I don't know if this is the same family or not, but seemed possible, and it did cause me to check for them in KS in 1870. If he did die, Death: 24 Feb 1875 in Bourbon, Ks, the Bourbon County Courthouse may be able to confirm his death. There might also be something in their Probate records if he had a will. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2114930&id=I98770685 ID: I98770685 Name: Stephen HOWARD Given Name: Stephen Surname: Howard Sex: M Birth: 17 Dec 1806 in Abingdon, Ill., Knox co. Death: 24 Feb 1875 in Bourbon, Ks Father: John HOWARD b: 23 Nov 1778 Mother: Ellen CLAYPOOLE b: 24 Aug 1783 Marriage 1 Tabitha Ellen BONNER b: 1818 in Kentucky Children Cynthia Lydia HOWARD b: 9 Jul 1855 in Ft. Smith, Ar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1870 > KANSAS > CRAWFORD > LINCOLN TWP > Post Office: Girard Series: M593 Roll: 431 HQ Page: 386 Page 17 Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year HOWARD STEPHEN 63 M W KY KS CRAWFORD LINCOLN TWP 1870 106/123 Lines: 14-21 - 19 July - Ass't Marshall used line to indicate ditto ". When line is used isn't always clear. 14. HOWARD, Stephen 63 Farmer 4000 1050 KY 15. ------, Tallitha E. or C. 52 Keeping House KY 16. ------, Melinda A. 19 Attending School AR 17. ------, ?Henrietta A. 17 Attending School AR 18. ------, Cinthia 15 Attending School AR 19. ------, Rebecca 15 Attending School AR 20. ------, Joseph ?S. 8 ?Attending School? KS 21. ------, Bluford ?J. 5 KS http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/ordb.asp http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mojasper/ I think I'd post on the Jasper Co. MO Message Board so it could be answered there as well as the Mailing List. Queries on the Mailing list only go to the Mailing List. http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/mb.ashx Posts to this board are copied to the "MOJASPER-L" RootsWeb.com mailing list. http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.bourbon/mb.ashx Posts to this board are copied to the "KSBOURBO-L" RootsWeb.com mailing list. I hope this is some help. Orlena mary kahkola <i-be-leve@msn.com> wrote: On the 1880 census I have Tabitha/Talitha E. HOWARD widowed age 63 living in Twin Groves with children: Joseph S.-Bluford and Rebecca. Next door is son George & wife Mary M. I believe George died in 1901, I'm hoping to find a date of death & cemetery for him. Does anyone know what happened to Joseph? I'd like to get a handle on the whole Stephen & Talitha HOWARD family... Thank you in advance! Mary in Michigan i-be-leve@msn.com
Thank you! I'm going in the right direction this time!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Orlena To: mojasper@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] HOWARD family I don't know if this is the same family or not, but seemed possible, and it did cause me to check for them in KS in 1870. If he did die, Death: 24 Feb 1875 in Bourbon, Ks, the Bourbon County Courthouse may be able to confirm his death. There might also be something in their Probate records if he had a will. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2114930&id=I98770685 ID: I98770685 Name: Stephen HOWARD Given Name: Stephen Surname: Howard Sex: M Birth: 17 Dec 1806 in Abingdon, Ill., Knox co. Death: 24 Feb 1875 in Bourbon, Ks Father: John HOWARD b: 23 Nov 1778 Mother: Ellen CLAYPOOLE b: 24 Aug 1783 Marriage 1 Tabitha Ellen BONNER b: 1818 in Kentucky Children Cynthia Lydia HOWARD b: 9 Jul 1855 in Ft. Smith, Ar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1870 > KANSAS > CRAWFORD > LINCOLN TWP > Post Office: Girard Series: M593 Roll: 431 HQ Page: 386 Page 17 Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year HOWARD STEPHEN 63 M W KY KS CRAWFORD LINCOLN TWP 1870 106/123 Lines: 14-21 - 19 July - Ass't Marshall used line to indicate ditto ". When line is used isn't always clear. 14. HOWARD, Stephen 63 Farmer 4000 1050 KY 15. ------, Tallitha E. or C. 52 Keeping House KY 16. ------, Melinda A. 19 Attending School AR 17. ------, ?Henrietta A. 17 Attending School AR 18. ------, Cinthia 15 Attending School AR 19. ------, Rebecca 15 Attending School AR 20. ------, Joseph ?S. 8 ?Attending School? KS 21. ------, Bluford ?J. 5 KS http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/ordb.asp http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mojasper/ I think I'd post on the Jasper Co. MO Message Board so it could be answered there as well as the Mailing List. Queries on the Mailing list only go to the Mailing List. http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/mb.ashx Posts to this board are copied to the "MOJASPER-L" RootsWeb.com mailing list. http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.bourbon/mb.ashx Posts to this board are copied to the "KSBOURBO-L" RootsWeb.com mailing list. I hope this is some help. Orlena mary kahkola <i-be-leve@msn.com> wrote: On the 1880 census I have Tabitha/Talitha E. HOWARD widowed age 63 living in Twin Groves with children: Joseph S.-Bluford and Rebecca. Next door is son George & wife Mary M. I believe George died in 1901, I'm hoping to find a date of death & cemetery for him. Does anyone know what happened to Joseph? I'd like to get a handle on the whole Stephen & Talitha HOWARD family... Thank you in advance! Mary in Michigan i-be-leve@msn.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOJASPER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message