HOWARD
Parents
Larkin HOWARD1 {M} = Mary A SALYER {F}
Married BEF 1859
Larkin HOWARD:
Born August 1836
Died 19 August 1930, Royalton, Magoffin Co, KY
Death: [On 19 Aug 1930, Larkin Howard died in Magoffin Co at the age of 98. (actually 94 --b. Aug 1836--according to the Howard genealogy, pg. 328.) He was the brother of Rebecca (Higgins) Arnett's mother, Phoebe Howard, and thus H.G. Arnett's uncle. According to the Howard genealogy, he was intelligent and an entertaining conversationalist. He had served in the Civil War and especially after his wife died in 1908 probably enjoyed conversations with H.G. Lark lived in Royalton. H.G. Arnett thought enough of him to paste a copy of his obituary on the back cover page of his Journal. The obituary is copied below:]
"EASTERN KENTUCKY'S OLDEST MAN DIES AT MAGOFFIN CO. HOME
Lark Howard Passes Away On Eve Of Ninety-Ninth Birthday
Lark Howard, ex-Confederate soldier and probably the oldest man in Eastern Kentucky, if not in the entire State, died at his home near Royalton Thursday evening after about four months illness caused by a fall. Interment was made in the family cemetery Wednesday, the 20th, his ninety-ninth birthday.
Mr. Howard was an ex-Confederate soldier, having served through out the Civil War as a Lieutenant under Captain Cox. Like all the members of the human race, Lark had some of the weaknesses of the flesh, but he lived a consistent life. Honesty was his watchword and manhood his slogan. At his home on Licking River hundreds have been fed and sheltered. it was said of him and his good wife who preceded him in death, that not even the raggedest beggar was turned from their door.
He lived a long life in a world of crime and wrong, and he was never in a courthouse on any charge and was never sworn as a witness in a court proceeding. He manifested his faith in a Supreme Being and evidenced his respect for religion. His standards of honesty, his loyalty to friends and his interest in the general welfare of his country made Lark Howard a figure that will long be remembered, and won for him hundreds of friends who will mourn his loss.
God preserved his life, let us believe, on account of his sterling qualities, to ripe old age. The closing days of his life were spent in obedience to the faith he professed and he awaited with confidence the last stroke of the clock of time.
He was married to Polly Salyer in 1859. He was a member of the United Baptist Church since 1911.
He was the father of eleven children, seven of whom survive him: Mrs. B.W. Higgins [wife of Rebecca Higgins' brother, Branch], Mrs. R. L. Arnett [Robert Lee was the son of Farrish and Eliza Howard Arnett] and Mrs. Fred Prater, of Salyersville, Mrs. G. H. Howard of Ivyton and Ben Howard, of Royalton."
Census Date: 1860
Census Place: Magoffin Co, KY
HOWARD, Lark, age 22, with wife Polly Ann Salyer, H16
Mary A SALYER:
Alias Polly SALYER
Born 1840
Children
Minerva HOWARD {F}
Born 12 May 1859
Birth: Minerva died young.
George HOWARD {M} = Helen COLLINGSWORTH {F} > Family
Benjamin HOWARD {M} = Helen COLLINGSWORTH {F} > Family
Benjamin HOWARD:
Alias Crippled Ben HOWARD
Born 1866
Alice HOWARD {F} = Robert Lee ARNETT {M} > Family
Kate HOWARD2 {F} = Goalson\Jilson HOWARD3 {M} > Family
Married 1897
Kate HOWARD:
Born May 1870
Hi Brenda Sue....I'm Morris Fletcher -- also descended from "Old George" Fletcher (1796-1860) via his sons Alexander (1816-1876) by Dicey Johnson and Simon (1827-1875) by Louisa Marshall....and from Reuben & Elizabeth (Noland) Marshall via their children Louisa and Mason. I also noted your posts of last week on the JOCOKY/Reunion list.
Regarding your Goalson J. Howard, here's what I see in my Magoffin Co Hist Soc reference books (my apologies if you have all of this data); spellings as they are listed:
* 1860 Mag Co census: HH# 546, 4 yr old Golson J. living with William (31) & Arta (Salyer) (23) Howard.
* 1870 census: 13 yr old Golson J. living w/ William (49) & Arty (30) in Precinct 5, HH# 62.....9 month old Cate Howard living w/ Larkin (33) & Polly (Salyer) (31) Howard in same Precinct 5, HH# 81.
* 1880: 28 yr old (I'd bet it was 23 on the original/actual census) farmer Gholson heads HH# 160 in Precinct 5, "Meadows", w/ wife Ellen (20)....10 yr old Katie lives w/ merchant Lark (40) & Polly (35) in HH# 100, same Precinct.
* 1900: 47 yr old Gholson (b Apr 1853) & 30 yr old Kate (b May 1870) in HH# 211 in District # 4 "Meadows". They're m 12 yrs; Kate has had 4 children, ages 10 to 2; thus,16 yr old Argustus must be son via Ellen?
* 1910: 52 yr old G.H. & 35 yr old Kate in HH# 54 in Atkeson Precinct. G.H. & Kate m 20 yrs (his second m); she's had 7 kids, 6 living, 4 (all girls) at home.
* 1920: 63 yr old home owner Golden & 45 yr old Kate in HH# 197 in Ivyton Precinct # 5 w/ dau Maxie and two boarders.
* Mag Co KY Marriages, 1860-1910: Only entry for a Gholson Howard refers to m to Pairett Watkins 27 Apr 1900 -- not likely your Goalson? Four Kate/Katey Howard marriages listed; none match husband/date.
* Mag Co KY Cemeteries Vol IV, pg 67: "Kate Howard Cemetery" in Ivyton shows Kate Howard b 1869, d 1949; shows G.H.Howard b 1868, d 1925. Birth date and middle initial do not match your Goalson, but could possibly be result of mis-read by surveyor or mis-type by transcriber? No other "G" Howard's in 1920 census, that I see, could be this person....and I see no other Howard's in Magoffin cemetery volumes close to your Goalson or Kate.
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From Brenda Sue:
Augustus is Goalson J. HOWARD's son with Miriam CRISP, d/o Joel CRISP and Rebecca BARNETT -- they also had a son William L. HOWARD that married Jane GULLETT, daughter of Benjamin J. and Mary JACKSON GULLETT. Augustus married Nora ARNETT d/o Morton and Mary ARNETT
Goalson\Jilson HOWARD:
Born 5 February 1857, Licking River, Floyd Co, KY4
Died AFT 1900
158. Golson J. HOWARD (William HOWARD, Nancy ARNETT, Stephen , David) was born 5 Feb 1857 in Magoffin County, Kentucky. He died after 1900.
Golson married (1) Kate HOWARD, daughter of Larkin HOWARD and Mary Polly SALYER. Kate was born May 1870.
Golson was also not married (2) to Delana SALYER, daughter of William Martin SALYER and Dorcas PATTON,. Delana was born 10 Jun 1852 in North Carolina. She died 22 Oct 1922.
They had the following children:
404 F i Alice Salyer HOWARD was born Sep 1876. She died about 1900.
Nan HOWARD {F} = Jack ARNETT {M} > Family
Rose HOWARD {F} = Lee PATRICK {M} > Family
John HOWARD {M} = Betsy SALYER {F} > Family
Mousie HOWARD {F}
Burnett HOWARD {M} = Martha GULLETT {F} > Family
Married 20 February 1903
Burnett HOWARD:
Born February 1883
Died 1938
Sources
1 : "1860 U.S. Census, Magoffin Co., KY"
2 : "Fletcher, Morris, mofletcher@earthlink.net"
2a: "Nichols, Brenda, nicholgb@bellsouth.net"
3 : "David Hoskins, http://users.ev1.net/~dhoskins (His website)"
4 : "Shepard, Clarence E, Vital Statistics, Floyd Co, KY 1852 - 1"; Page p 28
Superscripted numbers are references to source citations at the bottom of this page.
{M} = Male; {F} = Female.
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