his previous experience had done little toward fitting him. His school days (from seven to 10 years) were entirely spent at the "Old Indian Mission," 10 miles above Fort Meigs, in a School of 100 Indian children - he being the only White pupil, save a few Indian and French half-breed boys and girls. That School was organized by the Home Missionary Society of New England, and was closed upon the removal of the Indians in 1838.
The tribes inhabiting the Valley of the Maumee, and also that of the Wabash and their tributaries, at the time of Mr. Howard's earliest recollections (and for many years before), were the Ottawas, Pottawatomies, Miamis, We-aws, Piankishaws, Shawnees and Delawares, with a few of the Ochibewas and Muncies. The principal Chiefs of the Ottawas were Na-wash, O-to-saw, Char-lo, Oeque-nox-ie, Kin-jo-a-no, Ot-to-kee, Wa-se-on, Wa-se-on-i-quet, and others/. Of the Pottawatomies were Waw-bon-see, Baw-beece, Me-te-ah, Win-a-meg; of the Miamis, La Fountain and Richard-ville, with many others, whose names are not recalled; of Shawnees, were Joseph and William Parks, whose Reservation was at Wa-pa-kon-neta. The Walkers (half-breeds) were principal men among the Wyandotts at Upper Sandusky. Turkey Foot (Mis-sis-sa-inzit), was a noted Ottawa Chief, as was O-to-saw. Little Turtle (Mis-she-kenee) perhaps was the most noted, as he was the most intelligent Chief of the Miamis, who, Mr. Howard things, lies buried near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Turkey Foot was buried near the rock from which he harangued his Braves when he fell with a bullet from one of Wayne's soldiers, August 20, 1794. Mr. Howard's memory is stored with facts and associations connected with the aboriginal tribes with whom he was so long intimate. When asked by Governor Noyes, of Ohio, why he always spoke with such special kindness of the Indians, he replied, "They have always, in childhood and in manhood, treated me with kindness, and I could not be ungrateful for their uniform generosity. Treat an Indian justly, and you will secure his friendship for life. Treat him illy, and you have his enmity for life." Mr. Howard's present residence is on the site of the old Indian Village of Winameg, Fulton County, where the former residents so long enjoyed savage life, and where so many of them found their last resting place, which is now carefully protected. The Red Man has taken his last drink from the shaded spring at the foot of the hill, his last look upon the landscape so long his pride, and now sleeps nearer the setting Sun. In the Spring of 1827-28, Mr. Howard - then a boy of 10 years - first visited that locality, and there ate his first bowl of hominy and roast venison, and took his first drink from the pure waters of the spring. The Indians had just returned from their Winter hunting-grounds in the pine and sugar-maple forest of the then wild Territory, now the fertile and rich State of Michigan, where they had enjoyed a successful hunt; bringing in a bountiful supply of Maple sugar (of which they were fond). They were having their annual dance or worship of the Great Spirit (Chi Manitoo), returning thanks for success in the hunt, and asking for a prosperous season to come. For the Summer, the women were to plant and how, while the men, beside lounging about, were to look for an occasional deer. Corn, beans and pumpkins were still planted there; but not by the faithful, patient squaws of former days.
Mr. Howard, with all his early attachment for the primitive ways of the Indians, has not been backward in promoting the methods and means of Christian civilization. For forty years past he has been identified, to greater or less extent with the agricultural, the financial, the political, and the social movements of the age, seeking faithfully to meet his full duty in these several relations of life. In promoting the construction of good roads, elevating the farming interests, and the establishment of sound morals and general education, he has been active. In 1870 he represented the Tenth District on the State Board of Equalization. Elected to the State Senate in 1871 from the Thirty-Third District, he served in that body for two years. In 1860 he was Presidential Elector, casting the vote of the Fifth Congressional District for Abraham Lincoln. Of all his record in connection with elections, that which gives him his chief pride, was made in the fight for the exclusion of the sale of intoxicating liquors at Wauseon, in April, 1887. He was appointed by Governor Foraker, April 1, 1887, a Trustee of the Toledo Asylum for the Insane, constructed for the State, near Toledo. Mr. Howard was married in 1843 with Mary b. Copeland. There were born to them two children - Osceola E. M., Civil Engineer, of San Diego, California; and M. Agnes, now residing with her parents at Wauseon, Ohio.⁷

;      NB: I had thought that I had found a FindAGrave memorial for this James Monroe HOWARD (Memorial #66485705), but it now appears that that memorial is for a different man. Waggoner [1888:691] said that the correct James died in 1841 which is the DOD on the memorial.
     I have deleted the information I had taken from the FAG memorial. GA Vaut.^8,9,2 James "Pike" Monroe Howard was also known as Pike Monroe Howard.³

James "Pike" Monroe Howard witnessed the will of Thomas Howard on 9 February 1825 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Book A, p. 10, wills of Wood Co., OH
Ancestry.com - Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
     Name:     Thomas Howard
     Probate Date:     12 Dec 1825
     Probate Place:     Wood, Ohio, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1825
     Inferred Death Place:     Ohio, USA
     Item Description:     Will Records, Vol 1a-2a, 1820-1861; Will Records, Vol 3, 1861-1874
     Source Citation: Probate Records, (Wood County, Ohio) 1820-1932; General Index, Ca. 1820-1932; Probate Place: Wood, Ohio
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Text of Will (transcribed by G A Vaut 11 April 2016):
     "The last will and testament of Thomas Howard of the county of wood in the State of Ohio. In the name of God Amen.
     I Thomas Howard of the county aforesaid being aged and infirm in body though of sound mind and memory and mindful of my approaching mortality, do this ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following:
     First I desire to be desintly [sic] buried.
     Item. I give and devise unto my eldest son Edward Howard, the East part of the Northwest quarter of fractional section number twenty in Township number six, North of Range Number ten being in the County of Wood aforesaid containing about eighty one acres and twenty eight [illegible- hundredths?].
     Also I give and devise unto my said son Edward one other tract of land containing about forty six acres and forty hundredths of an acre to be taken from the west side of the Northwest quarter of fractional section number eight in Township No. five North of Range No. nine. Situate in said County of Wood, to him the said Edward and to his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple.
     Item. I give and devise unto my son Robert Howard, all that tract of land laying south of the Portage River, which is contained in the Northeast quarter of fractional section [illegible] in Township No. Six North of Range No. Thirteen [illegible] district to Lands [illegible] State of Ohio contained about one hundred and five acres to him the said Robert and to his heirs & assigns forever in fee simple.
     Item. I give and devise unto my son Richard M. W. Howard all that tract of land lying North of the Portage River, which is contained in the Northeast quarter of fractional section number twenty three, in township No. Six, north of Range No. thirteen in the district of Lands sold at Delaware aforesaid containing about fifty seven acres more or less, also I give and devise unto my said son Richard one other tract of land to contain [illegible] acres to be taken from the East side of the Northwest quarter of fractional sections No. eight in Township No. five North of Range No. nine laying as it being in the County of wood aforesaid to him the said Richard & to his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple.
     Item. To my two grandson John Howard and David Howard (sons of Alexander Howard) I give and devise the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. twenty-five in Township No. seven North of Range No. nine Situate lying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid, to them and their heirs and assigns forever in fee simple, the said tract to be equally divided between the said John and David, after they respectively arrive at the age of twenty-one years with this proviso, that is that my said son Alexander shall if he thinks proper use & occupy the said tract of land during his lifetime.
     Item. To my grandson Governor Howard Nelson (son of Joshua Nelson), I give and devise the East half of the South west quarter of Section No. twenty five in township No. seven, north of Range No. nine containing about eighty acres more or less. situate laying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid to him the said Governor his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple, after he arrives at the age of twenty one years.
     Item. I give and bequeath to my son Edward Howard my brace of pistols.
     Item. I give and bequeath to my son Robert all my waring [sic] apparel.
     Item. I give and bequeath to my son Richard M W Howard my smooth bore rifle and my spurs.
     Item. All the rest and residue of my estate, whatsoever kind, nature and quality and wherever the same may be paid out heretofore given and disposed of (after payment of my debts, legacies & funeral expenses). I do give and bequeath as follows to my sons Robert & Richard the remaining third to be equally divided between the said Robert and Richard to them and their heirs absolutely.
     And whereas I have heretofore made advancements to my two sons Alexander Howard and William Howard and also to my daughter Sidney, now the wife of Joshua Nelson, it is my will to give them nothing more.
     And lastly I do thereby constitute and appoint my son Edward Howard and Thomas A McKnight to be executors of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament.
     In testimony whereof I Thomas Howard have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date first above written.
* * *
Codicil to the last will and testament of Thomas Howard.
     Whereas I Thomas Howard of Wood County and State of Ohio, have made my last will and testament in writing bearing the date the ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, [illegible] I do by this writing which I hereby declare to be my codicil to my said will [illegible] thereof. I give and devise to my grandson Dresden Winfield Huston Howard (son of Edward Howard) the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. nine in township No. five North of Range No. nine, containing eighty acres more or less, Situate laying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid. to have and to hold the same to him the said Dresden Winfield Huston Howard his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple. After he arrives at the the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. nine in township No. five North of Range No. nine, containing eighty acres more or less, Situate laying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid. to have and to hold the same to him the said Dresden Wi the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. nine in township No. five North of Range No. nine, containing eighty acres more or less, Situate laying and being in the County of Wood aforesaid. to have and to hold the same to him the said Dresden Winfield Huston Howard his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple. After he arrives at the the west half of the southwest quarter of Section No. nine in township No. five North of Range No. nine, containing eighty acres more or less, Situate laying and bein[sic] of twenty one years. Also I give and devise to my grandson Pike Monroe Howard (son of Edward Howard) the east half of the southeast quarter of fractional section No. eight in township No. five north of Range no. nine containing eighty acres more or less situate laying and being in the said County of wood to have and to hold the same to him the said Pike Monroe Howard his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple when he arrives at the age of twenty one year, but in case of death of either of them (my two grandsons last mentioned) before he arrives at the said age of twenty one years then and in that case I do give and devise the share of him so dying to the survivor his heirs and assigns forever. And also whereas in my will aforesaid bearing date as aforesaid I give and bequeathed all the rest and residue of my estate of whatsoever kind and nature the same might be to my three sons Edward, Robert and Richard to be divided as therein directed it is now my will and desire that my household furniture be not included in said legacy and that the same I give to my son Edward exclusively and in addition to my former gifts and granted to him the said Edward. And lastly it is my desire that my present codicil be made a part of my last will and testament to all intents and [illegible]. In witness whereof I Thomas Howard have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. Thomas Howard (Seal)
Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Thomas Howard as a codicil to be made a part to his said last will and testament in the presence of F. W. Powell, Aurora Spafford.^10,3

James "Pike" Monroe Howard was listed as a resident in Edward Howard and Nancy Haight's household in the census report in 1830 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Next door to his brother, Robert A.
p. 325, line 10
     Name:     Edwd Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2 [1821-25] Dresden 1917, James ?
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 1791-1800] Edward? 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Ann Janette 1829
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 1791-1800] Nancy (Haight) 1797
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.¹¹

James "Pike" Monroe Howard was listed as a resident in Edward Howard and Nancy Haight's household in the census report in 1840 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 394, line 4
     Name:     Edward Howards [Edward Howard]
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Weston, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Dresden 1817
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90] Edward 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     2 [1826-30] Ann Janete 1829, Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Nancy (Haight) 1797
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     2
     Persons Employed in Commerce:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     6.¹²

     Ann Janette Howard was born on 6 September 1829 at Mount Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio, USA.^5,6 She married George Laskey Jr. on 1 January 1848 at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Ohio, USA.^7,3,8

Ann Janette Howard died on 4 September 1917 at Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA, at age 87.²
Ann Janette Howard was buried after 4 September 1917 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; from Find A Grave:
     ; From Waggoner [1888:690-92]: Dresden W. H. Howard was born in Yates County, New York, November 3, 1817. He was a son of Edward, his grandfather being Thomas Howard. May 22, 1821, the grandfather, with his sons Edward, Robert A. and Richard, their wives and two children (Dresden and a cousin named Sidney), and a daughter of Sidney H. Nelson, left their pleasant homes on the banks of Seneca Lake, near Geneva, for the west. The grandfather rode on horseback, the families and small supplies of clothing and household goods being loaded into two two-horse covered wagons. In due time, over roads almost impassable, the party reached the then Village of Buffalo. Here, the grandfather, with the women and children, embarked on board a 30-ton Schooner (name not remembered), commanded by Captain Anson Reed, for a long and perilous voyage to Fort Meigs, 14 miles above the mouth of the Maumee River. This destination was reached at dusk, June 17th, after a trip of 26 days, where they were cordially welcomed by the few white settlers at "Orleans," the little hamlet under the Fort. Dresden's recollection of the scene that met his view on entering the mouth of the River, about 10 o'clock A.M., is yet very clear to him. The dark color of the water of the River was in strong contrast with that of the clear water of the Lake. The scene of chief interest as they slowly passed up the stream, consisted of the white tents of Indians camped on the West bank, from the house of Major Stickney (near Bush Street), to the mouth of Swan Creek - the Indians being there on business with Major Stickney, then Indian Agent for the Government. They were actively engaged in racing and other sports peculiar to Indians: but upon discovering the little Vessel, they gave one wild (to the passengers, unearthly) yell, and ran down the bank, to get as near as possible to the craft. While the boy was deeply interested in the scene, the women were crouched in deadly fear on the deck at such first view of the locality which was to be their home. The Vessel made slow progress up the River, with nothing to be seen but the primeval forest which lined its banks, and a deer and her fawn which had sought protection in the water from swarms of mosquitoes, or from some hunger wolf. In due time, the end of the journey was reached. The teams were many days behind the arrival of the Vessel, they having in bad roads - especially through the "Black Swamp" - more to overcome than the calms and adverse winds of the Lake. The real destination of the party was Tecumseh, or An-au-ba (now known as Ann Arbor), Michigan; but the persuasions of the Hollisters, Spaffords, Forsyths, General Hunt and other residents induced them to stop, when they soon were quartered in little cabins of bark-covered walls. Some cleared land was rented, and a small crop of corn, potatoes, pumpkins, squashes, etc., soon planted. With "dog-days" came ague and fever, attended by want and privation known to none but the pioneer. Several times the entire family was prostrated, with no one able to attend upon the sick. The frosts of October were patiently awaited as the only source of relief to sufferers; which season was made the more grateful for the abundant supplies of fish and corn-"pone," which it brought. The grandfather had little means with which to start in the new home. He first entered 160 acres of Government lands, where now is the Village of Woodville, Sandusky County; but the Black Swamp proved too much for him, and he abandoned his purchase, subsequently selling it to Amos E. Wood, the founder of Woodville. In 1822, lands were purchased at Grand Rapids, Wood County, when cabins were built for Edward, Robert A. and Richard Howard; and in the Spring of 1823 they cut a road from the Indian Mission, eight miles below, through a dense wilderness to the Grand Rapids of Maumee. And founded a settlement immediately opposite the Ottawa Indian Village of Kin-jo-i-no and Reservation of 12 miles square, at the head of the Rapids.
All of the families, with the grandfather, lived upon their original purchases, cleared away the forests, and made for themselves comfortable homes (save Robert A., who sold his place in 1836, and moved to what now is Fulton County, where he died), and in due time were "gathered to their fathers," their bodies resting on the banks of the Maumee within hearing of the never-ceasing murmur of the Rapids.
Edward Howard (the father of Dresden) was a Soldier in the War of 1812-15, as was Thomas in the Revolutionary War. The former was at the battles of Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie. He was never robust after the War, and died in 1841. The mother (Nancy Haight Howard) survived him until 1881, dying at the age of 84 years, and being buried beside her husband. The children were Dresden; one brother, James Monroe, born in Yates County, New York; and one sister (Anjinette), born in Wood County. James died in 1841; and the sister is the wife of Hon. George Laskey, of Toledo. Coming here in childhood, with Indian boys for playmates, Dresden learned the languages of the several tribes in the Valley, and became more or less attached to Indian life. His inclinations early turned toward Indian trade and the hunter's life. The fur trade with the tribes was then a lucrative business, and his readiness with their dialects made his services in demand by traders, who paid well for them. With others, he was employed by Government Agents in collecting the wandering bands for removal to their new homes beyond the Mississippi in 1832, and again in 1838. In 1832 he aided the removal, when they were transported across the country by wagons and on the backs of their ponies. For a boy, the trip was attractive. Scarcely any settlement was passed for the whole distance. The Indians were located on the banks of the Osage River (now in Kansas), where is the Town of Ottawa, name for the tribe. In 1840, Mr. Howard was employed by W. G. and Geo. W. Ewing, fur traders at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to take a stock of Indian goods up the Missouri River, and open trade with the Omahas, Missouries, lower Sioux, Pottawatomies and other tribes inhabiting the Valley and tributaries of that stream. His father and brother dying in 1841, made it necessary for him to return and care for an invalid mother and his sister, and accept the more quiet life of farming and civilization, for which his previous experience had done little toward fitting him. His school days (from seven to 10 years) were entirely spent at the "Old Indian Mission," 10 miles above Fort Meigs, in a School of 100 Indian children - he being the only White pupil, save a few Indian and French half-breed boys and girls. That School was organized by the Home Missionary Society of New England, and was closed upon the removal of the Indians in 1838.
The tribes inhabiting the Valley of the Maumee, and also that of the Wabash and their tributaries, at the time of Mr. Howard's earliest recollections (and for many years before), were the Ottawas, Pottawatomies, Miamis, We-aws, Piankishaws, Shawnees and Delawares, with a few of the Ochibewas and Muncies. The principal Chiefs of the Ottawas were Na-wash, O-to-saw, Char-lo, Oeque-nox-ie, Kin-jo-a-no, Ot-to-kee, Wa-se-on, Wa-se-on-i-quet, and others/. Of the Pottawatomies were Waw-bon-see, Baw-beece, Me-te-ah, Win-a-meg; of the Miamis, La Fountain and Richard-ville, with many others, whose names are not recalled; of Shawnees, were Joseph and William Parks, whose Reservation was at Wa-pa-kon-neta. The Walkers (half-breeds) were principal men among the Wyandotts at Upper Sandusky. Turkey Foot (Mis-sis-sa-inzit), was a noted Ottawa Chief, as was O-to-saw. Little Turtle (Mis-she-kenee) perhaps was the most noted, as he was the most intelligent Chief of the Miamis, who, Mr. Howard things, lies buried near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Turkey Foot was buried near the rock from which he harangued his Braves when he fell with a bullet from one of Wayne's soldiers, August 20, 1794. Mr. Howard's memory is stored with facts and associations connected with the aboriginal tribes with whom he was so long intimate. When asked by Governor Noyes, of Ohio, why he always spoke with such special kindness of the Indians, he replied, "They have always, in childhood and in manhood, treated me with kindness, and I could not be ungrateful for their uniform generosity. Treat an Indian justly, and you will secure his friendship for life. Treat him illy, and you have his enmity for life." Mr. Howard's present residence is on the site of the old Indian Village of Winameg, Fulton County, where the former residents so long enjoyed savage life, and where so many of them found their last resting place, which is now carefully protected. The Red Man has taken his last drink from the shaded spring at the foot of the hill, his last look upon the landscape so long his pride, and now sleeps nearer the setting Sun. In the Spring of 1827-28, Mr. Howard - then a boy of 10 years - first visited that locality, and there ate his first bowl of hominy and roast venison, and took his first drink from the pure waters of the spring. The Indians had just returned from their Winter hunting-grounds in the pine and sugar-maple forest of the then wild Territory, now the fertile and rich State of Michigan, where they had enjoyed a successful hunt; bringing in a bountiful supply of Maple sugar (of which they were fond). They were having their annual dance or worship of the Great Spirit (Chi Manitoo), returning thanks for success in the hunt, and asking for a prosperous season to come. For the Summer, the women were to plant and how, while the men, beside lounging about, were to look for an occasional deer. Corn, beans and pumpkins were still planted there; but not by the faithful, patient squaws of former days.
Mr. Howard, with all his early attachment for the primitive ways of the Indians, has not been backward in promoting the methods and means of Christian civilization. For forty years past he has been identified, to greater or less extent with the agricultural, the financial, the political, and the social movements of the age, seeking faithfully to meet his full duty in these several relations of life. In promoting the construction of good roads, elevating the farming interests, and the establishment of sound morals and general education, he has been active. In 1870 he represented the Tenth District on the State Board of Equalization. Elected to the State Senate in 1871 from the Thirty-Third District, he served in that body for two years. In 1860 he was Presidential Elector, casting the vote of the Fifth Congressional District for Abraham Lincoln. Of all his record in connection with elections, that which gives him his chief pride, was made in the fight for the exclusion of the sale of intoxicating liquors at Wauseon, in April, 1887. He was appointed by Governor Foraker, April 1, 1887, a Trustee of the Toledo Asylum for the Insane, constructed for the State, near Toledo. Mr. Howard was married in 1843 with Mary b. Copeland. There were born to them two children - Osceola E. M., Civil Engineer, of San Diego, California; and M. Agnes, now residing with her parents at Wauseon, Ohio.¹⁰ Ann Janette Howard was also known as Anjinette/Anjanette Howard.¹¹

; See Waggoner [1888:692-693] and Chapman Pub [1895:259-60] for more information on George Laskey, Jr and his family. (images of pages attached.)^7,8

Ann Janette Howard was listed as a resident in Edward Howard and Nancy Haight's household in the census report in 1830 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Next door to his brother, Robert A.
p. 325, line 10
     Name:     Edwd Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9:     2 [1821-25] Dresden 1917, James ?
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 1791-1800] Edward? 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Ann Janette 1829
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 1791-1800] Nancy (Haight) 1797
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.¹²

Ann Janette Howard and George Laskey Jr. appeared in the census of between 10 June 1880 and 11 June 1880 at Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; p. 448-A, lines 24-33, dwelling 210, family 221
     24 LASKEY, Geo W N 55 [1825] Married Real Estate Eng Eng Eng
     25 " , A. W F 50 [1830] Wife Married OH NY NY
     26 " , Sherman W M 15 [1865] Son Single Attended School OH Eng OH
     27 " , Gertie W F 12 [1868] Daugh Attended School OH Eng OH Single
     28 " , Henry W M 6 [1874] Son Single Attended School OH Eng OH
     29 " , E. G. W M 28 [1852] Married Son Engineer OH Eng OH
     30 " , Anna W F 28 [1852] Daugh Married OH Eng OH
     31 " , Carl W M 8 [1872] Nephew Single Attended School OH OH OH
     32 HOWARD, Nancy W F 82 [1798] Mother Widowed NY US US
     33 BLAIR, Nancy W F 18 [1862] Servant Single MI France France.¹³

Ann Janette Howard appeared in the census of 13 June 1900 at Ward 10, Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; p. 17, lines 82-87, dwelling 364, family 366
82 LASKEY, Ann J. Head W F Sep 1829 70 Widowed 7-children-born, 6-children-living OH NY NY
83 WILLIAMS, Lany Y. Son-in-law W M Sep 1865 34 Married 11yrs NY OH OH Mgr. Cooperage Co.
84 " , Gertrude E. Daughter W F Sep 1867 32 Married 11yrs 3-children-born 3-children-living OH England OH
85 " , Harold G. Grandson W M Feb 1891 9 Single OH NY OH at school
86 " , Jeanete E. Daughter (Granddaughter) W F July 1892 7 Single OH NY OH at school
87 " , Marian G. Son (Grandson) W M Dec 1895 4 Single OH NY OH.¹⁴

     George Laskey Jr. was born on 23 August 1824 at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England.^1,2,3 He married Ann Janette Howard, daughter of Edward Howard and Nancy Haight, on 1 January 1848 at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Ohio, USA.^1,4,3

George Laskey Jr. died on 12 August 1899 at Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA, at age 74; Ancestry.com - Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013
     Name:     George Laskey
     Birth Date:     abt 1824
     Age at Death:     75
     Death Date:     Aug 1899
     Death Place:     Toledo, Ohio
     Newspaper Information:     Newspaper: Wood County Sentinel; Newspaper Date: 17 Aug 1899; Newspaper Page: 3 Column: 4; Repository: Center for Archival Collections, BGSU; Years Available:
     Newspaper Information:     Newspaper: North Baltimore Weekly Beacon; Newspaper Date: 18 Aug 1899; Newspaper Page: 1 Column: 3; Repository: Center for Archival Collections, BGSU; Years Available:
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
     Original data: Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Indexers and Volunteers. “Ohio Obituary Index.” Database. Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/ : 2009.
     Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center

from FoindAGrave.com: "Honorable George Laskey - At One Time State Senator and for Many Years Identified with Wood County Interests
     "Honorable George Laskey, one of the prominent Pioneer Citizens of the Maumee Valley, after many months of Paralytic suffering passed away at his home in Toledo, August 11 1899, and in this final ending there passed from earth the soul of a grand man, a devoted father and a whole souled public spirited citizen. He was honest, energetic, upright in every phase of life - a man of sterling integrity who enjoyed the unshaken confidence of all who knew him.
     "The TOLEDO BEE in announcing his death gave the following brief sketch of his busy life: Honorable George Laskey was born in Devonshire, England, near the town of Bristol, August 23 1824. His parents, George and Ann (Southard) Laskey, came to this country in 1833, landing in New York. Coming to Ohio, they settled in Lucas County, then a wild, uncultivated state, and proceeded to make a home among the early pioneers of Ohio.
In 1837, at the age of 13 years, the subject of this sketch started in the world for himself. Going to Grand Rapids, Ohio, he accepted a position as Clerk in the store of Francis Hinsdale. Industrious, energetic, reliable and thoroughly honorable in his relations to his employer, he showed while still a boy the sterling qualities that were so marked in his later life, and at the end of nine years time was admitted to a partnership in the firm, which made a marked success. In 1851, five years after young Laskey had become identified with the firm, Mr Hinsdale died and Mr Laskey continued to carry on the extensive business, looking after Mrs Hinsdale's interests in connection with his own. Later he and his brother bought out Mrs Hinsdale and the firm name was changed to Laskey Bros. Being energetic, wide awake young men, possessed of more than ordinary business ability, they became the most popular merchants of Grand Rapids and won many friends. In 1866 they sold out and retired from the mercantile business, becoming interested in real estate.
After retiring from his mercantile career, Mr Laskey became interested in agricultural pursuits, having previously purchased large tracts of land in Wood, Henry, Putnam and Lucas Counties. At the time of his death, he owned several thousand acres in these counties, most of which is laid out in fine farms and under a high state of cultivation. This venture proved markedly successful and he continued in the occupation until September 1877, when he removed to Toledo.
     "In 1859 Mr Laskey was elected to the Ohio State Senate, to represent the six counties of: Lucas, Wood, Hancock, Henry, Fulton and Putnam, serving a term of two years. While in the Senate he was one of the committee on ditches and roads, doing more than any other man in Ohio toward inaugurating the drainage system that has reclaimed so many acres of wet land. He had always taken an active part in the drainage system and in all public affairs, being an important factor in the growth and improvement of the community in which he made his home. He served as Commissioner of Wood County for six years.
Mr Laskey and Antoinette Howard were united in marriage January 1 1848. The union was a happy one and was blessed by six children, four sons and two daughters. For many years they attended the Congregational Church in Toledo, and were among its most active mambers.
     "Source: Page 251, Many Incidents and Reminiscences of the Early History of Wood County, Together with some of the Historic Events of the Maumee Valley contained in this Pioneer Scrapbook have been collected from the papers and material of the Late Charles W Evers as gathered by him for years past. Published by: The Democrat - Bowling Green, Ohio -- 1910.^2,5 "
George Laskey Jr. was buried after 12 August 1899 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Aug. 23, 1824, Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, Devonshire, England
     Death:      Aug. 12, 1899, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
     Family links: Spouse: Ann Janette Howard Laskey (1829 - 1917)
     Children:
      Marian H. Laskey Shanks (1850 - 1925)*
      Edward George Laskey (1852 - 1925)*
      Howard L. Laskey (1860 - 1941)*
      Sherman T. Laskey (1864 - 1939)*
      Gertrude E. Laskey Williams (1867 - 1923)*
      Grace Lillian Laskey (1869 - 1874)*
      Henry Stephen Laskey (1876 - 1933)*
     Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
     Plot: Section 13
     Created by: jaurbanowski
     Record added: May 18, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 110787966.²
      ; See Waggoner [1888:692-693] and Chapman Pub [1895:259-60] for more information on George Laskey, Jr and his family. (images of pages attached.)^1,3

George Laskey Jr. immigrated on 26 August 1833 to New York City, New York Co., New York, USA; [George Laskey, Jr., with his parents and siblings, are recorded on the manifest.]
from Ancestry.com - New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
     Name:     George Laskey
     Arrival Date:     26 Aug 1833
     Birth Date:     abt 1823
     Birth Location:     England
     Age:     10
     Gender:     Male
     Port of Departure:     Shields, England
     Port of Arrival:     New York, New York
     Ship Name:     Samuel Cunard
     Search Ship Database:     Search for the Samuel Cunard in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
     Source Citation: Year: 1833; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 020; Line: 32; List Number: 690
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
     Original data:
      Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. NAI: 6256867. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
      Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. NAI: 300346. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.
      Supplemental Manifests of Alien Passengers and Crew Members Who Arrived on Vessels at New York, New York, Who Were Inspected for Admission, and Related Index, compiled 1887-1952. Microfilm Publication A3461, 21 rolls. NAI: 3887372. RG 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
      Index to Alien Crewmen Who Were Discharged or Who Deserted at New York, New York, May 1917-Nov. 1957. Microfilm Publication A3417. NAI: 4497925. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
      Passenger Lists, 1962-1972, and Crew Lists, 1943-1972, of Vessels Arriving at Oswego, New York. Microfilm Publication A3426. NAI: 4441521. National Archives at Washington, D.C.⁶

George Laskey Jr. and Ann Janette Howard appeared in the census of between 10 June 1880 and 11 June 1880 at Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; p. 448-A, lines 24-33, dwelling 210, family 221
     24 LASKEY, Geo W N 55 [1825] Married Real Estate Eng Eng Eng
     25 " , A. W F 50 [1830] Wife Married OH NY NY
     26 " , Sherman W M 15 [1865] Son Single Attended School OH Eng OH
     27 " , Gertie W F 12 [1868] Daugh Attended School OH Eng OH Single
     28 " , Henry W M 6 [1874] Son Single Attended School OH Eng OH
     29 " , E. G. W M 28 [1852] Married Son Engineer OH Eng OH
     30 " , Anna W F 28 [1852] Daugh Married OH Eng OH
     31 " , Carl W M 8 [1872] Nephew Single Attended School OH OH OH
     32 HOWARD, Nancy W F 82 [1798] Mother Widowed NY US US
     33 BLAIR, Nancy W F 18 [1862] Servant Single MI France France.⁷

     Esther Rees was born on 24 March 1801.¹ She married James Monroe Howard in 1821.²

Esther Rees died on 21 February 1879 at age 77.¹
Esther Rees was buried after 21 February 1879 at Chester Baptist Cemetery, Morrow Co., Ohio, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Mar. 24, 1801
Death:      Feb. 21, 1879

Family links: Spouse: James Howard (1799 - 1841)*

Children:
David R. Howard (1821 - 1871)*
Maria Howard (1837 - 1873)*

Burial: Chester Baptist Cemetery, Morrow County, Ohio, USA

Created by: D. Curtis
Record added: Mar 04, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66485780.¹

     Benjamin Davison was born on 4 February 1792 at Otis, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA; from NEHGS database, "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850", Vital Records (incl. Bible, Cemetery, Church and SSDI)
     Benjamin DAVISON
     Benjamin, s. Benjamin and Roxe, Feb. 4, 1792
     Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
     Volume: Otis - V1, Page(s): 24


from Ancestry.com - Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
     Name:     Benjamin Davison
     Event Type:     Birth
     Birth Date:     4 Feb 1792
     Birth Place:     Otis, Massachusetts
     Father Name:     Benjamin Davison
     Mother Name:     Roxe Davison.^3,4 He married Sydney II Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Armstrong, on 9 December 1834 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA,
; her 2nd husband
from FamilySearch: OHIO, COUNTY MARRIAGES, 1789-2013
     Name     Benjamin Davison
     Event Type     Marriage
     Event Date     09 Dec 1834
     Event Place     Wood, Ohio, United States
     Spouse's Name     Sidney Nelson
     Reference ID     p 45
     GS Film Number     409699
     Digital Folder Number     004016700
     Image Number     00055.^1,5,6,7
Benjamin Davison died on 29 January 1854 at Lima, Allen Co., Ohio, USA, at age 61.^5,8
     He was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁷

Benjamin Davison began military service between 22 August 1812 and 15 September 1812 Ancestry.com - U.S., War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Original data: War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15.⁸

Benjamin Davison and Sydney II Howard appeared in the census of 1840 at Shawnee Township, Allen Co., Ohio, USA; p. 112, line 5
Name:     Benjamin Davison
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Shawnee, Allen, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     1 [aft 1835] George 1836
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     2 [1791-1800] Benjamin 1792, Unidentified?
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Sydney II (Howard) 1795
Persons Employed in Agriculture:     2
Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     3
Total Free White Persons:     4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     4.⁹

Benjamin Davison and Sydney II Howard appeared in the census of 9 September 1850 at Shawnee Township, Allen Co., Ohio, USA; p. 681, lines 12-16, dwelling 1479, family 1479
     12 DAVISON, Benjamin 58 [1792] M $3000 PA
     13 " , Sidney 48? [1802] F NY
     14 " , George 14 [1836] M OH at school
     15 JENKINS, Eleazer 11 [1839] F OH at school
     14 " , David 5 [1845] M OH at school.^10,11

     Augustus Aurelius Howard was born on 30 January 1826 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; 1900 census says born Jan 1826.^2,4,5,6,7,8 He married Sarah Anna Graham on 31 December 1849 at Pike Township, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA.^2,9,3

Augustus Aurelius Howard died on 13 September 1907 at Mason Township, Ingham Co., Michigan, USA, at age 81.^9,10,8
Augustus Aurelius Howard was buried after 13 September 1907 at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason Township, Ingham Co., Michigan, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Jan. 30, 1826, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, USA
     Death:      Sep. 13, 1907, Mason, Ingham County, Michigan, USA
     Augustus Aurelius Howard was the son of Robert Armstrong and Priscilla (Nelson) Howard. He married Sarah Anna Graham on December 31, 1849 in Lucas, Ohio. They were the parents of William Edwin Howard, Mary Priscilla (Howard) Culver and Abbie Howard.
     1907 Seeking Michigan Death Certificate Ingham
     Family links: Spouse: Sarah Anna Graham Howard (1826 - 1907)
     Children: Mary Priscilla Howard Culver (1860 - 1904)*
     Note: Culver name on other side for Alice North Culver, Sidney H. Culver, M.D. , Martha W. Culver, Laura G. Culver and May P. Culver.
     Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Ingham County, Michigan, USA
     Plot: Section C Lot 951
     Created by: Sandra Moore
     Record added: Jun 19, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 38527224.⁸
     Augustus Aurelius Howard was listed as a resident in Robert Armstrong Howard and Priscilla Nelson's household in the census report in 1830 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Next door to his brother, Edward
p. 325, line 11
     Name:     Robt A Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     3 [aft 1825] Augustus 1826, Nelson 1828, William 1829
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Robert 1798
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Aurelia 1826
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1821-25] Phebe 1824
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Priscilla 1799
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     6
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     8.¹¹

Augustus Aurelius Howard was listed as a resident in Robert Armstrong Howard and Priscilla Nelson's household in the census report on 20 August 1850 at Pike Township, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA; NB: The son Edwin is for some reason not listed in this census enumeration.

p. 297-A, lines 20-29, dwelling 390, family 392
     20 HOWARD, R. A. 51 [1799] M Landlord $2000 NY
     21 " , Priscilla 51 [1799] F NY
     22 " , Augustus 24 [1826] M farmer Ohio Married
     23 " , Sarah A. 24 [1826] F NY Married
     24 " , Wm 20 [1830] Clerk OH attended school
     25 " , Richard 15 [1835] M farmer OH attended school
     26 " , James 12 [1838] M OH attended school
     27 " , Thomas 10 [1840] M OH attended school
     28 " , Augusta 24 [1826] F Ohio
     29 HARPER, Elsa 10 [1840] F OH attended school.⁶

Augustus Aurelius Howard and Sarah Anna Graham appeared in the census of 11 July 1860 at Wilmington, De Kalb Co., Indiana, USA; p. 200, lines 28-29, dwelling 738, family 699
     29 HOWARD, Augustus A. 34 [1826] M Post Master $200 OH
     30 " , Sarah 34 [1826] F OH
     31 " , William 8 [1852] M OH
     32 CADWELL, George B 22 [1838] Tinner CT.⁴

Augustus Aurelius Howard and Sarah Anna Graham lived in 1867 at Mason Township, Ingham Co., Michigan, USA; from Sarah's obituary: "In the spring of 1867 they moved to the city of Mason..."¹²

Augustus Aurelius Howard and Sarah Anna Graham appeared in the census of 9 July 1870 at Vevay Township, Ingham Co., Michigan, USA; p. 292-B, lines 5-8, dwelling 486, family 488
     5 HOWARD, Augustus 44 [1826] M W Day Laborer $1000 $200 OH
     6 " , Sarah 44 [1826] F W Keeping House PA
     7 " , William 18 [1852] M W Clerk in store OH
     8 " , Mary 11 [1859] F W At Home IN.⁵

; per Knapp [1872:650]: "...of Mason, Mich."¹

Augustus Aurelius Howard and Sarah Anna Graham appeared in the census of 23 June 1880 at Mason Township, Ingham Co., Michigan, USA; p. 493-C, lines 8-10, dwelling 374, family 406
     8 HOWARD, Aurelius A W M 54 [1826] Married Grocer OH NY NY
     9 " , Sarah W F 54 [1826] Wife Married Keeps House NY Eng VT
     10 " , Mary W F 19 [1861] Daughter Single Taching School IN OH NY.¹³

Augustus Aurelius Howard and Sarah Anna Graham appeared in the census of 1 June 1900 at Ward 2, Mason Township, Ingham Co., Michigan, USA; p. 1-A, lines 28-29, dwelling 8, family 8
     8 HOWARD, Augustus A. Head W M Jan 1826 74 Married 50yrs OH NY NY City Treasurer
     9 " , Sarah A. Wife W F Mar 1826 74 Married 50yrs 3-children-born 2-children-living NY England VT.⁷

     Col. Nelson Montgomery Howard was born on 21 January 1828 at Gilead (now Grand Rapids), Wood Co., Ohio, USA; InterState [1886:I:828]: "The following is copied from pages 600 and 601 of Vol. III of the "Historical and Biographical Cyclopedia of the State of Ohio."² He married Jane L. Redfield on 18 March 1851 at Ohio, USA,
; his 1st wife.^4,3 Col. Nelson Montgomery Howard and Jane L. Redfield were divorced circa 1885; InterState [1886:I:829] says "... having obtained a legal separation from his former wife ..."⁴ Col. Nelson Montgomery Howard married Sarah E. Dean on 25 December 1885 at Marseilles, LaSalle Co., Illinois, USA.^4,3

Col. Nelson Montgomery Howard died on 24 May 1914 at Fulton Co., Ohio, USA, at age 86.⁵
Col. Nelson Montgomery Howard was buried after 24 May 1914 at Salsberry Cemetery, Delta, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Jan. 2, 1828
     Death:      May 24, 1914
     Burial: Salsberry Cemetery, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, USA
     Maintained by: BPHTOL
     Originally Created by: gabbybug
     Record added: Oct 12, 2003
     Find A Grave Memorial# 7979258.⁶
     

Col. Nelson Montgomery Howard was listed as a resident in Robert Armstrong Howard and Priscilla Nelson's household in the census report in 1830 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Next door to his brother, Edward
p. 325, line 11
     Name:     Robt A Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     3 [aft 1825] Augustus 1826, Nelson 1828, William 1829
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Robert 1798
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Aurelia 1826
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1821-25] Phebe 1824
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Priscilla 1799
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     6
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     8.⁸

Col. Nelson Montgomery Howard and Jane L. Redfield appeared in the census of 16 February 1860 at Ward 3, Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; p. 168, lines 24-29, dwelling 1242, family 1203
24 HOWARD, N. M. 32 [1828] M Bookkeeper $2000 $200 OH
25 " , Jane L. 34 [1826] F NH
26 " , Charles R. 7 [1853] M MI Attended School
24 " , Ida A. 4 [1856] F OH
28 " , Mary L. 1 [1859] F OH
29 WILLIAMS, Owen T. 19 [1841] M Clerk OH.⁹

Col. Nelson Montgomery Howard and Jane L. Redfield appeared in the census of 13 June 1870 at Ward 3, Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; p. 248-B, lines 15-21, dwelling 170, family 170
15 HOWARD, N. M. 42 [1828] W M Produce Merchange $20,000 $5,000 OH
16 " , Jane L. 44 [1826] F W Keeps house NH
17 " , Charles P. 17 [1853] M W Clerk MI
18 " , Ida A. 14 [1856] F W At home OH Attended School
19 " , Mary W. 11 [1859] F W At home OH Attended School
20 FIBACK, Barbara 25 [1845] F W Servant PA
21 MILLER, John 20 [1850] M W Servant OH.¹⁰ Col. Nelson Montgomery Howard was living in 1872.¹

; per Knapp [1872:650]: "...now a prominent and successful business man of Toledo, having resided with his family in the city during the last twenty years."¹

     William Henry Howard was born on 14 November 1829 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA; His family was in the 1830 U.S. census for Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio.^2,4,5 He married Elsie F. Partridge on 22 September 1852.^2,3

William Henry Howard died on 5 January 1885 at Lenawee Co., Michigan, USA, at age 55.^2,5
William Henry Howard was buried after 5 January 1885 at Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, Lenawee Co., Michigan, USA; From Find A Grave:
      ; NB: McClarren [1889] shows two daughters for William and Elsie: Kittie(?) and Minnie. However, they don't appear in any of the censuses. They may have died young.³

William Henry Howard was listed as a resident in Robert Armstrong Howard and Priscilla Nelson's household in the census report in 1830 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Next door to his brother, Edward
p. 325, line 11
     Name:     Robt A Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     3 [aft 1825] Augustus 1826, Nelson 1828, William 1829
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Robert 1798
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Aurelia 1826
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1821-25] Phebe 1824
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Priscilla 1799
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     6
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     8.⁴

William Henry Howard was listed as a resident in Robert Armstrong Howard and Priscilla Nelson's household in the census report on 20 August 1850 at Pike Township, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA; NB: The son Edwin is for some reason not listed in this census enumeration.

p. 297-A, lines 20-29, dwelling 390, family 392
     20 HOWARD, R. A. 51 [1799] M Landlord $2000 NY
     21 " , Priscilla 51 [1799] F NY
     22 " , Augustus 24 [1826] M farmer Ohio Married
     23 " , Sarah A. 24 [1826] F NY Married
     24 " , Wm 20 [1830] Clerk OH attended school
     25 " , Richard 15 [1835] M farmer OH attended school
     26 " , James 12 [1838] M OH attended school
     27 " , Thomas 10 [1840] M OH attended school
     28 " , Augusta 24 [1826] F Ohio
     29 HARPER, Elsa 10 [1840] F OH attended school.⁶

William Henry Howard and Elsie F. Partridge appeared in the census of 26 June 1860 at Pike Township, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA; p. 392-3, lines 39-40, 1, dwelling 450, family 439
     39 HOWARD, Wm 30 [1830] M Farmer $300 $30 OH
     40 " , Elsa 24 [1836] F MI
     1 " , Walter 3 [1857] M OH.⁷

William Henry Howard and Elsie F. Partridge appeared in the census of 2 June 1870 at Manlius, LaSalle Co., Illinois, USA; p. 337-B, lines 9-12, dwelling 54, family 52
9 HOWARD, W. H. 40 [1830] M W Farmer $580 OH
10 " , Adeline 34 [1836] F W Keeping House MI
11 " , Walter 12 [1858] M W OH Attended School
12 SIMMONS, Frank 27 [1843] M W Farmer IL.⁸

; per Knapp [1872:650]: "...of Illinois."¹

William Henry Howard and Elsie F. Partridge appeared in the census of 23 June 1880 at Adrian Township, Lenawee Co., Michigan, USA; p. 91-C, lines 22-24, dwelling 212, family 223
     22 HOWARD, William M. W M 50 [1830] Married Clerk in Store OH NY NY
     23 " , Elsie W F 44 [1836] Wife Married Keeps House MI NY VT
     24 " , Walter H. W M 23 [1857] Son Single at college OH OH MI.⁹

     Maj. Edwin A. Howard was born on 11 May 1833 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA.⁴ He married Sarah Matilda Willard on 16 April 1853 at Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA,
; FamilySearch.org: Edwin A. Howard - Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
Record
Record ID     ark:/61903/1:1:XZF7-RG6
Record Page     Link
Event Type     Marriage
Event Date     16 April 1853
Name     Edwin A. Howard
Sex     Male
Marriage Place     Sandusky, Ohio, United States
Source County     Sandusky
Spouse's Name     Sarah M. Willard
Spouse's Sex     Female
Record Number#1     73
Record Number#2     73
Source
Collection     Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
Reference ID     p199
GS Film Number     506617
Digital Folder Number     004024930, 004024930
Image Number     00334
Indexing Project (Batch) Number     M01459-3
Source.Citation
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZF7-RG6: 26 August 2019), Edwin A. Howard and Sarah M. Willard, 16 Apr 1853; citing Marriage, Sandusky, Ohio, United States, p199, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.^5,3
Maj. Edwin A. Howard died on 22 April 1907 at Hillsdale, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA, at age 73; Ancestry.com - Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952
Source Citation: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.^6,4
Maj. Edwin A. Howard was buried after 22 April 1907 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Maj. Edwin A. Howard and Sarah Matilda Willard appeared in the census of 4 June 1860 at Hillsdale, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA; NB: The two Willard women in this household may be sisters of Sarah M. (Willard) Howard.

p. 642, lines 23-27, dwelling 194, famly 190
23 HOWARD, Edwin A. 27 [1833] M Clerk $1000 $200 OH
24 " , Sarah M. 24 [1836] F NY
25 " , Robt. A. 6 [1854] M OH Attended School
26 WILLARD, Agnes T. 28 [1832] F NY
27 " , Kate 26 [1834] F Unknown.⁷

Maj. Edwin A. Howard and Sarah Matilda Willard appeared in the census of 15 June 1870 at Ward 3, Hillsdale, Hillsdale Co., Ohio, USA; p. 342-A, lines 13-19, dwelling 149 family 147
13 HOWARD, Edd 38 M W [1832] M W Clothing Merchange $3500 $1000 OH
14 " , Matilda 35 [1835] F W Keeping House NY
15 " , Robert A. 16 [1854] M W At School MI
16 " , George E. 8 [1862] M W At School MI
17 " , Mary M. 6 [1864] F W At School MI
18 MONTGOMERY, Dela 28 [1842] F W School Teacher NY
19 SKINNER, John 34 [1836] M W Retail Druggist NY.⁸ Maj. Edwin A. Howard was living in 1872.¹

; per Knapp [1872:650]: "...who was recently appointed by President Grant to the Indian agency in Dakota territory"
per Augustus A Howard obituary: "Mr. Howard's brother, Maj. Edward [sic] Howard, was agent of the [Spotted Tail, now Rosebud, Indian] Resercation.^1,2

Maj. Edwin A. Howard and Sarah Matilda Willard appeared in the census of 10 June 1880 at Hillsdale, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, USA; p. 148-B, lines 14-17, dwelling 210, family 220
     14 HOWARD, Edwin A. W M 48 [1832] married Hardware Merchant OH NY NY
     15 " , Sarah M. W F 44 [1836] Wife married Keeping house NY NY NJ
     16 " , Mary W. W F 15 [1865] Daughter Single at home MI OH NY
     17 MONTGOMERY, Agnes F. W F 51 [1829] sister-in-law Married at home NY NY NJ.⁹

     Aurelia Augusta Howard was born on 30 January 1826 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA.³ She married John Hanna Reid Esq. in 1851 at Ohio, USA,
; Marriage date from Obituary seen on Find A Grave.^1,3,2,4
Aurelia Augusta Howard died on 23 November 1906 at Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 80; The Chattanooga News (Chattanooga, Tennessee) · 23 Nov 1906, Fri · Page 2.^5,6
Aurelia Augusta Howard was buried after 23 November 1906 at Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Aurelia Augusta Howard was listed as a resident in Robert Armstrong Howard and Priscilla Nelson's household in the census report in 1830 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Next door to his brother, Edward
p. 325, line 11
     Name:     Robt A Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     3 [aft 1825] Augustus 1826, Nelson 1828, William 1829
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Robert 1798
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Aurelia 1826
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1821-25] Phebe 1824
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Priscilla 1799
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     6
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     8.⁷

Aurelia Augusta Howard was listed as a resident in Robert Armstrong Howard and Priscilla Nelson's household in the census report on 20 August 1850 at Pike Township, Fulton Co., Ohio, USA; NB: The son Edwin is for some reason not listed in this census enumeration.

p. 297-A, lines 20-29, dwelling 390, family 392
     20 HOWARD, R. A. 51 [1799] M Landlord $2000 NY
     21 " , Priscilla 51 [1799] F NY
     22 " , Augustus 24 [1826] M farmer Ohio Married
     23 " , Sarah A. 24 [1826] F NY Married
     24 " , Wm 20 [1830] Clerk OH attended school
     25 " , Richard 15 [1835] M farmer OH attended school
     26 " , James 12 [1838] M OH attended school
     27 " , Thomas 10 [1840] M OH attended school
     28 " , Augusta 24 [1826] F Ohio
     29 HARPER, Elsa 10 [1840] F OH attended school.⁸

Aurelia Augusta Howard and John Hanna Reid Esq. appeared in the census of 27 August 1860 at Van Wert, Van Wert Co., Ohio, USA; p. 469, lines 34-37, dwelling 1710, family 1704
34 RIED, J. H. 37 [1823] M Lawyer $4000 $1000 PA
35 " , Augusta A. 33 [1827] F
36 " , Frank A. 7 [1853] M OH
37 " , Unnamed 3/12 [1860] M OH.⁹

Aurelia Augusta Howard and John Hanna Reid Esq. appeared in the census of 13 July 1870 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 206-A, lines 18-24, dwelling 325, family 321
18 REID, J. H. 48 [1823] M W Lawyer $6000 $1000 PA
19 " , Augusta 44 [1826] F W Keeping House OH
20 " , Frank 17 [1853] W M Attending School OH
21 " , John H. 10 [1860] M W at Home OH Attending School
22 " , James R. 8 [1862] M W at Home OH Attending School
23 " , Richard 2 [1868] M W OH
24 " , Mary 10/12 F W OH Aug.¹⁰ Aurelia Augusta Howard was living in 1872 at Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; per Knapp [1872:650]: "...the survviving daughter, Mrs. Aurelia Augusta, wife of John H. Reid, Esq., of Bowling Green."¹

Aurelia Augusta Howard and John Hanna Reid Esq. appeared in the census of 19 June 1880 at Plain Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 209-D, lines 45-50, dwelling 290, family 296
45 REID, John H. W M 57 [1823] Married Atty at Law Paralysis OH OH OH
46 " , Augusta A. W F 54 [1826] Wife Married Keeping house OH NY NY
47 " , Howard K W M 20 [1860] Son Single at home 48 " , James R. W M 17 [1863] Son Single Clerk in cloting store OH OH OH
49 " , Richard D. W M 12 [1868] Son Single at home Attended School OH OH OH
50 " , Augusta W F 7 [1873] Daughter Single Attended School OH OH OH.¹¹

Aurelia Augusta Howard was listed as a resident in Harris K. Vance and Mary Augusta Reid's household in the census report on 6 June 1900 at Ward 4, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 10, lines 19-23 dwellikng 174, family 206
19 VANCE, Haris K. Head W M Aug 1862 37 Married 3yrs OH OH OH Merchant
20 " , Mary A. Wife W F Aug 1869 30 Married 3yrs 0-children-born 0-chilren-living OH PA OH
21 REED, Agusta A. Mother-in-Law W FJan 1826 74 Widow 5-children-born 5-children -living OH OH OH
22 " , Richard W. Brother-in-Law W M Mar 1868 32 Single OH PA OH Post Officer
23 TURNER, Cornelia Servant W F Jun 1879 21 Single TN TN TN Cook.¹²

     John Hanna Reid Esq. was born on 11 February 1823 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^2,3 He married Aurelia Augusta Howard, daughter of Robert Armstrong Howard and Priscilla Nelson, in 1851 at Ohio, USA,
; Marriage date from Obituary seen on Find A Grave.^1,2,4,5
John Hanna Reid Esq. died on 31 October 1885 at age 62.²
John Hanna Reid Esq. died on 1 November 1885 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA, at age 62; Image of obituary attached from Find A Grave.⁵
John Hanna Reid Esq. was buried after 1 November 1885 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Feb. 11, 1823, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Nov. 1, 1885, Wood County, Ohio, USA
     GAR 86TH OVI COMPANY D
     ENLISTED FROM PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP JULY 1863
     RECEIVED SEVERE SUNSTROKE IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS
     DISCHARGED FEBRUARY 1864
     QUARTERMASTER 144TH OVI
     John Reid was the son of James and Priscilla Reid and was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. The family located in Pennsylvania and later in Hancock County, Ohio, at a point known as Reid's corners, where James Reid who was a ship's carpenter by trade began business as a house builder.He was also a justice of the peace for many years. James and Priscilla had seven children: James who lives in Van Wert County, Ohio; William, a character sui generis, a Carpenter, a Shoemaker, a lawyer, and worldwide traveler, who died at Sedalia, Missouri; John H., Raine, a resident of Paulding County, Ohio; Alexander G., living at North Baltimore, Wood County; Sarah P., the wife of Edward Koons, of Lawrence, Kansas; and Thomas C., who died at Bowling Green, Ohio, September 7, 1892.
     John H. Reid was born in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, February 11, 1823. Not being content with a common-school education and the carpenter's trade, he determined to enter Oberlin college, where, by working in the harvest field in summer, and doing odd jobs during term time, he succeeded in paying his expenses and graduating. He then read law in Findlay, and on being admitted to the bar located at Delta, Fulton County, where, in 1851, he was elected prosecuting attorney.
     There he remained until 1853, when he moved to Perrysburg, Wood County. He had previously married a native of this county, Miss Aurelia Augusta Howard, who was born at Grand Rapids January 30, 1826. On his appointment as postmaster in Perrysburg, his wife, a lady of fine mental ability, took charge of the office while he devoted his time to his profession. In 1863 he organized Company D, 86th Regiment,OVI and went to the front as their captain. The company went through the campaign which resulted in the evacuation of Cumberland Gap, Captain Reid receiving a severe sunstroke while in the mountains. His company had enlisted for six months, but were kept on duty nearly a year. After returning home he again entered the Army, this time as quartermaster of the 144th OVI, in the hundred-day service. Shortly after the Regiment went to the front Frank A. joined his father at Fort Dix, Maryland, and saw considerable of Army life during that summer. They took part in the operations in the vicinity of Annapolis and Harpers Ferry. At the close of the war Captain Reid resumed his practice at Perrysburg, and at the time of the contest over the County seat he was retained on the side of Bowling Green, whose interests he heartily espoused and earnestly defended in the highest courts of appeal. Victorious in spite of the array of learned counsel on the opposing side, he removed to Bowling Green, where he carried on his practice, the latter part of the time in partnership with his son, Frank A., until a stroke of paralysis gave warning of his approaching death, which occurred on November 1, 1885. As a judge he had few equals in soundness of logic and subtlety of analysis. As an advocate he was remarkably successful, and when occasion required he could rise to an impassioned yet graceful eloquence. So well balanced was he in his acquirements and gifts that it is difficult to make a distinction, and mention any leading characteristic. Before the war he was a Democrat, but studying the issues of that time he became a Republican.
     He and his wife, who survives him and resides at Chattanooga, Tennessee, were members of the Presbyterian Church. Of their children, five grew to adult age, of whom Frank A. is the eldest; J. Howard, born May 13, 1860, died September 30, 1886; James R. and Richard W. are clothing merchants at Chattanooga; Mary Augusta lives with her mother.
     The Howard family, from whom John's wife descended, were prominent in the history of the Maumee Valley. Thomas Howard, came from Yates County, New York, in 1823 with his wife, a daughter, Sydney, who afterward became Mrs. Howard Davidson, and his three sons – Edward, Robert A., and Richard M. W. – with their respective families. Part of the family came by water, the rest taking the land route and driving their livestock. They first located at Fort Meigs, but later removed to the rapids of the Maumee, Gilead, where they made their home for many years.
     Thomas Howard(who was born November 15, 1758), died there May 25, 1825. His son, Robert A. Howard, Aurelia's father was born November 10, 1798, and survived all the other members of the band of pioneers. His last years were spent in what is now Pike Township, Fulton County, where he died November 26, 1872. The Toledo Commercial of December 4, 1872, gave an extended obituary notice, and mentioned his valued service as a justice of the peace in Fulton County, an office which he held for many years, and used as a means of quietly adjusting difficulties, his kindly advice as a man of well-known impartiality being as potent in its influence as his judicial decisions. After Fulton County was established he was employed to transcribe the old records and later was elected County recorder. His wife, formerly miss Priscilla Nelson, was highly esteemed by all who knew her. After a half-century of married life, they died within a year of each other. Of their nine children five are now living: A. A., of Mason, Michigan; Col. N. M., a prominent businessman of Omaha, Nebraska; Edwin A., of Hillsdale, Michigan; formerly and Indian agent in Dakota under President Grant; James W., of Fulton County, Ohio; and Aurelia Augusta who married John Reid.
     Beers, 1897 P. 470
     Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA
     Plot: Section SW Row 1 Stone 27
     Created by: Lavidaloca
     Record added: Feb 07, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 104764409.⁵
     John Hanna Reid Esq. and Aurelia Augusta Howard appeared in the census of 27 August 1860 at Van Wert, Van Wert Co., Ohio, USA; p. 469, lines 34-37, dwelling 1710, family 1704
34 RIED, J. H. 37 [1823] M Lawyer $4000 $1000 PA
35 " , Augusta A. 33 [1827] F
36 " , Frank A. 7 [1853] M OH
37 " , Unnamed 3/12 [1860] M OH.⁶

John Hanna Reid Esq. and Aurelia Augusta Howard appeared in the census of 13 July 1870 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 206-A, lines 18-24, dwelling 325, family 321
18 REID, J. H. 48 [1823] M W Lawyer $6000 $1000 PA
19 " , Augusta 44 [1826] F W Keeping House OH
20 " , Frank 17 [1853] W M Attending School OH
21 " , John H. 10 [1860] M W at Home OH Attending School
22 " , James R. 8 [1862] M W at Home OH Attending School
23 " , Richard 2 [1868] M W OH
24 " , Mary 10/12 F W OH Aug.⁷

John Hanna Reid Esq. and Aurelia Augusta Howard appeared in the census of 19 June 1880 at Plain Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 209-D, lines 45-50, dwelling 290, family 296
45 REID, John H. W M 57 [1823] Married Atty at Law Paralysis OH OH OH
46 " , Augusta A. W F 54 [1826] Wife Married Keeping house OH NY NY
47 " , Howard K W M 20 [1860] Son Single at home 48 " , James R. W M 17 [1863] Son Single Clerk in cloting store OH OH OH
49 " , Richard D. W M 12 [1868] Son Single at home Attended School OH OH OH
50 " , Augusta W F 7 [1873] Daughter Single Attended School OH OH OH.⁸

     Charlotte P. Howard was born in 1815; Aged 35 in 1850 census, 45 in 1860.^5,3 She married William Pratt Jr., son of William Pratt Sr. and Bethia Brown, on 18 October 1836 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA,
; from Marriage Record: I do hereby certify that on the eighteenth day of October 1836 by virtue of a license from the Clerk of common Please of Wood County William Pratt and Charlotte P. Howard were legally joined in marriage by me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. given under my hand this 18th day of October A.D. 1839. Michael Sypher J. P. Recd'd Jno Webb Clerk.^1,2,6,7,8
Charlotte P. Howard died on 10 November 1891 at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; from FamilySearch: Charlotte Pratt
     Ohio, County Death Records
     Name     Charlotte Pratt
     Event Type     Death
     Event Date     10 Nov 1891
     Event Place     Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Township, Wood, Ohio, United States
     Residence Place     Grand Rapids, Ohio
     Gender     Female
     Age     77
     Marital Status     Widowed
     Race (Original)     White
     Occupation     Housekeeper
     Birth Year (Estimated)     1814
     Birthplace     York State
     Burial Place     , Ohio Co., Ohio
     Father's Name     William Howard
     Mother's Name     Eliza Patterson
"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6NT-GZZ : accessed 6 May 2016), Charlotte Pratt, 10 Nov 1891; citing Death, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Township, Wood, Ohio, United States, source ID v 2 p 152, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 422,294.⁴

Her estate was probated on 6 February 1892 at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Ohio, USA,
; Ancestry.com - hio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
Source Citation: administrators and Guardians' Records (Wood County, Ohio), 1820-1931; Probate Place: Wood, Ohio
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts.⁹
     She was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.¹⁰


Charlotte P. Howard was listed as a resident in William Howard and Hannah Haight's household in the census report on 7 August 1820 at Benton, Ontario Co. (now Yates Co.), New York, USA; p. 261, line 54
     Name:     William Howard
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Benton, Ontario, New York
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1810] Edwin/Edward 1816
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] William 1783
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     2 [aft 1810] Jane 1810, Charlotte 1815
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Elizabeth (Patterson) 1788
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     3
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     5.¹²

Charlotte P. Howard was listed as a resident in William Howard and Hannah Haight's household in the census report in 1830 at Benton Center, Yates Co. (now), New York, USA; NB: William may have had with him some of his siblings (e.g. Richard Montgomery Willlams Howard and Sidney II) and nieces/nephews who had not yet traveled to Ohio with Thomas Howard.

p. 304, line 7 Charlotte P. Howard mentioned with James Montgomery Howard Sr. and Edwin/Edward Ruthven Howard in June 1831 at Gilead (now Grand Rapids), Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Moved from NY to OH before 1849. His 1st son, Lewis, was born in Ohio.
from InterState [1886:I:827]: "In the month of June, 1831, his parents, William, a carpenter by trade, and Hannah (Haight) Howard, removed to the State of Ohio and settled upon a farm on the bank of the Maumee River near Gilead (now Grand Rapids), in wood County, upon which farm about two years later, the father died June 3, 1833, thus leaving the subject of this sketch and an older brother Ruthven, with a widowed mother and a sister, Charlotte P., the occupants of this home, upon an uncultivated farm in a new and unhelathy country, to commence the battle of life."^14,15,16

Charlotte P. Howard and William Pratt Jr. appeared in the census of 17 September 1850 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 172-A, lines 1-5, dwelling 891, family 912
     1 PRATT, William 49 [1801] M Farmer MA
     2 " , Charlott 35 [1815] F NY
     3 " , Hamilton 19 [1831] M OH Attended School
     4 " , Foster 16 [1834] M OH Attended School
     5 " , Jenett 12 [1838] F OH Attended School
     6 " , Alice 5 [1845] F OH Attended School.⁵

Charlotte P. Howard and William Pratt Jr. appeared in the census of 12 July 1860 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 253, lines 36-38, dwelling 563, family 549
     36 PRATT, Wm 59 [1801] M Farmer $7000 $4000 MA
     37 " , Charlotte 45 [1815] F NY
     38 " , Alice 16 [1844] F OH.³
In William Pratt Jr.'s will dated 21 November 1867 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA, Charlotte P. Howard was named as executor; See attached will for William Pratt from Will Book 3, pp. 235-238, Wood Co., OH.

Ancestry.com - Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
     Name:     William Pratt
     Probate Date:     21 Nov 1867
     Probate Place:     Wood, Ohio, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1867
     Inferred Death Place:     Ohio, USA
     Item Description:     Will Records, Vol 3-4
     Source Citation: Probate Records, (Wood County, Ohio) 1820-1932; General Index, Ca. 1820-1932; Probate Place: Wood, Ohio
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts.^17,18 She was the executor of William Pratt Jr.'s estate on 18 November 1868 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; See attached will and probate record for William.¹⁹

Charlotte P. Howard appeared in the census of 18 June 1870 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 608-B, lines 12-16, dwelling 365, family 381
12 PRATT, Charlot 56 [1814] F W Keeping house $8000 $1000 NY
13 " , Harriet 13 [1857] F W OH Attended School
14 DUNINGHAM, Catherine 16 [1854] F W OH Father foreign Mother forein
15 CROOK, Octava 23 [1847] F W School teacher OH.²⁰

Charlotte P. Howard appeared in the census of 11 June 1880 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 237-A, lines 46-47, dwelling 217, family 217
46 PRATT, Sharlotte W F 66 [1814] Widow Keeping House NYH PA NY
47 SULLIVAN, Kate W F 22 [1858] Servant Single Servant OH Ireland Ireland.²¹

     William Pratt Jr. was born in 1801 at Massachusetts, USA; aged 49 in 1850 census; aged 59 in 1860 census, born say b in MA.^3,2 He married Sidney Howard, daughter of William Howard and Sidney (?), on 12 June 1824 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA,
; his 1st wife;
from Marriage Record: The State of Ohio, Wood County ss. Be it known and it is hereby certified that on the twelfth day of June A. D. eighteen hundred adn twenty four I thomas W. Powell a Justice of the Peace of the Township of Perrysburg in the County of Wood, agreeable to a license for that purposed granted by the Clerk of the Court of Common Please of the said County of Wood, joined and married Mr. William Pratt and Miss Sidney Howard in the holy estate of matrimony. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. T. W. Powell Justice of the Peace. Rcorded June 20th 1831. Jno Webb Clk P. T.^5,6,7 William Pratt Jr. married Charlotte P. Howard, daughter of William Howard and Elizabeth Polly Patterson, on 18 October 1836 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA,
; from Marriage Record: I do hereby certify that on the eighteenth day of October 1836 by virtue of a license from the Clerk of common Please of Wood County William Pratt and Charlotte P. Howard were legally joined in marriage by me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. given under my hand this 18th day of October A.D. 1839. Michael Sypher J. P. Recd'd Jno Webb Clerk.^1,2,8,9,10
William Pratt Jr. died on 6 November 1868 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; (No record found on Find A Grave)
From FamilySerach:
Source - FamilySearch:
Catalog Record: Birth records, 1867-1909; registration of birth records, 1941-1965; and death records, 1867-1908 (Wood County, Ohio)
Item Number: Death records, v. 1-3, 1867-1908.
Citation: "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZR-J9LW-6?cc=2128172&wc=S95G-MN5%3A1296111497%2C1296034102 : 30 September 2014), > image 53 of 534; county courthouses, Ohio.^11,12

His estate was probated on 18 November 1868 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA,
; See attached will and probate record for William.¹¹
     He was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁷ William Pratt Jr. was the administrator of William Pratt Sr.'s estate on 10 March 1824 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; Ancestry.com - Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
     Name:     William Pratt
     Probate Date:     10 Mar 1825
     Probate Place:     Wood, Ohio, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1825
     Inferred Death Place:     Ohio, USA
     Item Description:     Administration Record, Vol 1, 1820-1830
     Source Citation: administrators and Guardians' Records (Wood County, Ohio), 1820-1931; Probate Place: Wood, Ohio
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts.¹³

William Pratt Jr. and Charlotte P. Howard appeared in the census of 17 September 1850 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 172-A, lines 1-5, dwelling 891, family 912
     1 PRATT, William 49 [1801] M Farmer MA
     2 " , Charlott 35 [1815] F NY
     3 " , Hamilton 19 [1831] M OH Attended School
     4 " , Foster 16 [1834] M OH Attended School
     5 " , Jenett 12 [1838] F OH Attended School
     6 " , Alice 5 [1845] F OH Attended School.¹⁴

William Pratt Jr. and Charlotte P. Howard appeared in the census of 12 July 1860 at Weston Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 253, lines 36-38, dwelling 563, family 549
     36 PRATT, Wm 59 [1801] M Farmer $7000 $4000 MA
     37 " , Charlotte 45 [1815] F NY
     38 " , Alice 16 [1844] F OH.³

William Pratt Jr. left a will on 21 November 1867 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; See attached will for William Pratt from Will Book 3, pp. 235-238, Wood Co., OH.

Ancestry.com - Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
     Name:     William Pratt
     Probate Date:     21 Nov 1867
     Probate Place:     Wood, Ohio, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1867
     Inferred Death Place:     Ohio, USA
     Item Description:     Will Records, Vol 3-4
     Source Citation: Probate Records, (Wood County, Ohio) 1820-1932; General Index, Ca. 1820-1932; Probate Place: Wood, Ohio
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts.^15,16

     Susan E. Blaker was born in 1831 at Pennsylvania, USA; aged 29 in 1860 census, 41 in 1870 census.^1,2,3 She married James Montgomery Howard Sr., son of William Howard and Hannah Haight, in 1848 at Maumee, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA.^1,4

Susan E. Blaker died on 7 September 1884 at Marseilles, LaSalle Co., Illinois, USA.^1,4,5,6
     She was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁷

Susan E. Blaker and James Montgomery Howard Sr. appeared in the census of 16 July 1850 at Waynesfield Township, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; p. 9-B, lines 20-22, dwelling 133, family 135
     20 HOWARD, James M. M 28 [1822] Carpenter & Joiner NY
     21 " , Susan F 21 [1829] PA
     22 " , Lewis M 1 [1849] Ohio.⁸

Susan E. Blaker and James Montgomery Howard Sr. appeared in the census of 22 June 1860 at Rutland, LaSalle Co., Illinois, USA; p. 207, line 27-31, dwelling 1503, family 1509
     27 HOWARD, James M. 37 [1823] M Farmer $4800 $800 NY
     28 " , Susan 19 [1831] F PA
     29 " , Lewis 11 [1849] M OH
     30 " , George 7 [1853] MI
     31 " , James 2 [1858] IL.²

Susan E. Blaker and James Montgomery Howard Sr. appeared in the census of 17 August 1870 at Rutland, LaSalle Co., Illinois, USA; p. 697-A, lines 8-14, dwelling 262, family 251
     8 HOWARD, J. M. 49 [1821] M W Farmer $5250 $1290 NY
     9 " , Susan 41 [1829] F W Keeping House PA
     10 " , Lewis 21 [1849] M W at Home OH
     11 " , Geo 17 [1853] M W at Home MI
     12 " , James 12 [1858] M W at Home IL
     13 " , Robert 6 [1864] M W at Home IL
     14 " , Walter 5 [1865] M W at Home IL.³

Susan E. Blaker and James Montgomery Howard Sr. appeared in the census of 7 June 1880 at Rutland, LaSalle Co., Illinois, USA; p. 667-A, lines 30-35, dwelling 39, family 39
     30 HOWARD, James M. W M 58 [1822] Married Farmer NY PA NY
     31 " , Susan W F 49 [1831] Wife Married Keeping House PA PA PA
     32 " , James W M 21 [1859] Son Single at home attended school IL NY PA
     33 " , Robert J. W M 15 [1865 Son Single at home attended school IL NY PA
     34 " , Walter E. W M 14 [1866] Son Single at home attended school IL NY PA
     35 WARD, Sallie W F 28 1852 Servant Single Servant OH VT OH.⁹

     Joshua Nelson was born on 11 December 1790 at Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, USA.¹ He married Sydney II Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Armstrong, on 2 January 1817 at New York, USA,
; her 1st husband.^1,2,3,4
Joshua Nelson died in 1837 at Matagorda, Matagorda Co., Texas, USA.^1,2
     He was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁴

     Alexander Howard was born on 24 December 1785 at Pennsylvania, USA; Lozer [2016] cites Dequine, et al [2007].^1,2,3,4,5 He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart before 1808
; Alexander appears to be married in the 1810 census for Benton with two young girls.^1,6,5
Alexander Howard died on 23 October 1849 at Freeport, Stephenson Co., Illinois, USA, at age 63.^3,4,5
     He was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁵ Alexander Howard was a mentioned with Thomas Howard;      Applications for membership to the Daughters of the American Revolution filed in his are important sources of information on Thomas Howard and dates related to him and some of his chldren. None of these documents lists a daughter named Sarah.
DAR App No. Source #     Date     Information
48119     3287     25 April 1907     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. "Edward Howard was born Nov. 10th 1787" (p. 2). Cites family bible
49224      3288     5 Oct. 1904     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. "Edward Howard son of Thomas Howard was born Nov. 10, 1787" (p. 2) . Cites family bible
71200     3289     20 April 1909     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. Applicant Lists Edward as a son, but gives no date of birth.
83328     3290     20 Nov, 1910     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Armstrong. Give's Edward's DOB as "Nov. 10, 1787. Cites Application #71200
104088      3296     17 Oct. 1913     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites family bible
113339     3291     9 Feb. 1915     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. "Edward (born) Nov. 10, 1787". Cites family bible and DAR applications #71200 and 83328.
120330     3292     4 Jan. 1916     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites DAR application #113339
138037     3293     15 Jan. 1918     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites DAR application #104088
138038     3266     11 Jan. 1918     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites family bible and DAR applications 48119, 104088.
433402     3294     11 Jan. 1955     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives DOB of Edward as Nov. 10, 1787. Cites family bible and DAR applications #48119
863313     3295     7 July 2008     Applicant is a descendant of William's brother Robert Armstrong. This is the most recent application under Thomas' name and does not give a DOB for Edward. It also does not cite the family bible, but does cite applications #104088 and 433402
NOTE: The DAR asserts ownership of images from their files and purchasers aree "not to post images onine."^{1,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}

Alexander Howard was listed as a resident in Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Armstrong's household in the census report in 1800 at Seneca Township, Ontario Co., New York, USA; p. 512, line 5
[:TAB:Name:     8 Thomas Howard
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     Seneca, Ontario, New York
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2 [aft 1790] James 1793, Robert 1798
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:     1 [1785-1790] Edward 1787
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     3 [1775-1785] William 1783, Alexaner 1785, Unidentified
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-1774] Thomas 1758/9
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1 [aft 1790] Sydney (II) 1795
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-1774] Elizabeth (Armstrong) ca 1761
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     4
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     9.¹⁷

Alexander Howard and Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart appeared in the census of 1810 at Benton, Oneida Co. (actually Ontario Co.), New York, USA; p. 662, line 8
     Name:     Alex Howard
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Benton, Oneida [Ontario], New York
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94] Alexander 1785
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     2 [aft 1800] Calista 1808, Elizabeth ca 1809
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94] Elizabeth (Hobart) 1786
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     2
     Number of Household Members:     4.¹⁸

Alexander Howard and Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Phelpstown, Ontario Co., New York, USA; This is an Alexander Howard living in Phelps Twp. in 1820 and some think to have been the Alexander who was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard, given the ages of children in the household, but the enumerated ages of the oldest man and woman (both 45 and over) are too old to be that Alexander and his wife Elizabeth "Betsy" (Hobart) Howard. However, there is no other Alexander Howard in the 1820 census in the area. There are also 3 people of color in the household (perhaps slaves).

p. 283, line 1

Alexander Howard and Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart appeared in the census of 1830 at Waynesfield Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 320, line 2
     Name:     Alexr Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Waynesfield, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] David 1818
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1811-15] Johhn c1816
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1771-80] Alexander 1785
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1771-80] Elizabeth (Hobart)
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.²¹
Alexander Howard was mentioned in a land transaction on 6 May 1835 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
     Name:     Alexander Howard
     Issue Date:     6 May 1835
     Acres:     40
     Meridian:     1st PM
     State:     Ohio
     County:     Wood
     Township:     5-N
     Range:     10-E
     Section:     12
     Accession Number:     OH0900__.502
     Metes and Bounds:     No
     Land Office:     Bucyrus
     Canceled:     No
     US Reservations:     No
     Mineral Reservations:     No
     Authority:     April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
     Document Number:     9661
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.²²
Alexander Howard was mentioned in a land transaction on 7 December 1835 at Wood Co., Ohio, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
     Name:     Alexander Howard
     Issue Date:     7 Dec 1835
     Acres:     40
     Meridian:     1st PM
     State:     Ohio
     County:     Wood
     Township:     5-N
     Range:     10-E
     Section:     12
     Accession Number:     OH0870__.466
     Metes and Bounds:     No
     Land Office:     Bucyrus
     Canceled:     No
     US Reservations:     No
     Mineral Reservations:     No
     Authority:     April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
     Document Number:     8105
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.²³

Alexander Howard and Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart appeared in the census of 1840 at Water Township, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; p. 262, line 6
Name:     Alexander Howard
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Water, Lucas, OhioNote: Next door to his son, David.²⁴
Alexander Howard was mentioned in a land transaction on 1 July 1848 at Stephenson Co., Illinois, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
     Name:     Alexander Howard
     Issue Date:     1 Jul 1848
     Acres:     80
     Meridian:     4th PM - 1815 Illinois
     State:     Illinois
     County:     Stephenson
     Township:     27-N
     Range:     6-E
     Section:     4
     Accession Number:     IL4740__.252
     Metes and Bounds:     No
     Land Office:     Dixon
     Canceled:     No
     US Reservations:     No
     Mineral Reservations:     No
     Authority:     April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
     Document Number:     26747.²⁵

     Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart was born in 1786; Based on grave marker inscription 59 yrs old at death.⁶ She married Alexander Howard, son of Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Armstrong, before 1808
; Alexander appears to be married in the 1810 census for Benton with two young girls.^2,7,8
Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart died on 22 September 1845 at Scott Co., Illinois, USA.⁶
Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart was buried after 22 September 1845 at Canatsey, Scott Co., Illinois, USA; This may or may not be the same Elizabeth as Elizabeth Hobart.
from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      Sep. 22, 1845
     59y
     Burial: Canatsey. Scott County, Illinois, USA
     Created by: Christina Trevino
     Record added: Aug 05, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 55889187.⁹
     She was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁸ Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart was also known as Betsy Habert.² Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart was also known as Betsy Hobert.^10,11,12

Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart and Alexander Howard appeared in the census of 1810 at Benton, Oneida Co. (actually Ontario Co.), New York, USA; p. 662, line 8
     Name:     Alex Howard
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Benton, Oneida [Ontario], New York
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94] Alexander 1785
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     2 [aft 1800] Calista 1808, Elizabeth ca 1809
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1785-94] Elizabeth (Hobart) 1786
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     2
     Number of Household Members:     4.¹³

Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart and Alexander Howard appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at Phelpstown, Ontario Co., New York, USA; This is an Alexander Howard living in Phelps Twp. in 1820 and some think to have been the Alexander who was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard, given the ages of children in the household, but the enumerated ages of the oldest man and woman (both 45 and over) are too old to be that Alexander and his wife Elizabeth "Betsy" (Hobart) Howard. However, there is no other Alexander Howard in the 1820 census in the area. There are also 3 people of color in the household (perhaps slaves).

p. 283, line 1

Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart and Alexander Howard appeared in the census of 1830 at Waynesfield Township, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 320, line 2
     Name:     Alexr Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Waynesfield, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] David 1818
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1811-15] Johhn c1816
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1771-80] Alexander 1785
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] Unidentified?
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1771-80] Elizabeth (Hobart)
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     3
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     5
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.¹⁶

Elizabeth "Betsy" Hobart and Alexander Howard appeared in the census of 1840 at Water Township, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA; p. 262, line 6
Name:     Alexander Howard
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Water, Lucas, OhioNote: Next door to his son, David.¹⁷

     Elizabeth Polly Patterson was born in 1788; The "Joseph" family tree on ancestor cites "letter from Ted Cook including pedigree charts, dated 24 Oct 96" as the source of this date. I am in coorespondence with the author of this family tree to seek additional information. GA Vaut 29 Jan 2016.^3,4 She married William Howard, son of Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Armstrong, before 1810
;
His 1st wife. Their first child, Sydney/Sidna was was born ca 1806 (if she was 18 when she married).
     from Cleveland [1873:1:226]: "Elizabeth married William, son of Thomas Howard of Benton, (now Torrey.) where she died, leaving one daughter, Sidna, who emigrated with her father to the Maumee Valley, Ohio."^2,5,6
Elizabeth Polly Patterson died before 1819 at Benton, Ontario Co. (now Yates Co.), New York, USA; The date of death is based on the fact that William remarried in 1819. The place of death is from Ancestry. GA Vaut 28 Jan 2016.^3,4
     She was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁷

     Elizabeth Howard was born in 1789 at Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2,3
Elizabeth Howard died in 1790 at Pennsylvania, USA; per DAR applications 138038 and 433402 died in infancy.^2,1,4,3
     She was a mentioned with Thomas Howard;      Applications for membership to the Daughters of the American Revolution filed in his are important sources of information on Thomas Howard and dates related to him and some of his chldren. None of these documents lists a daughter named Sarah.
DAR App No. Source #     Date     Information
48119     3287     25 April 1907     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. "Edward Howard was born Nov. 10th 1787" (p. 2). Cites family bible
49224      3288     5 Oct. 1904     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. "Edward Howard son of Thomas Howard was born Nov. 10, 1787" (p. 2) . Cites family bible
71200     3289     20 April 1909     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. Applicant Lists Edward as a son, but gives no date of birth.
83328     3290     20 Nov, 1910     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Armstrong. Give's Edward's DOB as "Nov. 10, 1787. Cites Application #71200
104088      3296     17 Oct. 1913     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites family bible
113339     3291     9 Feb. 1915     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. "Edward (born) Nov. 10, 1787". Cites family bible and DAR applications #71200 and 83328.
120330     3292     4 Jan. 1916     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites DAR application #113339
138037     3293     15 Jan. 1918     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites DAR application #104088
138038     3266     11 Jan. 1918     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites family bible and DAR applications 48119, 104088.
433402     3294     11 Jan. 1955     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives DOB of Edward as Nov. 10, 1787. Cites family bible and DAR applications #48119
863313     3295     7 July 2008     Applicant is a descendant of William's brother Robert Armstrong. This is the most recent application under Thomas' name and does not give a DOB for Edward. It also does not cite the family bible, but does cite applications #104088 and 433402
NOTE: The DAR asserts ownership of images from their files and purchasers aree "not to post images onine."^{1,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,4,13} Elizabeth Howard was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.³

     Sydney/Sidney I Howard was born in 1791; DAR says b 1794; Lozer [2016] , citing Dequine says b 1791 and d 1794.^1,2,3,4,5
Sydney/Sidney I Howard died in 1794; Lozer [2016], citing Dequine says b 1791 and d 1794.^4,3,5
     She was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁵ Sydney/Sidney I Howard was a mentioned with Thomas Howard;      Applications for membership to the Daughters of the American Revolution filed in his are important sources of information on Thomas Howard and dates related to him and some of his chldren. None of these documents lists a daughter named Sarah.
DAR App No. Source #     Date     Information
48119     3287     25 April 1907     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. "Edward Howard was born Nov. 10th 1787" (p. 2). Cites family bible
49224      3288     5 Oct. 1904     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. "Edward Howard son of Thomas Howard was born Nov. 10, 1787" (p. 2) . Cites family bible
71200     3289     20 April 1909     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. Applicant Lists Edward as a son, but gives no date of birth.
83328     3290     20 Nov, 1910     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Armstrong. Give's Edward's DOB as "Nov. 10, 1787. Cites Application #71200
104088      3296     17 Oct. 1913     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites family bible
113339     3291     9 Feb. 1915     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. "Edward (born) Nov. 10, 1787". Cites family bible and DAR applications #71200 and 83328.
120330     3292     4 Jan. 1916     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites DAR application #113339
138037     3293     15 Jan. 1918     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites DAR application #104088
138038     3266     11 Jan. 1918     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites family bible and DAR applications 48119, 104088.
433402     3294     11 Jan. 1955     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives DOB of Edward as Nov. 10, 1787. Cites family bible and DAR applications #48119
863313     3295     7 July 2008     Applicant is a descendant of William's brother Robert Armstrong. This is the most recent application under Thomas' name and does not give a DOB for Edward. It also does not cite the family bible, but does cite applications #104088 and 433402
NOTE: The DAR asserts ownership of images from their files and purchasers aree "not to post images onine."^{1,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}

     Elenor Fulkerson married Benjamin Davis
; her 2nd husband.² Elenor Fulkerson married Richard Montgomery Williams Howard, son of Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Armstrong, circa 1825
; He is married in the 1830 census with one child (daughter) aged under 5.^1,3,2
     Elenor Fulkerson was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.²

Elenor Fulkerson and Richard Montgomery Williams Howard appeared in the census of 1830 at Perrysburg, Wood Co., Ohio, USA; p. 326, line 2
     Name:     Richard Howard
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Richard 1801
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1825] Margaret 1825
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-10] Elenor unk
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     3
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     3.³

     James Martin Howard was born in 1793 at Fermanagh Township (probably), Cumberland Co. (now Juniata Co.), Pennsylvania, USA; His parents were living in Fermanagh in 1793 until their departure for NY in 1794.^1,3,2,4
James Martin Howard died in 1794 at Seneca Township, Ontario Co., New York, USA.^1,4
     He was a mentioned with Thomas Howard;      Applications for membership to the Daughters of the American Revolution filed in his are important sources of information on Thomas Howard and dates related to him and some of his chldren. None of these documents lists a daughter named Sarah.
DAR App No. Source #     Date     Information
48119     3287     25 April 1907     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. "Edward Howard was born Nov. 10th 1787" (p. 2). Cites family bible
49224      3288     5 Oct. 1904     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. "Edward Howard son of Thomas Howard was born Nov. 10, 1787" (p. 2) . Cites family bible
71200     3289     20 April 1909     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. Applicant Lists Edward as a son, but gives no date of birth.
83328     3290     20 Nov, 1910     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Armstrong. Give's Edward's DOB as "Nov. 10, 1787. Cites Application #71200
104088      3296     17 Oct. 1913     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites family bible
113339     3291     9 Feb. 1915     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. "Edward (born) Nov. 10, 1787". Cites family bible and DAR applications #71200 and 83328.
120330     3292     4 Jan. 1916     Applicant is a descendant of Edward's brother Robert Armstrong. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites DAR application #113339
138037     3293     15 Jan. 1918     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites DAR application #104088
138038     3266     11 Jan. 1918     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives year (only) of birth for Edward of 1787. Cites family bible and DAR applications 48119, 104088.
433402     3294     11 Jan. 1955     Applicant is a descendant of Edward. Gives DOB of Edward as Nov. 10, 1787. Cites family bible and DAR applications #48119
863313     3295     7 July 2008     Applicant is a descendant of William's brother Robert Armstrong. This is the most recent application under Thomas' name and does not give a DOB for Edward. It also does not cite the family bible, but does cite applications #104088 and 433402
NOTE: The DAR asserts ownership of images from their files and purchasers aree "not to post images onine."^{5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15} James Martin Howard was a mentioned with Thomas Howard; The descendant chart for Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Howard by Mary Agnes Howard McClarren has been very helpful in providing research direction for tracing the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth. A copy of this chart was provided to me by Carolyn K. Howard of Sunbury, Ohio.⁴

James Martin Howard was listed as a resident in Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Armstrong's household in the census report in 1800 at Seneca Township, Ontario Co., New York, USA; p. 512, line 5
[:TAB:Name:     8 Thomas Howard
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     Seneca, Ontario, New York
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2 [aft 1790] James 1793, Robert 1798
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:     1 [1785-1790] Edward 1787
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     3 [1775-1785] William 1783, Alexaner 1785, Unidentified
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-1774] Thomas 1758/9
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1 [aft 1790] Sydney (II) 1795
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-1774] Elizabeth (Armstrong) ca 1761
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     4
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     9.¹⁶

     Margaret (?) married Alexander Armstrong Jr., son of Alexander Armstrong Sr. and Elizabeth E. (?), before 1788
; There is a 1781 marriage record for an Alexander Armstrong and a Mary Murray, but a 1788 land reecord listing an "Alexander and Margaret Armstrong" that seems to indicate that he married a woman named Margaret. There is also a 1798 land document that listed his wife as Mary.¹
     Margaret (?) and Alexander Armstrong Jr. were mentioned in a land transaction on 14 January 1788 at Beaver Dam, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
Memo: NOTE: There are 1787 & 1788 warrant transactions by: 1) Thos Howard, John McLean and George Armstrong; and 2) Alexander and Margaret Armstrong for land in Beaver Dam Township "adjoining land of Epenetus Hart". This probably refers to land warranted to Epenetus in a 1787 warrant. This may also be the location that Ellis & Hungerford [1886:839] refer to when they state that Epenetus is not found in the Fermanagh area after 1791 and "probably moved to his lands in Beaver Dam Township." I now believe that this Alexander and Margaret Armstrong are Alexander Junior and his wife. See http://mapq.st/1GNdPFl for map of location of Beaver Dam, PA.
From Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952
     Name:     Alexander & Margaret Armstrong - 200 acres
     Text:     Whereas Alexr Armstrong & Margaret Armstrong have requested to take up two hundred acres of land, including an improvement in Middle Creek Valley adjoining land of Epenetus Hart on the West in Beaver Dam Township in the County of Northumberland…
     Warrant Date:     14 Jan 1788
     Warrant Place:     Northumberland
     Warrant Number:     A-151
     Warrant Index:     p. 4
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives.
Land Warrants. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA.^2,3

     Sarah Nelson was born in 1737 at Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ She married Hugh McAllister Jr., son of Hugh McAllister Sr. and Mary Harbison, in 1760.²

Sarah Nelson died on 6 July 1802 at Mifflin Co. (now Juniata Co.), Pennsylvania, USA.^1,3
Sarah Nelson was buried on 6 July 1802 at Lost Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, McAlisterville, Juniata Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave
     BIRTH     1737, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
     DEATH     6 Jul 1802 (aged 64–65), Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Family Members
     Spouse
          Hugh McAlister 1736–1810
     Children
          John McAlister 1773–1840
     BURIAL     Lost Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, McAlisterville, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: G. Andrew Dill
     Added: 13 Aug 2011
     Find a Grave Memorial 74852612.⁴
      ; Per Egle:
     "Sarah Nelson, daughter of Robert Nelson, was born in Fermanagh township, then Cumberland, now Juniata county, Pa., about the year 1740. Her parents came from the north of Ireland and were early settlers on Lost creek, in the Juniata settlement. In the year 1760 she married Hugh McAlister, of the same locality. He was a soldier in the French and Indian wars, and served as an officer in the Revolutionary army with distinction. He participated in the Jersey Campaign of 1776 and in that of the summer of 1777 in and around Philadelphia. He was a man of prominence in the church and in public affairs, and no one in the settlement commanded a higher respect for integrity and virtue. He died at his residence in Lost creek Valley, September 22, 1810, aged seventy-four years.
     "Mrs. McAlister, during the period of the struggle for independence, when, in the fall of 1776, the able-bodied men of the neighborhood had departed on the service of the common cause, vied with her patriotic countrymen in preventing the evil which would have followed the neglect of putting in the fall crop in season, joined the ploughs and prepared the fallows for seed, so that should their fathers, brothers and lovers be detained abroad in defense of their liberties, they determined to put in the crops themselves. In numerous instances this was necessary, as many of the associated companies did not reach their homes until the winter had set in.
     "No woman in all the settlement was regarded with greater esteem than Mrs. McAlister. She possessed in a large measure all the rare qualities which characterized the devoted wife and mother and truly Christian woman. In the home and the frontier neighborhood she was easily a leader and a help-mate in the gloomiest hours of the war. Her dispensations of hospitality were always distinguished — extended, alas, so frequently to the helpless stranger fleeing before the ruthless savage of the forest. She died at her home, in Fermanagh, July 6, 1802.
     "Of Captain and Mrs. McAlister's descendants Hugh Nelson McAlister was probably the most illustrious. He died while a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1873. As a man he was just, upright and inflexibly honest—as a Christian, he was sincere, faithful and most exemplary. His eldest daughter became the wife of General James Addams Beaver, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1887-1891."⁵

     Hugh McAllister Sr. married Mary Harbison after 1730 at Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ellis & Hungerford [1886:834] says they married after Hugh moved to the Americas in 1730.¹
Hugh McAllister Sr. died in 1769.²
     Hugh McAllister Sr. immigrated before 1732 to Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Dobson [1989:163] "3359. McAllister, Hugh, res. Argyll, sh. pre 1732, sett. Lancaster Co Pa, m. Miss Harbison, ch. Hugh, d. 1769. (BLG2800)"
BLG = Burke's Landed Gentry.²
; from Ellis & Hungerford [1886:833]:
     "Samuel Mitchell and Hugh McAlister, Scotchmen, residing south of the Blue Ridge, after the opening of the New Purchase, started out to explore the country, with a view of selecting a site on which to settle. They crossed the Juniata and passed beyond where James Patterson had located, at Mexico, and came into what was known as Lost Creek Valley, and decided to remain there. William Giltnockey, William Armstrong, Edward Armstrong, John Irwin, David Hoge and others had already located lauds in this valley. There were two tracts, that lay adjoining each other, that they selected, at that time owned by John Irwin and David Hoge, and which were warranted February 3, 1755. Hugh McAlister purchased the tract of John Irwin, which is shown in the draft of the Hoge or Mitchell tract as lying .south of it.
     "Samuel Mitchell settled upon his improvement, but was driven off, as were all the settlers, in 1756, and returned to Carlisle or Sherman's Valley. He returned again in 1763, and, after getting settled, was again compelled to leave with his family, and did not return until 1766, from which time he, with others who had determined to settle here, remained. In August, 1766, he took out two warrants, for ninety acres and one hundred and two acres. He was one of the settlers, in May, 1780, who organized to protect the frontiers. He died in 1783, and in 1793 his widow is mentioned as owning the land he had purchased.
     "Their children were William, Robert, Jeannet and Nancy. William married, in 1796, Nancy, a daughter of Major Hugh McAlister."
from Ellis & Hungerford [1886:834]:
     "The tract of John Irwin, adjoining the Hoge tract, which was sold to Samuel Mitchell in 1756, was soon after sold to Hugh McAlister. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. His father was Hugh McAlister, who emigrated from the north of Ireland to this country in 1730, and married a Miss Harbison. They had three sous—John, Hugh and William. John settled early in 1755 in Sherman's Valley, and Hugh and William both settled in Lost Creek Valley.
     "Hugh McAlister, Jr., settled upon his land in 1756. He joined the forces of Captain Forbes, and served faithfully until the close of the Indian hostilities which then resulted from the conspiracy of Pontiac. The families then living in Lost Creek were again compelled to flee to Sherman's Valley, Carlisle and other places of safety, where their friends were congregated in greater numbers. At this time several of the men of the settlement were out with the forces of Captain Forbes. These families of McAlister, Mitchell and others buried their pots and kettles, and taking the few things they could carry and tying packages upon their cattle, slowly and painfully made their way to Sherman's Valley and joined their friends.
     "Hugh McAlister and his brother William were, in 1776, enlisted in Captain John Hamilton's forces, which joined Washington's forces the day after the capture of the Hessians at Trenton. Hugh was successively promoted to be lieutenant, captain and major. At the close of the war he was in command of the forces stationed at Potter's Fort (now Centre County), and commanded an expedition sent to punish the Indians for depredations committed near Great Island (now Lock Haven) at the close of the Revolution, and settled upon his farm and lived peacefully the remainder of his days. He died September 22, 1810, aged seventy-four years, and his wife, Sarah, died July 6, 1802.
     "The children of Hugh and Sarah McAlister were Robert, Hugh, John, William, Nancy and Polly.
     "Robert married Elizabeth Thompson and settled in Tuscarora Valley ; Hugh, the second son, married Catharine Elliot, March 12, 1795, and lived on the homestead. His wife, Catharine, died July 16, 1811. He established a store in McAlistertown, as it was then called, and, in 1817, moved into the new brick house he then built, and where he lived till his death, July 16, 1843, aged seventy-four."³

     Robert McAllister married Elizabeth Thompson.¹
Robert McAllister was born before 1765; Aged 40 years or older in the 1810 census.²
     Reference: from Ellis & Hungerford [1886:834]: "Robert married Elizabeth Thompson and settled in Tuscarora Valley..."¹

     Hugh McAllister III was born circa 1769 at Cumberland Co. (now Juniata Co.), Pennsylvania, USA; per Ellis & Hungerford [1886:834]: died 1843 aged seventy four.¹ He married Catharine Elliot on 12 March 1795.¹

Hugh McAllister III died on 16 July 1843 at McAlisterville, Juniata Co., Pennsylvania, USA; per Ellis & Hungerford [1886:834]: aged seventy four.¹

     John McAllister married Mary Polly Lyttle.¹
John McAllister was born in 1773.²
John McAllister died on 21 August 1840 at Juniata Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
John McAllister was buried after 21 August 1840 at Lost Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, McAlisterville, Juniata Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Birth     1773
     Death:      Aug. 21, 1840, Pennsylvania, USA
     John was the husband of Mary McAlister (1781-1850). He died age 67 years. He was the son of Hugh McAlister and Sarah (Nelson) McAlister
     Family Members
     Parents
          Hugh McAlister 1736–1810
          Sarah Nelson McAlister 1737–1802
     Spouse
          Mary Lyttle McAlister 1781–1850
     Children
          Hugh McAlister 1806–1867
     Burial     Lost Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, McAlisterville, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Joan of VA
     Record added: Apr 15, 2010
     Find a Grave Memorial 51173753.³