When Horace Farnum Howard was born on 19 August 1822, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Phineas Howard, was 30 and his mother, Lois Dustin, was 28. He married Ruth Plimpton Adams on 14 August 1847, in Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Dedham, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. He died on 21 September 1904, in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Millis, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
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