When Lafayette Howey was born on 14 December 1837, in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States, his father, James S. Howey, was 47 and his mother, Keziah Crume, was 42. He married Marinda Caroline Beam in 1872. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Auburn Township, Shawnee, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Auburn, Shawnee, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 22 December 1914, in Harveyville, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Dover, Shawnee, Kansas, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Shawnee, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Shawnee, Kansas, United States
English (Northumberland and Durham) and Scottish: variant of Howie .
Irish: variant of Hoey .
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