HOWARD
Parents
Lewis HOWARD1 {M} = Elizabeth SHEPHERD {F}
Married October 1844, Floyd Co, KY2
Lewis HOWARD:
Born 23 June 1828, Floyd Co, KY3
Died 15 January 18904
Following from Herb Gayheart: herbgh@nctc.com
My information is second hand. I have Jack, Leander and Breckenridge Howard born to Lewis Howard and Catherine Shepherd. I do not know if Lewis is his given name? His wife is the daughter of David and Nancy Stone Shepherd. David died about the time of the Civil war and Nancy married my Great Grandfather Henry Patton. Nancy supposedly had a wooden leg. She is in the 1910 census of Floyd Co.,Ky with her son James Patton. I am told that Woots Coburn killed James on Christmas day of 1914. Near the mouth of Lick Fork on Salt Lick Creek. I would like to know more about this incident. My Conley kin, on up the creek, were a little rough on the neighbors also. :-)
Catherine and Lewis supposedly went to Michigan by Covered wagon and, oddly, she had a leg removed also. Her death occurred in 1896.
Breckenridge married Nancy Elaine Shepherd in 1904. They are in the 1910 Floyd Co.,Ky census. Corrections welcome and necessary Herb
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From Judy - rosebud@tampabay.rr.com - posted on RootsWeb - Floyd Co page
Lewis Howard b. DEC 23,1861, is the son of John E. Howard (parents-John Howard & Nancy Cameron) & Susannah Shepherd (parents-Jacob Shepherd & Elizabeth Hale). Lewis Howard had three sons with Kate Shepherd: Brack, Jack, & Alamander . Eleven children were born to Lewis Howard & Emma Hale: Jack, Alamander, Russell, Reuben, Victor Hugo, Milton, Morton, Proctor, Ben, Troy, Bertha Ellen & Chester Howard. I have Kate Shepherd b. about 1865, the daughter of David Shepherd & Nancy Stone. Kate (b.1865) was reported to have married Jackson Bailey. Kate is not listed in the 1900 census. Jackson Bailey m. Elizabeth Vanderpool in 1895. Three children were born to Jackson Bailey & Kate Shepherd: Alexander, Sally & Della Bailey. My mother descends from the Shepherd clan. Correction is appreciated.
P.S. John E. Howard b. in 1846, the son of Lewis Howard & Elizabeth Shepherd. He was known as Horse Tradin' Johnny.
He married his first cousin Polly Ann Salyer AUG 29,1867 in Magoffin County, KY.
From Theresa Conley - dtconley@bright.net
thank you for your response! I'm going to look into the Woots Coburn story, (love that name), you have me curious about it now. I grew up in the Salt Lick area, before moving to Ohio many many years ago. No need to mention those ornery Conleys, I married into the Magoffin clan.
This Howard line has me going in circles. I've learned that Lewis and Catherine, or Kate were the boy's parents. One relative that contacted me this morning through a lookup program, tells me that they think Kate and Lewis divorced, and he married Emma Hale, sometime around 1888, fathering seven more children in Ky. Others tell me that Kate then remarried to a Jackson Bailey, and gave birth to three more children, before dying in 1896. I'm trying to find Lewis in the older census reports, to see if I can find out who his parents where. Nothing seems to be adding up for me.
More from Herb Gayheart:
I spent many weekends on Salt Lick. I lived at Hueysville/Bosco in the late 40's and then on Reed Branch which is just south.
My Grandmother was Claudia Conley who's parents lived near the head of Salt Lick which is in Knott Co. John Morgan Conley,her father ran a store,the post office,Saw mill,Grist mill there. He was married to Phoebe Jane Coburn or "Coon" as she was called. John Morgan said tha "I went hunting for a wife and caught a coon"; and the name stuck. :-) My Uncle Chester Gayheart said that he visited the store one day and John Morgan had the saw running, corn grinding on the mill and was waiting on a customer in the store. Now that is hyper! The post office was at Handshoe,Ky.
There was another store just above My Woots (there is that name again) Gayheart's home. I think it was run by the Handshoes. Sophia Patton was his second wife. You may recall that the stores on Salt Lick were not generally open until someone "hollered" out to the owner who always lived near by.
I think that the Woots Coburn in question may be the Woots who married my GGaunt Sarah Conley, daughter of John Deaton Conley and LeEsther Lawhorn. Sarah died in 1910 and Woots married Rosie Howard some time later.
I had Jackson Bailey marrying Catherine aft 1910. Three Children. Alex,Sarah,Della. I did not know about a second marriage for Lewis? Do you have a good birth date for Lewis. I have two or three born near 1860 with no parents.
Another message from Herb:
Folks
It would have been ok if Catherine Shepherd had a wooden leg like her mother, or it would have been ok if she didn't and had gone to Michigan----BUT!! Not only did she have two good legs; she did not have a covered wagon and never moved to Michigan!!!:-) Somebody pulled mine!! Sorry 'bout that cuz. Herb with the wooden head.
Census Date: 1850
Census Place: Floyd Co, KY
1850 Census: Schedule I : my district in the County of Floyd, State of Kentucky enumerated by me, on the 24th day of August 1850 David Cooley Ass't Marshal
p. 445 (B?)
Household and Family # 485 - Beginning on line 31
Lewis Howard 23 M - Farmer KY - over 20 and can not read and write
Elizabeth " 22 F KY - over 20 and can not read and write
John " 4 M KY
Daniel " 3 M KY
Nancy Howard 48 F VA - over 20 and can not read and write
Sophia Howard 15 F KY
Census Date: 1860
Census Place: Magoffin Co, KY
HOWARD, Louis, age 32, with wife Elizabeth Shepherd, H89
Elizabeth SHEPHERD:
Born 1828
Birth: Based on her ages in the 1850 and 1860 census.
Children
John E HOWARD {M} = Polly Ann SALYER {F} > Family
Married 29 August 1867
John E HOWARD:
Alias Horse Tradin' Johnny HOWARD
Born 13 July 1846
Died 5 July 1918
Buried Bell Co, KY at Pineville Cemetery
Polly Ann SALYER:
Daniel HOWARD {M}
Samuel HOWARD {M} = Jane STONE {F} > Family
Married 17 June 1868, Magoffin Co, KY5
Samuel HOWARD:
Alias Red Sam HOWARD
Born ABT 18486
Buried Galdia, Magoffin Co, KY at Kendall Howard Cemetery
Burial: Kendall Howard Cemetery is at the mouth of Bullmire.
Jane STONE:
Born November 1848, Floyd Co, KY7
William HOWARD {M}
Rosanna HOWARD {F} = Wilburn CONLEY {M} > Family
Rosanna HOWARD:
Born 25 June 1853
Died 2 May 1951, Salyersville, Magoffin Co, KY
Buried Swampton, Magoffin Co, KY on Carpenter Hill #3 at Conley Cem8
Daughter of Lewis
Wilburn CONLEY:
Alias Will CONLEY
Born 1861
Died 1952
Buried Swampton, Magoffin Co, KY on Carpenter Hill #3 at Conley Cem9
Burial: This cemetery is located in the Salyersville South Quadrangle on KY 7 about 2 miles south of Royalton, KY near mouth of Half Mountain, adjacent to John Allen Cemetery.
Nancy Jane HOWARD {F} = Nero SALYER {M} > Family
Married 25 July 1876, Magoffin Co, KY at the home of Lewis Howard10
Nancy Jane HOWARD:
Born 1861
Nancy Jane is the 8th child of Lewis and Elizabeth.
Nero SALYER:
Family
Marriage: The marriage bond was dated 19 Oct 1844. The consent certificate is signed by Jacob Shephard, father of Elizabeth, and Nancy Spry, mother of Lewis. This record is in the Floyd Co Courthouse, but is not indexed.
Sources
1 : "1860 U.S. Census, Magoffin Co., KY"
2 : "Clarence E Shepard, Kentucky Kinfolk (Clarence E Shepard, 26"; Page p 62
3 : "Magoffin Co. KY Historical Society, The Howards of Eastern K"; Page Vol 1 - P. 92 - photo section
4 : "Magoffin Co. KY Historical Society, The Howards of Eastern K"; Page Vol 1 - P. 92 - photo section
4a: "MCHS (May 1999)"; Page p 117
5 : "Clarence E Shepard, Kentucky Kinfolk (Clarence E Shepard, 26"; Page p 62
6 : "Magoffin County Historical Society, Magoffin Co., KY Cemeter"; Page P. 11
7 : "Magoffin County Historical Society, Magoffin Co., KY Cemeter"; Page P 11
8 : "Magoffin County Historical Society, Magoffin Co., KY Cemeter"; Page P. 25
9 : "Magoffin County Historical Society, Magoffin Co., KY Cemeter"; Page P. 25
10 : "Magoffin Co. KY Historical Society, The Howards of Eastern K"; Page P. 205
10a: "Gardner, Stanley, Magoffin Co., KY Marriages, 1860-1910"; Page P. 25; Secondary evidence
Superscripted numbers are references to source citations at the bottom of this page.
{M} = Male; {F} = Female.
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